Project TORCH

Faculty Spotlight: Kristin Davin’s Project TORCH connects Charlotte’s teaching expertise with Cherokee traditions and community

Posted on November 6, 2026
Categories: Faculty Spotlight, Research Spotlight Tags: Language Education, MDSK, Project TORCH

It’s a classic domino effect — one small change cascades over the years to create an enormous impact. For program director and professor Kristin Davin, changing the delivery of the foreign language education programs from in-person to online necessitated some changes that would tip the first domino. In 2019, the program went online and decided […]

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Project TORCH Charlotte personnel (L to R): Kristin Davin, Scott Kissau, Debra Diegmann, and Alex Dornburg

Project Teaching Our Rich Cultural Heritage: UNC Charlotte awarded $1.5M grant to partner with Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for teacher licensure program

Posted on October 15, 2025
Categories: Research Spotlight Tags: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, EBCI, Education, ELED, Graduate Certificate in Teaching, Indigenous Education, MDSK, Project TORCH, Research, TA to Teacher, Teaching

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been awarded $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education to support Project Teaching Our Rich Cultural Heritage, a five-year collaboration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in western North Carolina. The project will prepare highly qualified educators who are culturally […]

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