Charles Elmore

Charles Elmore
Born Savannah, Georgia
Occupation educator
Nationality United States
Ethnicity African-American
Alma mater University of Michigan

Dr. Charles J. Elmore is an African-American scholar and jazz historian from Savannah, Georgia.[1]

Early background

Elmore, who was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. He attended St. Pius X School, earned a BS Degree in Biology and Chemistry from Savannah State College, an MA degree in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.[1][2]

Career

Elmore taught Savannah State University for more than 35 years, until his retirement in 2007.[3]

Savannah State University

Under his leadership, Savannah State University's department of mass communications was accredited in May 2007 by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) joining the University of Georgia in Athens as the only other mass communication programs in the state of Georgia with that accreditation. In 2013, he came out of retirement to lead the mass communications department at Savannah State University to ACEJMC reaccreditation from 2013 to 2019.He was a tenured Professor of Humanities and the head of the Mass Communications Department. He also received the 1999 Governors Award in the Humanities from Roy Barnes, then governor of Georgia. In 1997–98 Elmore was named Savannah State University's Regents Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning.

Jazz history

Elmore interest in jazz led him to collect recordings, research and write more than twenty articles on the history of this musical art form in Savannah.

Beach Institute Lecture Series

In 2008, he was a guest speaker at the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation's Beach Institute Lecture Series.[4] His presentations featured subjects such as the Free Blacks in Savannah and the History of Savannah's Beach Historic Neighborhood.[5]

Published books and articles

Elmore is the author of several historical monographs and books. They include:

Elmore has written more than fifty articles in refereed and non-refereed journals including the Georgia Historical Quarterly, Journal of Higher Education and the New Georgia Encyclopedia (online edition). His work has also been cited in the Washington Post, Savannah Morning News, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Dr. Charles J. Elmore, Savannah State University, 1998-1999.
  2. House Resolution 489 - Dr. Charles J. Elmore Commend, Georgia House of Representatives, March 8, 1999
  3. "Elmore retires after 35 years". 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  4. "Beach Institute Lecture Series Continues with Charles Elmore". The Savannah Tribune 36 (No. 6). March 26 – April 1, 2008.
  5. "2008 Beach Institute Lecture Series". King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation.
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