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Dr. Phillips-Cunningham interviewed regarding Roe vs. Wade decision

6/27/22

In the hours after the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade, Texas Woman's University's Dr. Danielle Phillips-Cunningham was interviewed by several Dallas-Fort Worth television and radio stations.

Phillips-Cunningham pens article on Quakertown for Washington Post

6/24/22

TWU Women’s and Gender Studies scholar Danielle Phillips-Cunningham co-authored an analysis and history of Quakertown for the Washington Post. The article was written with Ms. Alma Clark (94 years old) and Ms. Betty Kimble (90 years old), who have been leading the documentation of Quakertown, a thriving community that formerly enslaved people established in Denton after Juneteenth.

TWU alumna Ritter named dean of USC Dance

6/15/22

Julia M. Ritter, who earned her PhD from Texas Woman's University in 2016, has been named dean of the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, effective July 1.

Ritter's doctoral studies at TWU focused on immersive performance, bridging theater, dance, film and digital media. “As I’ve been studying these new ways to collaborate throughout my career, I’ve seen a real hunger from both faculty and students to build institutional and creative infrastructures that support those kinds of interactions,” Ritter said.

Ritter was a professor of dance at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where she served as chair and artistic director of the department of dance from 2010 to 2021.

TWU biology's Dr. Pislariu earns $1 million grant

6/1/22

Research conducted by Catalina Pislariu, PhD, of the TWU Biology Department into rehabilitating farmland by planting crops that not only grow in depleted soil but also contribute to the regeneration of that exhausted earth has earned a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Powers first at Texas Woman’s to win Boren Fellowship

5/27/22

Petina JD Powers has survived a litany of hardships, but now the sociology doctoral student is the first TWU student to earn a David L. Boren Fellowship, which she will use to study the Hindi language this summer before traveling to India to conduct research.