Interview with Rona Susan Roberts, January 8, 2021

Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Rona Roberts graduated from Monticello Independent High School in Wayne County, KY. in 1967 and enrolled at the University of Kentucky that fall. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English and Music in 1971, a Master's degree in Communication in 1973, and a Ph.D. in 1987. While a student she was a member of the Student Activities Board, the YWCA, the University Student Advisory Committee, the Faculty Senate, and was the arts editor for the student newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel, for one semester. In this interview she discusses the 2020 Presidential Election, the January 6, 2021 Capitol Building insurrection, and events in Southeast Asia in the early 1960s.

Interview Accession

2021oh0143_ukty0284

Interviewee Name

Rona Susan Roberts

Interviewer Name

Jeffrey Suchanek

Interview Date

2021-01-08

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Roberts, Rona Susan Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 08 Jan. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Roberts, R.S. (2021, January 08). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Roberts, Rona Susan, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. January 08, 2021, University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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