Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Alumni Spotlight: Lanre Oriowo, Ph.D. ’24
Ollanrewaju “Lanre” Oriowo has always loved stories. One of her favorites is One Thousand and One Nights, the tale of Scheherazade, who used storytelling as a means of survival. Having encountered the story through retellings, she expected a neatly structured narrative. Instead, the book unfolded like an onion – with stories within stories, each requiring context […]
‘She is the fabric of UNC Charlotte.’ Three-time Niner Jennifer Merry ’04, MSA ’23 leaves lasting legacy, earns Ph.D.
In 2004, Jennifer Merry graduated from UNC Charlotte with a B.M. in Music Education and a license to teach, and eventually became a band director, first at Kannapolis Middle and later at Hickory Ridge Middle. That’s how most graduate profiles end, but for Merry, her bachelor’s degree was just the beginning of her Niner story. […]