Nov 03, 2015
Dr. Xavier Livermon: Examining LGBT Life in Sub-Saharan Africa
Last spring, Dr. Xavier Livermon, assistant professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, debuted the university’s first African…
Nov 03, 2015
Dr. Esther Calzada: Getting to the Root of Mental Health Disorders
Dr. Esther Calzada, associate professor in the School of Social Work, specializes in early childhood development with a particular…
Nov 03, 2015
Dr. Michael Rivera: Investigating the Driving Forces of Immigration Policy
Dr. Michael Rivera, assistant professor, Department of Government and Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, specializes in research…
Nov 03, 2015
Dr. Julie Minich: Understanding Nationalism, Citizenship and Disability
Dr. Julie Minich, assistant professor, Departments of English and Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and the Center for Mexican…
Nov 03, 2015
Dr. Yasmiyn Irizarry: Closing the Achievement Gap
Dr. Yasmiyn Irizarry, assistant professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, is a quantitative sociologist who studies inequality in…
Oct 23, 2015
My Brother’s Keeper Task Force Announced
Austin and Travis County partner with the DDCE to close opportunity gaps for young men of color.
Oct 23, 2015
Off the Shelf
Did you know DDCE manages the university-wide book blog Shelflife@Texas? Check out on of our top picks from this fall’s reading list.
Oct 21, 2015
Meet a Charter School Teacher
At Laurel Ridge, Thomas Delgado is helping special-needs children (grades 4 through 12) discover their interest in the world around them.
Oct 10, 2015
Step into the Principal’s Office
Although Tonya King has just recently taken on her new role as Executive Principal at UT Elementary, she has been a part of the “Little Longhorn” family since the school’s very beginning.
Oct 10, 2015
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Lucy Alejos puts low-income high school students on the path to college at Advise TX, a statewide program within the College Advising Corps that helps underserved high school students tackle the college application process and find a school that suits their needs.