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Curriculum and Instruction Clinical Assistant Professor Bonnie Elliott Named to the 2018 ‘Texas Ten’ Professors
May. 02, 2018
Bonnie Elliott, a Clinical Assistant Professor in Language and Literacy Studies, has been recognized in the Texas Exes' Texas Ten awards. The Texas Ten are faculty members who are nominated by alumni
Mirrors and Windows: Including Race in Literacy Instruction Opens Up the World
May. 02, 2018
On a Thursday afternoon last fall, approximately 20 pre-service teachers arrived for class at Guerrero-Thompson Elementary in Austin. They were students in the College of Education enrolled in Literacy Methods, a course on reading methods in elementary school. Their initial assignment: critically analyze non-fiction texts. The goal was for the pre-service teachers…
Germine Awad Discusses How Pervasive Racial Bias Is in KUT Interview
May. 01, 2018
Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten: An Interview with Christopher P. Brown
May. 01, 2018
Undergraduate’s Fine Motor Research Can Give Physical Therapists a Hand
Apr. 26, 2018
It can be difficult for those with a fine motor disability to complete certain gestures. An undergraduate researcher is studying how different forces or force combinations may be more strenuous to conduct than others. By having volunteers perform specific motions, his research has the ability to assist physical therapists in…
Autism Bridges
Apr. 26, 2018
The goal of the Department of Special Education is to be a bridge of expertise for families of children with autism, and for the community. We provide a space for our faculty to conduct basic and applied research. We also prepare our students to create and deliver best practices in a…
Kinesiology and Health Education Ph.D. Candidate to be Featured on The Dr. Oz Show
Apr. 24, 2018
A casual conversation on a flight from back to Austin from Newark led to an appearance on the Dr. Oz Show for Tim Fleisher, a Ph.D. candidate in exercise science in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. On an episode set to air May 16, 2018, Fleisher shares his research and exercise…
KHE Graduate Student Wins Several Awards at the Texas ACSM Annual Meeting
Apr. 17, 2018
Ann-Katrin Grotle, a Ph.D. student in the exercise science program in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, has won three awards at the most recent meeting of the TACSM
Professor Luis Urrieta Publishes ‘Cultural Constructions of Identity: Meta-Ethnography and Theory’
Apr. 17, 2018
The book provides an up-to-date commentary on the use of qualitative research to gauge the range of identities.
Kinesiology and Health Education Professor Jan Todd quoted in Forbes "The Body Beautiful Business"
Apr. 12, 2018
"What you hear again and again and again is of someone who doesn't measure up in terms of what we think is fit and beautiful and transforming themselves through exercise."

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