South Carolina State University’s Dr. Alison Mc Letchie has been named to the South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors.
Mc Letchie is an associate professor, teaching anthropology and sociology in the Department of Social Sciences.
South Carolina Humanities’ mission is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians.
Established in 1973, this 501(c)3 organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state. SC Humanities presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that directly or indirectly reach more than 250,000 citizens annually.
Mc Letchie has published and presented extensively on calypso, Caribbean Catholic music, religion, la Divina Pastora, Caribbean Carnivals in the Carolinas, and the social
and cultural life on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) campuses.
She earned a B.Sc. in psychology from South Carolina State University, a MA in anthropology and Ph.D. in sociology along with a Certificate in museum management all from the University of South Carolina.
