Headlines & Publications
7/22/21
4/30/21
"On April 21, 17 state treasurers from across the U.S. urged Congress to institute a paid family leave plan policy," writes Assistant Professor Ashley Bender, PhD, in an op-ed for Austin American Statesman. "Unfortunately, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar was not among them. Yet now more than ever, we need Texas state officials to consider the benefits of paid family leave, broadly, and paid parental leave, more specifically."
4/27/21
"Those novels which tell alternate histories do so knowing that the past cannot be changed, that their story is not the 'truth'鈥攂ut speculative fiction is not escapism," writes Associate Professor Gretchen Busl, PhD, in an op-ed for Tor.com. "Narrative theory reminds us that counterfactual fiction is a tool for better understanding our own world, even as it seems to contradict it."
4/14/21
"In college writing classes, it鈥檚 not uncommon to read essays interrogating psychological disorders, misogyny, racism, and the deleterious effects of homophobia that have impacted students鈥� lives," writes Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, PhD, in an op-ed for Fort Worth Weekly. "What is novel is the upward trending interest in writing about personal traumas brought on by the pandemic."
12/10/20
"With Georgia narrowly supporting the Democratic presidential candidate for the first time since 1992, there has been no shortage of well-deserved stories about Black women鈥檚 influence on the state flipping," writes Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, PhD, Program Lead of Multicultural Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies, in an op-ed for The Washington Post. "This is not surprising. Stacey Abrams, LaTosha Brown, Errin Haines, Keisha Lance Bottoms and others have worked tirelessly to ensure that the voices of African Americans and other historically marginalized people in the state are heard. Their work was instrumental in securing Joe Biden鈥檚 win and forcing a U.S. Senate runoff in the state."