Language & Literature Alumni News
Urann Fellow Mixes Many Talents as Poet, Musician, Med Student
In between playing her violin, writing a book of poetry and conducting outreach for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Breanna Shen BS’23 made time to apply for a fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The neuroscience graduate won a Marcus L. Urann Fellowship, marking the 12th year in a row that The University of Texas at Dallas chapter’s nominee has received…
UT Dallas Literature Seniors Earn First Place Wins in Fiction Writing Competition
Two seniors studying literature with a concentration on creative writing at The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, & Technology at UT Dallas secured the top spots in a prestigious writing competition. At this year’s Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers (TACWT) annual conference, Michaela Kubes and Nezihe Yildirim impressed the judges with their captivating narratives, earning first…
AHT Doctoral Candidate’s Story About Desert Life Published in Scholarly Journal
Rachelle Scott “Through fiction, I have something to say about the ways living on a border, a place where you can have a foot in two different countries, influences inhabitants’ inner lives,” said Rachelle Scott, a UT Dallas School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology (AHT) doctoral candidate. “I do a lot of reading of others who write about this particular…
Issue 23 | May 2022: Alumni Release Books
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 their core they are struggling…
President’s Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching Assistants
The University of Texas at Dallas recently honored five educators with annual President’s Teaching Excellence Awards for their positive influence in the classroom and innovative approaches to teaching. UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson recognized the recipients for their accomplishments in a virtual event April 29. This is the fourth year the Center for Teaching and Learning has celebrated faculty for their outstanding efforts.…
Issue 13 | April 2021: Mathur Awarded Clarkson Prize
This year’s Sherry Clarkson Prize for the best graduate student paper delivered at the 2021 RAW Conference goes to Shivika Mathur for her paper “Practical in the Extreme”: Hyperbole and (Dis)enchantment in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Shivika is a literature Ph.D. student and TA, teaching Rhetoric 1302. Her presentation, ‘“Practical in the Extreme:” Hyperbole and (Dis)enchantment in Charlotte…
Interview: Toni Muñoz-Hunt, PhD in Literature, Spring 2021
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 stepped foot onto this wonderfully…
Kevin Zander Johnson is the 2021 Winner of the $2500 North Texas Art Writing Prize
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 being published on Glasstire, and…
Issue 02 | May 2020: Student Accomplishment
The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our students, including Ji-Won Kim, whose creativity and dedication shine brightly. Ji-Won Kim, a Spring 2020 graduate, has been working on an ambitious project: adapting Gene Luen Yang’s award-winning graphic novel, American Born Chinese, into a play. This beloved novel explores themes…
Class of 2019: Lifeguard, Lover of Literature Is a Thinker at Heart
Francis Patience Francis Patience is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in literature, with minors in philosophy and political science from the School of Arts and Humanities. For most of his time at UT Dallas, he has worked in University Recreation as a lifeguard; he also played intramural soccer. But even with his love of sports, Patience considers himself a thinker. He…