Huaiyin Li reveals the reality hidden under layers of political propaganda and critique
The Mentor Mindset
Psychology professor David Yeager on how to speak so young people will listen
Austen in Austin
When UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center, world-renowned for its rare books and manuscripts, wanted to tell a fresh story about Jane Austen, it needed to team up with an Austen scholar willing to go places the HRC couldn’t. That scholar? Janine Barchas.
Bloody History, Historical Recovery
In The Injustice Never Leaves You, published in 2018 by Harvard University Press, historian and MacArthur “genius” fellow Monica Martinez documents the disturbing history of anti-Mexican violence during a period of rapid growth and economic transformation for the Lone Star State.
Creating Human Nature: Government professor Benjamin Gregg delves into the fraught politics of genetic engineering
For Benjamin Gregg, professor of government at The University of Texas at Austin and author of the new book Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering, the potential of gene editing technologies is too great to leave it to ad hoc reactions, either from a skittish public, a sensationalistic media, or a heavy-handed state.