Context of Human Behavior: How Day to Day Interactions Shape Everyday Living

Class - In Person & Zoom | Available (Membership Required)

College Crescent Virginia Beach, VA 23453 United States
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (one day)
1:00 PM-3:00 PM on Tue
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$15.00

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Context of Human Behavior: How Day to Day Interactions Shape Everyday Living

Class - In Person & Zoom | Available (Membership Required)

After the Civil War, more than 30,000 formerly enslaved people lived in the Shenandoah Valley. To meet the urgent need for education, the Freedmen’s Bureau, the Freewill Baptists of New England, and John Storer joined together to establish Storer College. This small school in Harpers Ferry became a powerful example of educational outreach and achievement. Looking at the former Storer College with a 21st-century lens, this class explores how the undercurrents of human interaction can shape changing human conditions. Current American trends and manifestations will be used to examine day-to-day interactions and how they can shape everyday living.

Dawne Burke

Dr. Dawne Burke is an interactive, directly conversational speaker. She will integrate real-time audience
response and comedic interjection with storytelling, as she frames the various contexts associated with human
interaction. She has been invited as a keynote speaker and consultant for multiple celebrations in her region,
including George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War; Museum of the Shenandoah Valley; West
Virginia Regional History Center at WV University; and Daughters of the American Revolution. Dr. Burke is a
professor of Education and Human Development at the School of Education at Shepherd University in West 
Virginia. In addition to teaching across the curriculum, she recently wrote a book titled An American Phoenix: A
History of Storer College from Slavery to Desegregation, 1865-1955,