Elizabeth Melton Interview
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2023-04-13
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Institute for Diversity & Civic Life
Department of Religious Studies
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This interview is with Elizabeth Melton, the public engagement director at IDCL, from Crumpler, NC. Elizabeth describes her childhood in Longview, TX, where she was surrounded by her extended family with deep ties to public education and the Presbyterian Church (USA). She shares how her childhood involvement in theater eventually led to her PhD in performance studies. Elizabeth talks about her experience of the Texas Freeze of 2021. She also discusses her complicated relationship to Texas as both a beloved home and site of political strife.
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Religions Texas, Academia, Arts, Christians, Christianity, Community, Diversity and inclusion, Education, Educators, Family dynamics, Institute for Diversity and Civic Life [IDCL], Millennials, NC - Crumpler, Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbyterians, Race, Racism, Texas, Texas A&M University, Texas freeze, Texas politics, TX - College Station, TX - Longview