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Extra Credit

Lost in the Sauce

July 31, 2024 by Kaulie Watson

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

Making Things, Making Meaning

June 11, 2024 by Leora Visotzky

Jürgen Streeck on linguistics, hip-hop, and car mechanics

Politics of Religion, Religion of Politics

April 17, 2024 by Kaulie Watson

Three UT Austin scholars discuss the link between religion and politics, from Obeah in Trinidad to the religious right in the U.S.

Education, Dementia, and COLA’s Largest-Ever Grant

February 13, 2024 by Leora Visotzky

Lead investigator and sociology professor Chandra Muller on the first year of her record-breaking project

Extra Credit: Why Comics Matter

January 30, 2024 by Daniel Oppenheimer

“Pyroclast,” Professor Latinx, and 12 comics to prove a point

Extra Credit: Location, Location, Location

November 1, 2023 by Kaulie Watson

Dr. Amy Thompson talks settlement archaeology, the Classic Maya, and what your neighborhood can — and can’t — say about you.

Extra Credit: Lessons in Monkey Studies, or, a Q&A with Anthony Di Fiore

September 28, 2023 by Kaulie Watson

In the first-ever Extra Credit Q&A, anthropology professor Anthony Di Fiore talks spider monkeys, sloth attacks, and a historic vote in Ecuador.

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