Archive: 2022

June 15, 2022 - Dr. Janet Johnson, assistant professor of instruction in the School of Arts and Humanities, recently shared her knowledge of political rhetoric and social media with a group of visiting European officials. Johnson led a discussion at UT Dallas on political rhetoric, social media and the spread of misinformation/ disinformation. The gathering was part of the […]

June 15, 2022 - Patricia Mathu BA’22, a recent history graduate from the School of Arts and Humanities, has been selected for the 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The highly competitive national program provides a stipend and tuition support for students pursuing graduate studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “My time at UT Dallas has […]

June 15, 2022 - Dr. Carie S. T. King, clinical professor of communication and rhetoric in the School of Arts and Humanities, was recently awarded the President’s Teaching Excellence Award in Online/Blended Instruction. King was one of five UT Dallas educators who received teaching excellence awards this spring. She has been teaching writing and communication at UT Dallas since […]

June 15, 2022 - For 35 years the Holocaust Studies Program at UT Dallas has been a beacon of scholarship and enlightenment regarding one of the most traumatic events in human history. From 1933 to 1945, Jewish citizens and others who lived in countries throughout Europe were rounded up and killed in Nazi concentration camps. Among the 6 million […]

June 7, 2022 - The University of Texas at Dallas recently honored five educators with annual President’s Teaching Excellence Awards, while 48 others were recognized for their completion of a national classroom teaching course. “Teachers have such a great influence on their students,” said UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson, the Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership. “We […]

June 1, 2022 - Patricia Mathu was one of seven University of Texas at Dallas students and alumni selected for the 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The highly competitive national program provides a stipend and tuition support for students pursuing graduate studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Mathu was born and raised in suburban […]

May 31, 2022 - Dr. Nils Roemer, Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, presided over the school’s recent commencement ceremony, congratulating graduates on the completion of their degrees. He also spoke about the importance of creativity. Here is a small portion of his speech: “Creativity is the foundation on which you have honed skills, refined techniques, […]

May 31, 2022 - Seven history students have been inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honors society. The society’s mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. It seeks to bring students and faculty together both intellectually and socially for […]

May 31, 2022 - Two recent PhD graduates from UT Dallas’ School of Arts and Humanities recently published separate short story collections. Brian DiNuzzo, PhD’19, a writer and educator based in Allentown, New Jersey, recently published a collection of short stories, called “Hoaxes and Other Stories.” The characters populating DiNuzzo’s debut short story collection may be eccentrics, but at […]

May 26, 2022 - Recent UT Dallas graduate Elizabeth “Tess” Helfrich BA’21 BS’21 recently had her undergraduate capstone/thesis published in the Yale Historical Review. The paper, “A House is Not a Home: Examining the Definition of Home for Nineteenth-Century Enslaved Americans,” appears in the Fall 2021 issue of the Review. Helfrich, who earned bachelor’s degrees in biology and history […]