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Publication Date: 2000
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Unruly Woman: An Interview with Helen Lewis.
Briscoe, Lori; Collins, Erica S.; Deal, Amanda; Hancock, Ron; McGraw, Kristyn; Lewis, Helen
Appalachian Journal, v27 n2 p164-89 Win 2000
Overviews the career of Helen Lewis as sociologist, social activist, teacher, writer, researcher, and mentor. Helen Lewis discusses growing up in segregated Georgia, her unorthodox approach to education, her fight for social and economic equality, her instrumental role in the development of Appalachian Studies programs, and how social activism affected her personal life and career in higher education. (LP)
Descriptors: Activism, Appalachian Studies, Change Agents, College Faculty, Consciousness Raising, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Participatory Research, Rural Education, Social Action, Social Change, Social Problems, Sociologists, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Experience, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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