Archive: 2021

August 23, 2021 - Four art exhibitions featuring UT Dallas students. “Tempest in a Teapot” (Linda Anderson), “The Story Portrait” (Margie DeBosier), “From Worlds” (Carlin Flores) and “I Know It When I See It” (M.D.J. Kies) are on display in the SP/N gallery.

August 23, 2021 - The story of African Americans in shaping Texas history has not been fully told, according to Dr. Kimberly Hill, assistant professor of history in the School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas. But she is working toward filling in the gaps of the missing aspects of Texas history lessons through her work as […]

August 23, 2021 - A new book by Dr. Ming Dong Gu, professor of literature and associate director for the UT Dallas Center for Asian Studies, provides a comprehensive investigation of Chinese and Western studies. Fusion of Critical Horizons in Chinese and Western Language, Poetics, Aesthetics covers a broad spectrum of critical discourses and uncovers connections among a wide range of thinkers, theorists, […]

August 23, 2021 - Meet our new 2021-2022 Gemini Ambassadors! These ambassadors serve as the face of the School of Arts and Humanities. They represent the school to the community at large, the overall campus community, and to all students — past, present, and future. Micayla Hemphill — “The reason why I create art and study business is because […]

August 23, 2021 - Dear UT Dallas Community,  Like the entire world, the people in the School of Arts and Humanities at UT Dallas have had a difficult year, but we have persevered. As such, we are thrilled to be back on campus for classes and events. Our faculty, staff and students have worked hard to keep our campus […]

August 13, 2021 - Students in a public history graduate course at The University of Texas at Dallas are hoping their research will help enhance the narrative of a local house built in the 1840s. According to Dr. Whitney Stewart, assistant professor of history in the School of Arts and Humanities, the purpose of the spring project was to […]

August 9, 2021 - The story of African Americans in shaping Texas history has not been fully told, according to Dr. Kimberly Hill, assistant professor of history in the School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas. But she is working toward filling in the gaps of the missing aspects of Texas history lessons through […]

July 26, 2021 - Professor Gu‘s latest monograph begins with a reflection on dichotomies in comparative studies of Chinese and Western literature and aesthetics. Critiquing an oppositional paradigm, Ming Dong Gu argues that despite linguistic and cultural differences, the two traditions share much common ground in critical theory, aesthetic thought, metaphysical conception, and reasoning. Focusing on issues of language, […]

July 23, 2021 - Kristina Kirk, a graduate student in the School of Arts and Humanities, has been awarded the President’s Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching Assistants. She has been teaching at UT Dallas since fall 2016. Kirk said the most rewarding part of teaching rhetoric is showing students that writing can be fun. She also said the online […]

July 23, 2021 - Michele Hanlon MPA ’18, associate dean for the arts, is retiring after 24 years at the University of Texas at Dallas. In addition to her MPA degree from UT Dallas, she holds a BFA from the University of Arizona and an MFA from Texas Christian University. In addition to her teaching at UT Dallas, Hanlon […]