Passet
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Historian Joanne Passet has been awarded the 2004 IU East Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural and Diversity Enhancement Award.
The history professor’s name will be inscribed on the MLK plaque in Whitewater Hall. Passet was cited for her unique approach to bringing her students “into history” by combining traditional methods of study with untraditional ones.
Presenting the award at the annual MLK Celebration on the Richmond campus, Chancellor David Fulton applauded Passet for her efforts in actively incorporate issues such as race and gender into her courses. “She reformulates the teaching of history so that students can come to grips with the real experience of history from the perspective of people who lived it,” he said.
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