Kaulie Watson
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1984 In Their Words: Karen Kaplan
How a linguist became a hospice chaplain
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1984 In Their Words: Duff Stewart
Leave the place better than you found it
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1984 In Their Words: Barbara Ganson
From studying the history of women aviators to joining their ranks as a pilot
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1984 In Their Words: Linda Neavel Dickens
She started as a water polo referee at the UT Rec — and worked her way up to associate vice provost
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Mākua’s Futures
Laurel Mei-Singh on the possibilities for life after militarism in Hawai’i
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Lost in the Sauce
Ashanté Reese on the beautiful, the useful, and being on Team Too Much
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Writing Portraits
Javier Auyero on his new book, “Portraits of Persistence: Inequality and Hope in Latin America”
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Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez Has Some Questions For You
An experienced journalist turned university professor, Rivas-Rodriguez is leading CMAS through its largest oral history project yet
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Poetry, Goats, Revolution
Oksana Lutsyshyna’s new novel explores a little-known Ukrainian protest movement and the weight of change
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Politics of Religion, Religion of Politics
Three UT Austin scholars discuss the link between religion and politics, from Obeah in Trinidad to the religious right in the U.S.
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Faculty Spotlight: Lori Holt
Dr. Lori Holt joined the Department of Psychology faculty this past year as a professor. Her research in the auditory cognitive neuroscience field has been recognized by the National Academy of Sciences, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, and many other organizations.
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COLA’s Favorite Books of 2023
We may be a week into 2024, but we’re not quite ready to close the book on 2023 just yet. In case you’re feeling the same — or just looking for a great read to start off the new year — we’ve asked some of our COLA faculty what they most enjoyed reading over the…
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Avocados and Deforestation: A Report
The growing demand for avocados in the US has led to significant socio-environmental consequences in Mexico, where most of the supply comes from, according to new research from UT Austin faculty.
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The Powerful Message of “Murder Most Foul”
Classics professor Tom Palaima on Bob Dylan’s epic and the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Extra Credit: Location, Location, Location
Dr. Amy Thompson talks settlement archaeology, the Classic Maya, and what your neighborhood can — and can’t — say about you.
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Ask An Aqueduct
You’ve seen them on TV and in movies, in History Channel specials and textbooks on antiquity, maybe even on a tour of the Italian countryside. But to archaeologist Rabun Taylor, there’s more to aqueducts than meets the eye.
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These Are Not Just Any Greeting Cards
Craig Campbell’s “Greeting Cards for the Anthropocene” don’t look anything like Hallmark.
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Gamifying Japanese History and Literature with JapanLab
From video games to virtual reality, JapanLab is bringing history into the 21st century and beyond.
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Extra Credit: Lessons in Monkey Studies, or, a Q&A with Anthony Di Fiore
In the first-ever Extra Credit Q&A, anthropology professor Anthony Di Fiore talks spider monkeys, sloth attacks, and a historic vote in Ecuador.
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Watch Roger Reeves Accept 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize
Roger Reeves, English professor at UT Austin and poet extraordinaire, has won the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize for his book Best Barbarian. The world’s largest international poetry award for a book written or translated into English, the Griffin comes with $130,000 in prize money.
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Kamran Asdar Ali links UT Austin to Global Asia
Kamran Asdar Ali, chair of UT’s Department of Anthropology, just finished his term as president of the Association for Asian Studies. His goal? Expanding how we think about Asia.
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Ghosts in the Machine: Digital forensics and the race against the technological clock
Jacques Derrida, the famous philosopher, thought the advent of digital word processing meant the end of the draft. Thorsten Ries and a team of researchers are proving him wrong — and pushing the boundaries of digital forensics in the humanities.
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A Classics Podcast Gets Greek Greats Onto Your Phone
The idea for Deborah Beck’s podcast burst forth from her head like the goddess Athena from the head of Zeus. That moment of inspiration has turned into three seasons and counting of “Musings in Greek Literature,” a podcast on classical Greek texts hosted by Beck and a rotating cast of her advanced undergraduate students.
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The McCrackenaissance
A few things to know about Elizabeth McCracken: She’s hilarious on Twitter. She likes to spend her mornings swimming in Austin’s Barton Springs Pool. She’s not wild about the term “autofiction,” and her new book, “The Hero of This Book,” is definitely a novel, not a memoir.
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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Texas Prisons
The Texas Prison Education Initiative offers college-credit courses to incarcerated students in the Austin area. The courses, which span subjects from physics to philosophy, are taught by volunteer instructors and offered at no cost to students. Since it began in 2018, the program has served some 230 students in over 400 classes. But there’s still…
