Category: Video

This post is part of a series. View the last post for context. I’m ready for summer. I know I’m going to regret saying that in roughly mid-July, when it’s been 108º for 14 days in a row and I can’t get the house cool enough and all I want to do is hover above […]

This post is part of a series. View the last post for context. I’m really sorry about the leaf blower, guys. The lesson of today’s video is sometimes you just have to power through and keep going even when it feels like everything is falling apart. From losing loved ones to getting sick to having […]

This post is part of a series. View the last post for context. As I write this, we just learned this morning that we lost our dear friend and colleague, Kyle Lee, over the weekend. It’s difficult to go through the motions of working in his absence, expecting to see him crossing the lobby in […]

This post is part of a series. View the last post for context. Since I made the video so long, I’m going to keep this part short. All you really need to know about this week is that Fan Studies is a deeply fascinating field. This week’s readings covered everything from the anthropologist Michel de […]

This post is part of a series. View the last post for context. My poetry workshop went crazy last week. We got on the DART train. It felt weird at first, sitting with about ten other students and our professor having class on the train while other people were riding to work. I felt conspicuous […]

This post is part of a series. View the last post for more context. In this week’s video, I talk about Beyonce. Kind of a lot, honestly. The Grammys were last night, and Queen Bey’s long-awaited and much-lauded genre-bending country album Cowboy Carter won both Best Country Album and Album of the Year. It’s a […]

I’m Kristen, the Marketing Communications Manager here at the School of IS, and now an IS student. I switched my major from the MS in Marketing to the MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, and in this weekly series I share my experience with the MAIS. As the weeks go on, I’ll talk about the coursework, the […]

UPDATE: Enrollment has been reopened for this course. By popular demand, we have added additional seats! (You’re welcome!) Visit UT Dallas CourseBook to register now. Coming this fall to a UTD classroom near you: ISIS 4V89.002, Film & Popular Culture, one of our most popular electives! Peek behind the scenes at Dr. Lance Lusk’s course […]

College credit for yapping about superheroes? Yes please! Register now: http://coursebook.utdallas.edu. In this video, Dr. Kyle Hammonds talks about his Fall 2024 course, Superheroes & American Mythology (ISIS 4V89). Find out Dr. Hammonds’s thoughts about the Joker fandom, his appearance at ComiCon, who’s his favorite Batman, and more!

Interdisciplinary Studies: it’s a lot of syllables, but not a lot of information. If you’re wondering what an I.S. degree is, who it’s for, and what careers it might prepare you for, our very own academic advisor Kasey McKee will walk you through it. Get all the details on how exactly we help you #DesignYourDegree.