Archive: 2021

March 23, 2021 - A senior history major has been awarded $500 and an opportunity to share his research as part of the Undergraduate Research Scholar Award program (URSA). Seth Ritchie, who is majoring in historical studies, minoring in Spanish, and on the pre-med track, has been working with Dr. Monica Rankin on her research into the Office of the Coordinator […]

March 23, 2021 - Two recent scholarly publications highlighted the musical compositions of UT Dallas professor of music, Dr. Robert Xavier Rodríguez, who also holds an Endowed Chair in Art and Aesthetic Studies. 25 Texas Heroes by T.L. Hulsey includes a biographical chapter about Rodríguez along with analytical notes about his music. Redefining America Through Opera: Representations of Latin/o […]

March 23, 2021 - Dr. Sean Cotter, professor of literature and translation in the School of Arts and Humanities, has been awarded a Literature Translation Fellowship of $25,000 to translate Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu into English. Cotter is one of 24 Literature Translation Fellows selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for fiscal year 2021. A previous National […]

March 23, 2021 - UT Dallas alumna, Dr. LaToya Watkins BA’06, MA’11, PhD’15, has received a two-book deal from New York publisher Viking-Penguin. The first book, a novel called Perish, will be published by Tiny Reparations, an imprint at Plume/Dutton, subsidiary of Viking-Penguin, and will be on the market in the Fall of 2022; Holler, Child will follow in […]

March 23, 2021 - Kevin Zander Johnson, currently pursuing his PhD in the School of Arts and Humanities, is the recipient of the 2021 Glasstire North Texas Art Writing Prize. In his winning essay, titled Do the Right Thing: Mookie, Sal, and the Stories We Tell, Johnson writes about Spike Lee’s landmark film, and how such powerful storytelling helps […]

March 23, 2021 - Faculty, staff and students from the School of Arts and Humanities recently got creative as they held an outdoor orientation for prospective A&H students. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, orientation was held outdoors as a drive-through event in parking lot B. Students who were considering enrolling as A&H majors drove through the lot, stopping at […]

February 24, 2021 - Medical and ethics experts on a panel hosted recently by The University of Texas at Dallas acknowledged the fears that some people have about the COVID-19 vaccines, but urged individuals to seek out reliable, factual information. “There’s often an echo chamber effect where people raise their concerns among people in their community who are not […]

February 24, 2021 - Kevin Zander Johnson is the recipient of the 2021 Glasstire North Texas Art Writing Prize. In his winning essay, titled Do the Right Thing: Mookie, Sal, and the Stories We Tell, Johnson writes about Spike Lee’s landmark film, and how such powerful storytelling helps us see each other more clearly. The $2,500 prize includes the winning essay […]

February 23, 2021 - Dr. Janet Johnson, a lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities, has recently released a book that discusses how technology is changing political messaging strategy and public opinion. Political Rhetoric, Social Media, and American Presidential Campaigns discusses media use in American presidential campaigns as well as social media campaigns for Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, […]

February 23, 2021 - A graduate from the School of Arts and Humanities recently was highlighted at the Nasher Prize Dialogues Graduate Symposium, sponsored by the Nasher Sculpture Center. Austin Bailey MA’20 spoke about multi-media artist Michael Rakowitz, who won the 2020 Nasher Prize. Bailey became fascinated with the work of Rakowitz as he interned at the Nasher, subsequently […]