David Yaeger, professor in the department of Psychology, shares his journey from being a K-8 teacher to a professor today focused on researching teen development and how we might design social and learning environments that encourage the growing of a belief that they can change, rather than the more negatively impactful sense of personality as fixed forever.
Social studies
Into the COLAverse – Episode 10: Janet Davis
Janet M. Davis, professor in American Studies and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, shares her journey from the Midwest to UT classroom and her exploration of American culture and nation building, from railroad and big top circus spectacles to founding of animal rights. We end with a discussion of the social and political implications of the 1975 film, Jaws.