Professor Named ‘Road Scholar’

Professor Named ‘Road Scholar’

Robert Schaefer, chair of the University of Mobile department of social and behavioral sciences, will serve as a member of the Alabama Humanities Foundation speakers bureau during 2007 and 2008.

The professor of political science is among 40 university and independent scholars who will serve as "road scholars" for the foundation, presenting programs on various topics to community and student groups throughout Alabama.

Schaefer will present lectures on "Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the Transformation of the American Union."

Schaefer will also present a workshop for high school teachers through the SUPER Teacher Institute, the foundation’s teacher development program. The SUPER workshop will be held in Birmingham in February.

For information about the foundation, visit the Web site at www.ahf.net or call 205-558-3980.