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Letter
from the Chancellor
History:
The University of Arkansas Black Experience
Celebration:
The Silas Hunt Legacy Award Event
Profiles
of Recipients
Progress
Report
Snapshot:
University of Arkansas
Faculty Spotlights
About the Black Alumni
Society
Sources and
Thanks
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Home: Faculty Spotlights
Eddie Jones
 Eddie
W. Jones Sr. is an educator, performer, and conductor. He studied
at Memphis State University where he earned the D.M.A. in voice.
He received the Master of Music degree in music education from Miami
University, and the B.A. degree in voice from Tougaloo College.
At the University of Arkansas where he is an associate professor
of music, Jones’ teaching responsibilities include teaching
voice, choral methods, African American music, and music in secondary
schools. He also conducts the UA Concert Choir and the UA Inspirational
Singers. His voice students have been consistent winners of state
and regional competitions. In August of 1998, Jones was invited
for the third time to give lectures, presentations, and guest conduct
at Chancellor College in Malawi East Africa. While in Malawi, he
performed at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador for numerous dignitaries.
Ensembles under his direction have toured the United States and
Europe.
Gerald
Jordan
 UA
alumnus Gerald Jordan (1970) returned to the University in 1995
as an associate professor in the Walter J. Lemke department of journalism
after serving as the Washington correspondent and assigning editor
for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Consistently one of the most popular
professors at the U of A, Jordan blends his professional experience
with leading-edge theory to offer students a unique perspective
on feature writing and the newspaper business. Jordan wanted to
open the door for high school minority students interested in studying
journalism. So, he started holding diversity journalism workshops
for high school students to teach them news writing, editing, feature
writing, editorial writing, and Community Newspaper, as well as
connect them to mentors and internships. The workshops, begun in
2001, successfully draw area students to the University of Arkansas
campus twice a year. In the summers, Jordan returns to Philadelphia
to work at the Enquirer.
Chauncy Brummer
 Professor
Brummer received his undergraduate degree from Howard University
and his J.D. at the University of Kentucky. Brummer taught at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before coming to the
University of Arkansas School of Law in 1982, where he teaches torts,
domestic relations, and juvenile law. In 1995, he was selected as
an American Council on Education Fellow and served for one year
with the University of Missouri-Kansas City senior administration.
He led the Silas Hunt Hall celebration. Brummer has served as deputy
to the chancellor and special assistant to the chancellor among
other special UA appointments. His expertise has been – and
continues to be – valuable in advising the chancellor and
university administration on issues affecting the university.
Marta
Collier
 Marta
Collier received her B.A. degree in elementary education from Earlham
College and obtained her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University
of Iowa. She has been a certified classroom teacher for the K-12
system in three states and is now associate professor in the College
of Education and Health Professions. Collier’s teaching focus
includes classroom learning theory, early childhood education, and
literacy. She has done research on the recruitment and training
of minority students for teaching positions through partnerships
with community colleges and the impact of culturally relevant literature
on literacy instruction. She has directed the Teach for Arkansas
Project, a collaboration between the COEHP and Phillips Community
College in Helena, Ark., designed to deliver the bachelor’s
and the Master of Arts in Teaching degrees to teachers from southeastern
Arkansas through distance technology. She has been selected by her
department to receive the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2005.
Carolyn M. Callahan
 Carolyn
Callahan joined the Walton College in January 2001 and is a professor
of accounting. Callahan received her doctoral degree in accountancy
and finance from Michigan State University, her Master of Science
in accountancy from Bowling Green State University, and her Bachelor
of Science in accounting from Ohio Northern University. Callahan,
holder of the Doris M. Cook Chair in Accounting in the Sam M. Walton
College of Business, spent the 2005-2006 academic year on a fellowship
from the American Council of Education. Callahan’s research
interests include capital market frictions, corporate information
signals, and analytical pricing models. Her research addresses the
quality of information produced by a firm and financing costs in
the capital markets. This research is used by investors to make
better investment decisions and by corporate managers to minimize
their cost of raising equity capital. In giving back to the African
American community and her profession, Callahan was a founding member
of The Ph.D. Project for minority doctoral students in accounting
as well as finance. She developed the innovative program model still
used today. In August 2000, she was awarded the organization’s
highest award. She has also been honored with the American Association
of Higher Education’s 2003 Harold Delaney Exemplary Educational
Leadership Award.
Faculty with Expertise Related
to Blacks or Minorities
- Tom Dillard, African American history, especially in Arkansas
- Darrell Fields, architecture and African American studies
- Denise Huggins, minorities in the criminal justice system
- Brinck Kerr, government employment of minorities
- Judith Kilpatrick, Arkansas African American history
- Fredrick Nafukho, higher education in African countries
- Jerry Patnoe, Native Americans
- Charles Robinson, African American history
- William Schreckhise, racial composition and juror selection
and minorities
- Magalene Taylor, Arkansas African American history
- Jeannie Whayne, African American history and the South
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