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Rising Stars in Liberal Arts

Anthropology

Dr. Michael B. Collins

Michael B. Collins
Changing archaeologists' ideas about
America's earliest inhabitants

Dr. Christina Conlee

Christina Conlee
Providing rare insight
into ancient Peruvian culture

English

Dr. Elvin Holt

Dr. Sandra Mayo

Elvin Holt and Sandra Mayo
Groundbreaking research on
black theatre in Texas

Author Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien
America's future writers
learn from a master storyteller

Geography

Dr. Brock Brown

Brock Brown
Texas State's 17th Piper Professor
teaches students to think critically

History

Dr. James McWilliams

James McWilliams
Taking an unconventional approach
to writing about American food production

Dr. Lynn Denton

Professor Dan Utley

Lynn Denton and Dan Utley
Helping Texans with
historic research and interpretation

Philosophy

Dr. Jo Ann Carson

The Ethics Bowl Team
Applying ethical principles to real-life
problems in business, education,
government, medicine, and more

Political Science

Dr. William Ruger

William Ruger
Bringing unusual civil and military
experience to the classroom

Psychology

Dr. Natalie Ceballos

Natalie Ceballos
Discovering new information
about addiction

Dr. Joe Etherton

Joe Etherton
When chronic pain
becomes malingering

Dr. Reiko Graham

Reiko Graham
Discovering what happens in our brains
when we experience emotion

Dr. Kelly Haskard-Zolnierek

Kelly Haskard-Zolnierek
Improving communications
between doctors and patients

Sociology

Dr. Nathan Pino

Nathan Pino
Why democratic police reform efforts often fail
in transitional and developing countries