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Jill DeTemple receives the President’s Associate Award

Congratulations to Jill DeTemple, department of religious studies professor and chair. DeTemple was awarded the President’s Associates Outstanding Faculty Award at the spring general faculty meeting on January 27. The award is given annually to tenured faculty for the advancement of teaching and learning.  

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How America’s love for its cats and dogs built the pet industrial complex

QZ.com Dr. Laurent-Simpson was recently interviewed by Quartz News about the exploding pet product industry and its relationship to emergent multi-species families in the United States. READ MORE: https://qz.com/1954821/how-america-is-changing-the-global-pet-industry/

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Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Sociology

Abena Marfo awarded an Engaged Learning Fellowship

Congratulations to our own sociology major, Abena Marfo, for being awarded an Engaged Learning Fellowship! Ms. Marfo plans on learning more about how race and ethnicity impact maternal perceptions of healthcare provider involvement. Congratulations, Abena!

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Alejandro Aceves Appointed to Committee on Science Policy

Dedman College News Originally Posted: January 28, 2021  Alejandro Aceves, professor and chair of the SMU Department of Mathematics, has been appointed to the SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Committee on Science Policy.) According to SIAM.org: SIAM is committed to promoting the value of research in applied mathematics and in ensuring the application […]

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Autistic kids may have a harder time recognizing healthy vs. toxic arguments

Eureka Alert Originally Posted: January 27, 2021 DALLAS (SMU) – A new study suggests children on the autism spectrum may be more likely to misinterpret healthy arguments between their parents as being negative, compared to children who aren’t on the autism spectrum. That means they may be missing out on an opportunity to learn from […]

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Ancient indigenous New Mexican community knew how to sustainably coexist with wildfire

SMU News Originally Posted: January 20, 2021 Wildfires are the enemy when they threaten homes in California and elsewhere. But a new study led by SMU suggests that people living in fire-prone places can learn to manage fire as an ally to prevent dangerous blazes, just like people who lived nearly 1,000 years ago. “We […]

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Congratulations to SMU alumnus Aaron Sanchez

Congratulations to Aaron Sanchez (SMU Ph.D. 2013) on the publication of his book _Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging since 1900_ (University of Oklahoma Press, 2021). The Clements Center is proud to have supported Aaron and his research.  https://www.oupress.com/books/16122730/homeland

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Congratulations to SMU alumna Jenny Seman

Congratulations to Jenny Seman (SMU PhD, 2015) on the publication of her book, Borderlands Curanderos: The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo (University of Texas Press, 2021).  The Clements Center is proud to have supported Jenny and her research. https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/seman-borderlands-curanderos

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Dedman College students to participate in NSF conference on COVID-19 modelling

Dedman College News Originally Posted: January 22, 2021 Four Dedman College students will participate in the upcoming “NSF Student Conference on COVID-19 Modelling” January 28-29, 2021. According to the National Science Foundation (NSF) student conference website, the event “aims to highlight a broad range of interdisciplinary developments on understanding mechanisms behind COVID-19 dynamics.” Key session […]

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Texas’s Most Famous Historian Looks Back at His Own, Legendary Life

Texas Monthly Originally Posted: February 2021 Andrew R. Graybill is a professor of history and the director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. This article originally appeared in the February 2021 issue of Texas Monthly with the headline “A Historian’s History.”  While working in the archives at the Dolph Briscoe Center […]