UT English/Writing Professor, Daniel Wollenberg, recently presented, “Medieval Radicalism: Social Justice and Reform in the European Middle Ages,” to Honors students. Dr. Wollenberg argued that there were radical social reformers throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and much of the radicalism was driven by the growing centralization of power in the hands of the CatholicContinue reading “Symposium – Daniel Wollenberg – Medieval Radicalism”
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Honors Thesis – Beck Lazansky, Thomas Krumpter, Noah McNair, Flavia Mandatori
Four graduating Honors students recently presented their Honors Theses as an Honors symposium. Beck Lazansky talked about her memoir project. Thomas Krumpter used his Honors thesis to analyze job postings for Systems Analysts and contrasted the stated requirements with the current curricular expectations of training programs. Noah McNair was involved in a Behind The ScenesContinue reading “Honors Thesis – Beck Lazansky, Thomas Krumpter, Noah McNair, Flavia Mandatori”
Symposium – Ryan Welch – Police Militarization
Dr. Ryan Welch, from UT’s Political Science department, presented on his research related to police militarization to the UT Honors students. Dr. Welch explained that most police officers favor militarization, though support varies in some interesting ways. In particular, white police officers and police officers who hold more racist views, are more likely to favorContinue reading “Symposium – Ryan Welch – Police Militarization”