A&S in the News
This section of Dialogue features external media coverage faculty, staff, and students in our college received. Links are sourced from UT System News Roundup. If you have a news item, please email Amanda Womac
Faculty in the News
- The Washington Post: Slave-owning presidents become targets of protesters (History)
- WVLT: Many love the water from Love’s Creek, but is it safe? (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- com: Amid signs virus hitting African Americans hardest, many see a pattern (Psychology)
Commentary & Op-Eds
- Knoxville News Sentinel: Lee’s bill restricting abortions an attack on Tennesseans (Beth Holden, UT senior majoring in women, gender and sexuality with a minor in sociology)
- The Tennessean: Anti-Chinese SECURE CAMPUS Act is a return to earlier, discriminatory era (Patrick Grzanka, associate professor of psychology)
- New York Times: I Played in the N.F.L. It Needs Way More Than a Black Anthem (Donté Stallworth, former UT psychology student)
Department News & Noteworthy Achievements
This section of Dialogue features internal news and noteworthy achievements by faculty, staff, and students in our college. If you have a news item, please email Amanda Womac.
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Derek Alderman, a professor in the Department of Geography, is part of a team of scholars who received the 2020 Zumkehr Prize for Scholarship in Public Memory for their paper, “Following the story: narrative mapping as a mobile method for tracking and interrogating spatial narratives” published in the Journal of Heritage Tourism. Read More |
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Kirsten Benson, director of the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center, received the Paul E. Trentham, Sr. Library Partner Award during the UT Libraries Virtual Spirit Awards Ceremony and Breakfast, which celebrates the accomplishments of the UT Libraries faculty and staff from throughout the year. View More |
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Patrick Grzanka, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, published two papers exploring how people’s beliefs about sexual orientation influences their worldviews. Read More |
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The UT MFA theatre program moved up three spots in the rankings of Master of Fine Arts acting programs, landing at eighth in the Hollywood Reporter’s annual list of top programs. Read More |
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Dolly Parton’s America podcast received a prestigious Peabody Award, which recognizes stories notable for their excellence as well as their resonance. Read More |