Archive for February 2011

Kelly Ellis | Helping Students Tell Their Stories By Jillian Randel

Marilou Awiakta | Writing Culture, Gender…Atoms By Jared Schultz “I am a Cherokee-Appalachian woman who grew up with the atom,” writer Marilou Awiakta stated as we discussed her work and mission as a poet, storyteller and essayist. The seventh generation of her family, Awiakta grew up in Oak Ridge, Tenn., a federal center for nuclear…

Ann Pickel Harris | Safety Is the Tie That Binds By Sarah Vig The truth will out, as Shakespeare says, and in Tennessee, Ann Harris is around to help it along. Harris, 71, has become something of a mentor for whistleblowers and a well-known source of information and guidance on nuclear and advocacy issues since…