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Cullowhee, North Carolina (ICC)
Noted Cherokee scholar Robert J. Conley, a prolific author with 80 books to his credit during a career spanning 40 years, is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University.
Conley’s appointment to the endowed professorship, effective July 1, follows a nationwide search that began in January. He will move into a multi-year, fixed-term faculty position held previously by Thomas Hatley, an acclaimed scholar of Colonial-era Cherokee history appointed to the professorship in 2002.
Noted Cherokee scholar Robert J. Conley, a prolific author with 80 books to his credit during a career spanning 40 years, is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University.
Conley’s appointment to the endowed professorship, effective July 1, follows a nationwide search that began in January. He will move into a multi-year, fixed-term faculty position held previously by Thomas Hatley, an acclaimed scholar of Colonial-era Cherokee history appointed to the professorship in 2002.
