Minor Receives Eleanor Gaunder Phi Kappa Phi Excellence In Teaching Award

Apr. 28, 2009

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. - Dr. Lisa G. Minor, professor of English at the University of North Alabama, was recently presented the 2009 Eleanor Gaunder Phi Kappa Phi Excellence in Teaching Award.

Minor, who has taught at UNA since 1988, holds her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. She specializes in the academic areas of African American literature, the novel and 20th century British literature. Phi Kappa Phi is a collegiate honor society dedicated to the recognition and promotion of academic excellence in all disciplines.

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