Northeastern State University Adjunct Spends A Year in Kurdistan
by Renee Fite Just like some people may think Indians in Oklahoma live in teepees, daily life in Iraq is different than some may imagine. Dr. Kathrine Garlough (right), adjunct professor of English at Northeastern State University, spent the past year in Kurdistan, Iraq, on the northern border, as adviser to the minister of higher education for that country as it rebuilds and develops its educational system of universities. She says it’s not at all what’s depicted on TV. “They’re very thankful to Americans for rescuing them from Anfal, Saddam Hussein’s campaign to annihilate the Kurds in the 1980s and […]