Hall decided that although she enjoyed teaching, it was time to move on to new projects.
“I wanted to put more time into the things that went beyond the University. I didn’t feel burned out. I felt like this is great and I’m glad I did it,” Hall said.
She was one of the first to participate in the Moral Monday protests in Raleigh and was arrested for standing her ground in 2013.
“I had no hesitation, no fear,” she said, reminiscing on her arrest. “A small glimpse and feel of what it is like to be at the total mercy of the criminal justice/mass incarceration system.”
When she wasn’t under arrest, Hall taught classes and conducted research, but what she found most important was watching her students grow.
“Watching them speak and just renewing my sense of how diverse and wonderful careers they’ve had — all the different kind of things they’ve done with their lives makes me feel that working with those students is the most important thing that I’ve done,” Hall said.
Hall left a lasting mark at the University — not only with her students, but also with her colleagues.
Fitz Brundage, chairman of the history department, said Hall was a wonderful professor and scholar.