Kaulie Watson


  • MALS Celebrates 10 Years with “Knowledge is Power”

    The Department of Mexican American & Latina/o Studies invited two artists to commemorate its first decade with a custom mural, now open to the public


  • A Man Obsessed

    Oscar Cásares brings the border to the stage


  • COLA’s Favorite Books of 2024

    COLA faculty authors recommend 10 books to carry into the new year


  • 1984 In Their Words

    Seven 1984 alumni share about their time on the Forty Acres


  • 1984 In Their Words: William “Bill” Shute

    On how reading “King Lear” can lead to 38 years of marriage


  • 1984 In Their Words: Karen Kaplan

    How a linguist became a hospice chaplain


  • 1984 In Their Words: Duff Stewart

    Leave the place better than you found it


  • 1984 In Their Words: Barbara Ganson

    From studying the history of women aviators to joining their ranks as a pilot


  • 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


  • Mākua’s Futures

    Laurel Mei-Singh on the possibilities for life after militarism in Hawai’i


  • Lost in the Sauce

    Ashanté Reese on the beautiful, the useful, and being on Team Too Much


  • Writing Portraits

    Javier Auyero on his new book, “Portraits of Persistence: Inequality and Hope in Latin America”


  • 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


  • Poetry, Goats, Revolution

    Oksana Lutsyshyna’s new novel explores a little-known Ukrainian protest movement and the weight of change


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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…


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • These Are Not Just Any Greeting Cards

    Craig Campbell’s “Greeting Cards for the Anthropocene” don’t look anything like Hallmark.


  • Gamifying Japanese History and Literature with JapanLab

    From video games to virtual reality, JapanLab is bringing history into the 21st century and beyond.