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University of Texas at Arlington professor named Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Australia

Tue, Jul 02, 2013 22:59 CET

ARLINGTON, Texas -- University of Texas at Arlington Political Science Professor Victoria Farrar-Myers has been named the 2013-2014 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Political Science at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. She will be in residence during spring 2014. Farrar-Myers, an expert on the American presidency, will conduct research on executive foreign policy-making with a particular emphasis on the Pacific Rim, take part in graduate and undergraduate seminars and deliver public lectures on a speaking tour throughout Australia. “I am honored and humbled to have

UT Arlington names first director for its new Center for African American Studies

Wed, Jun 06, 2012 20:54 CET

Hatcher to start July 1ARLINGTON, Texas – The University of Texas at Arlington has named Schnavia Smith Hatcher, a University of Georgia associate professor of social work, as director of the new UT Arlington Center for African American Studies. Her first day will be July 1. Hatcher moves to Texas after seven years with the University of Georgia School of Social Work. She joined Georgia in 2005 and previously served as an adjunct faculty member in the social work and sociology departments of Bowie State University, Prince George’s Community College and the University of the District of

UT Arlington professor and filmmaker named Morgan Woodward Distinguished Professor

Sat, Apr 14, 2012 00:18 CET

ARLINGTON, Texas – Ya’Ke Smith, a University of Texas at Arlington assistant professor of art and art history whose work has been nominated for an Academy Award and recognized by numerous film festivals, has been named the Morgan Woodward Distinguished Professor in the College of Liberal Arts. The appointment takes effect Sept. 1. “It is really an honor to have been granted this prestigious professorship so early in my academic career,” said Smith, 31, who joined the University in 2009. Woodward established the professorship in 2010 through a gift that doubled in value through the

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