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Violence at the Urban Margins: Longhorns & Latin American Ethnography
Last week, the Department of Sociology – in conjunction with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, the Rappaport Cenntennial Professorship of Liberal Arts, and the Office of Graduate Studies – hosted a collaborative workshop that offered a … Continue reading
Feeling the Body: Embodying Sociology at the CWGS Conference
Recently, the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies hosted a productive and stimulating academic conference entitled “The Feeling Body.” With the emerging attention the body and affect are receiving in research, this was a great chance for graduate students across disciplines … Continue reading
Rosio-Colored Glasses : Lessons in Community and Recognition
By Pamela Neumann A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the annual winter meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society in New Mexico. Despite a fair amount of experience at professional conferences, this was my first time … Continue reading
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Out of My Habitus – Why my education and manners get in the way of doing research
By Juan Portillo Linda Tuhiwai Smith writes in Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples that Western academia has historically engaged in a process of legitimizing “what counts as knowledge, as language, as literature, as curriculum and as the role of … Continue reading
The Sociology of Sociology: Ego and the Scholarly- and Career-Enterprise
By David Glisch-Sanchez I have often shared with friends and mentees interested in graduate training my personal belief and observation that one of the greatest occupational hazards of a career in academia is the ego. I am not using ego … Continue reading
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Abriendo Brecha: Activist Scholarship at the University of Texas
Every year The University of Texas at Austin hosts a conference on activist scholarship known as Abriendo Brecha (Opening a Path). Abriendo Brecha brings together activistas, mujeristas, artistas, Nepantleras, scholars, and community members whose work is directed toward social justice … Continue reading
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“The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Situating Asian Americans” An evening with Michael Omi
Last week, UT-Austin had the honor of hosting Dr. Michael Omi, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Organized by the Department of Asian American Studies and co-sponsored by a number of other departments and center, … Continue reading
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Scouting and Homosexuality : A Case for the Gender Police?
Over the past few weeks, the Boy Scouts of America’s policy on gay Scouts and Scoutmasters has been featured heavily in the news. I am an Eagle Scout who studies masculinity here at the Sociology department and thus feel … Continue reading
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Opening the Blinds: A Convesation with Juan Portillo
In the final part of our series looking at the “Opening the Blinds” panel – dealing with the experiences of students of color here at UT and previously highlighted here and here – we offer a conversation between Juan Portillo, … Continue reading
The University of Texas Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
Longhorn REU students with their adviser, sociology professor Dr. Nestor Rodriguez (center). To Dr. Rodriguez’s immediate right: Mario Guerra and Taylor Orth Each year the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Department … Continue reading