Gregory Mixon

During the 2004 University Convocation Chancellor James Woodward extended a compliment to faculty members when he stated that they were not just scholars who work in high isolation, but they are individuals who value education and service to the university community at-large. Dr. Gregory Mixon, associate professor in the History Department is one of those individuals committed to scholarship, while making mentoring students and public service a priority.

Dr. Gregory Mixon has been a faculty member in the Department of History since 1999, where he teaches courses relating to, urban America, the American South, and African-American history and culture He is the author of the recently published (January 2005) and well reviewed book, “The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City.” Dr. Mixon is currently engaged in research on the Black Southern State Militia 1865-1910, which intersects many of the sub-topics he teaches in his classes. While teaching 5 to 6 classes per academic year, he still manages to mentor students in the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, and participate in a plethora of community and campus based activities. In fact, Dr. Mixon just completed a two year term as the chair of the university’s African-American Faculty and Staff Caucus (AAFSC). He continues as co-coordinator of the African & Diaspora Week, and serves as a member of several Departmental committees. With all of his campus involvement, it is amazing that Dr. Mixon has time for community outreach activities through his membership at Friendship Baptist Church, African Descendants of the Diaspora, Historic Latta Plantation, and. Holmes Award for the Southern Historical Association.

Altogether, Dr. Mixon is representative of the rich culture and ideals that permeates UNC-Charlotte---a passion for scholarship, and a commitment to community.