The Texas 10

 

John Daly, Communications Studies

Daly may have spent the last 20 years researching things like shyness in people. But in a lecture hall of 300 restless college students, shy he is not. “Teaching...

 
 

Shannon Patton, Nursing

Given the elaborate emergencies she stages, Shannon Patton could surely work in Hollywood if she weren’t a nursing instructor. She’ll apply things like makeup,...

 
 

Nancy Daley, Human Sexuality

Believe it or not, Nancy Daley was a self-proclaimed “blusher” before she started teaching a room full of college students about sex 12 years ago. “I learned...

 
 

Brent Iverson, Chemistry

Brent Iverson always emphasizes to his students the real-world application and importance of what they’re learning — whether it’s about organic chemistry or...

 
 

John Pearce, Engineering

For a professor of literature, being soulful and philosophical might be an easier feat. But John Pearce manages it even while teaching the intricacies of electrical...

 
 

Bruce Buchanan, Government

For 35 years, Bruce Buchanan has taught the immensely popular and now iconic Politics of the Presidency class. Every big, entry-level course is fraught with familiar...

 
 

Charles Ramirez-Berg, Radio-TV-Film

Photo by Jay B Sauceda Like a good film, Charles Ramirez-Berg’s path to UT’s department of Radio-TV-Film had a few plot twists. He went from pre-med student...

 
 

Tim Loving, Human Development

You’d never know it from the way he engages an audience, but well-known relationship scientist Tim Loving experiences social anxiety. For him, facing 150 pairs...

 
 

Jennifer Wilks, English

Though just in her eighth year of teaching, Jennifer Wilks has the poise of a veteran professor as she discusses her dual role as a teacher and scholar of American...

 
 

Lino Graglia, Law

Photo by Jay B Sauceda Since 1966, Lino Graglia has been teaching the same two courses: constitutional law and antitrust. But consider the course names misnomers,...

 
 
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