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Christian K. Anderson

Christian K. Anderson

Christian K. Anderson is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of South Carolina. His primary research interests include the history of higher education, faculty and organizations within higher education, public policy and politics as they relate to higher education, institutional missions, academic freedom, international higher education (especially in Latin America), college athletics, and higher education in popular culture (especially fiction and film).

History Thursday: What should replace Confederate statues?

By: - August 20, 2020

Ever since the University of South Carolina put up a statue of Richard T. Greener – who in 1873 became the school’s first Black professor – one of my favorite things to do has been to eat lunch on a bench nearby to watch how people interact with it. Greener – who taught for four […]