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In the wake of the current pandemic, The University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts and Humanities (A&H) recently designed a new drive-thru experience where prospective students and families were able to talk safely face-to-face with faculty, staff and students. “Because we are a creative school, we came up with a new way to […]

What brought you to the School of Arts and Humanities? After taking a readings course on Latin American Migration with Dr. Monica Rankin my sophomore year, I knew I wanted to learn more about Latin American history and how it continues impacting U.S. policy making today. I felt that adding a Latin American Studies concentration […]

After 50 years of capturing the beauty of important cultural spaces around the world, photographer Carolyn Brown has committed to leave her entire life’s work to the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at The University of Texas at Dallas. The collection includes thousands of images of the Middle East, Mexico, the Southwest and Dallas. […]

What brought you to the School of Arts and Humanities? Shortly after I received my undergraduate degree, I was looking for an institution with a strong interdisciplinary education where I could make my way and fashion my own academic plan. I met with a few local universities, and I felt most at home when I […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]