Faculty Spotlight – September
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Faculty Spotlight – September

College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Spotlight Series Dr. John Koehler Associate Professor of Political Science & Public Administration Presentation: Thursday, September 18, 2025,  4:30-5:30 p.m.  Talk by Dr. John Koehler. Location: Founders Hall, Bernie Beck Lecture Hall (Doors open at 4:15 p.m.)All are welcome to attend. Appetizers and light refreshments will be served! Title:…

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Early Trauma Fuels a Passion to Learn for A&M–Central Texas Student

Demetra Paizanis Mark Ventura Henry vividly recalls the silence following the crack of the plastic phone stand striking his skin. But it wasn’t the sound of impact that lingered — it was the hush afterward. “[I was beaten] with a phone stand until it drew blood. For me, it felt more like glass shattering,” he…

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Batoul Ibrahim

Batoul Ibrahim My name is Batoul Ibrahim, and I am a proud TAMUCT alumnus! I graduated with my BS degree in Biology, with a Biochemistry minor, with highest distinction in May 2022. I am currently a PhD student in Biology at Texas Tech University. I had a successful learning journey at TAMUCT. I gained important…

Ten A&M-Central Texas Students Visit U.K. for Nine-Day Study Abroad: Meet York's Last Surviving D-Day Veteran
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Ten A&M–Central Texas Students Visit U.K. for Nine-Day Study Abroad: Meet York’s Last Surviving D-Day Veteran

By Karen Clos For Texas A&M University–Central Texas College of Arts and Sciences Dean, Allen Redmon, Ph.D., and English and linguistics Associate Professor Amber Dunai, Ph.D., the majority of their time is spent in classrooms, conference rooms, and office spaces on the second floor of the Beck Family Heritage Hall. Not for a moment has…

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Dr. Praveen Malali

Faculty Spotlight College of Arts & Sciences Dr. Praveen Malali Department: Science and Mathematics Dr. Malali is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at A&M – Central Texas, in the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program. He joined the program in Fall 2023. Malali Article: “Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Education for a Sustainable Future” Dr….

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What is History?

By Demetra Paizanis When most people hear the word “history,” they immediately flash back to stuffy classrooms, thick textbooks, and tedious memorization sessions. But history deserves better than that dull reputation. History is not just “what happened.” History is not just “what happened.” It’s not a dusty shelf of names, dates, and wars, waiting to…

Anthropology is far broader than that. It’s the study of humans in every possible way—past, present, biological, cultural, and linguistic.
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Is Anthropology the Right Path for You?

By Demetra Paizanis Is Anthropology the Right Path for You? At some point, everyone asks themselves a version of “What am I even doing?” Maybe it happened during an existential crisis in the cereal aisle, wondering if you actually like granola or if you’ve just been blindly loyal to a brand since childhood. Maybe it…

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What is Anthropology?

By Demetra Paizanis The first humans to paint on cave walls probably didn’t call themselves artists. They weren’t agonizing over brushstroke techniques or debating whether their handprint stencil was too derivative of last season’s Lascaux trend. They were just documenting life—their hunts, their rituals, their weirdly consistent obsession with bison. If anything, they were proto-anthropologists:…

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