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Category Archives: University of Texas at Austin Sociology
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
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
Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson Is 2013 Outstanding Graduate Adviser
Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson received the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Adviser Award. The Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Adviser Award annually recognizes the exemplary service of one graduate adviser. Graduate advisers provide an invaluable service to the University and its community of students, … Continue reading
Signature Course Class Gives Away $100,000
What would you do if you were handed $100,000 to give to charity? Where would you start? How would you research which organizations were most deserving or would use the money in the best way? Last semester, students in a … Continue reading
Sociology’s new home in CLA sustainable in many ways
The College of Liberal Arts building (CLA) which we now call home has been lauded as smart and environmentally sustainable. The COLA blog, Life and Letters features a great slide show emphasizing the sleek, modern design that has brought the … Continue reading
Tips on maintaining health work/life balance for end of semester and holidays
From Sociology Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff: When I am confronted with a difficult task or an academic challenge that seems insurmountable, it really helps me to think of all the previous objectives that I achieved that seemed impossible at … 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
Christine Williams featured on KEYE
Wal-Mart Employees Prepare To Walk Out On Black Friday As Wal-Mart gears up for its Black Friday sale, some employees are preparing to walk out. But other employees we spoke with in the Austin area fear they could lose their … Continue reading
Clips from Opening the Blinds: Talking Race, Sex and Class at UT-Austin
by Kevin Hsu and Evelyn Porter Panelists: Marianna Anaya, Mexican American Studies and Radio, Television and Film junior, member of La Colectiva Femenil Marleen Villanueva, Spanish senior, member of La Colectiva Femenil Juan Portillo, PhD student in Sociology Rocio Villalobos, … Continue reading