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By Jessica Sinn • January 25, 2016 Dr. Tahmahkera, a citizen of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, examines how native people are represented in music, television, film and online. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and the author of Tribal Television: Viewing Native People in Sitcoms (University of North Carolina Pres, 2014). We caught…

Where Are They Now? Meet several outstanding DDCE grad student alums

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Over the past 10 years, the DDCE has sponsored more than 120 graduate students. During their time in the division, they worked with mentors and took advantage of professional development opportunities to prepare for their future careers. We caught up with a few outstanding alums to learn more about their good work and how they…

DDCE Staff Profile: Maple, Service Dog and Unofficial Mascot of SSD

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The DDCE is proud to announce the arrival of Maple, a two-year-old Labrador/Golden Retriever-mix who came to UT Austin from the Indiana Canine Assistance Network! She brings a number of skills to the job including opening automatic door buttons, carrying objects and riding the lift on the bus. When the vest is on, she’s hard at…

The People of DDCE: Mike Gutierrez

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Meet Mike Gutierrez, program coordinator for Project MALES, a K-12 initiative that prepares young men of color for academic success. He oversees daily operations for mentoring activities and plays an important role in building partnerships with Austin area school districts and community leaders. Since Gutierrez joined the program as a graduate student in 2013, he has…

The People of DDCE: Yulanda McCarty-Harris

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By Jessica Sinn • September 6, 2017 Based on her own experiences as a reporter, lawyer, marathon runner and university-wide equity and inclusion leader, Yulanda McCarty-Harris offers some valuable career advice for students. “Diversify your resume,” she says. “It’s the best way to create a niche for yourself that others may not have.” True to her own words,…

Seed Money: Austin residents launch community garden with help from Texas Grants Resource Center

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By Jessica Sinn • August 1, 2018 While mowing the vast fields surrounding St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hal Hughes often smiles to himself when he sees someone strolling along the spiraling pathway within the labyrinth garden. “I see a lot of familiar faces, but I also see people from the neighborhoods walking the gardens with their dogs and enjoying the…

Opinion: Why Schools should Make Mentoring a Top Priority

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By Jessica Sinn • August 12, 2016 In just a few weeks, students will embark on their first day of school—the one day of the year when everyone in the classroom starts off with a clean slate. For most students, this is a time of hope and possibilities. However, for many of our students of color—particularly males—the motivation…

The Long Way Home: For Octavio Martinez, all roads to mental health equity led back to Texas

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By Jessica Sinn • October 15, 2020 Growing up in a large military family, Dr. Octavio Martinez and his four younger brothers didn’t settle in one town for very long. But there was one place that always felt like home: their grandmother’s rural East Austin farmhouse. “I remember those summer days playing football out in the open, surrounded…

Q&A with Paige Schilt, Author of Queer Rock Love: A Family Memoir

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When you hear the term “All-American family” what images immediately come to mind? Are you picturing a scene from an 80s sitcom?” Or perhaps a tidy little house surrounded by a white-picket fence? Like apple pie amidst the backdrop of the stars and stripes, these images of the American ideal are embedded in our society,…

Recap: 2020 Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights

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