University of North Texas 
At this virtual panel, hear from current faculty from a variety of interdisciplinary backgrounds as they share their experiences in academia and how they leverage their liberal arts degree every day! This is a great opportunity to not only hear from faculty from different academic backgrounds, but also network with professionals in the liberal arts right here at UNT.
Unable to attend? This virtual event will be recorded and posted here after the event has concluded.
Date: Monday, February 19th, 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: https://unt.zoom.us/j/88622321711 (via Zoom)
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Check out which of our amazing faculty members will be on the panel:
Janice Hauge (Economics)
Dr. Janice Hauge is a professor in the Department of Economics. She received her bachelor's degree from Hamilton College, her master's degree from the London School of Economics, and her Ph.D. from the University of Florida. Her ongoing research addresses regulatory and competition policy issues in the telecommunications, broadband, and digital platform sectors. She also explores the tangentially related topics of artificial intelligence and machine learning that are dependent on broadband availability and adoption, and are contingent upon appropriate regulatory and privacy policies.
Professor Hauge currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Policy Research Group and is a senior research associate with the Public Utilities Research Center at the University of Florida, and a senior fellow with the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization. She teaches upper-level undergraduate courses in strategic behavior theory and the economics of sports. Dr. Hauge also teaches graduate-level industrial organization and on occasion works with doctoral students in the Department of Computer Science.
Wesley Phelps (History)
Dr. Wesley Phelps studies the history of the United States South in the twentieth century, with a particular interest in grassroots democracy, race and sexuality, and social and political activism. Dr. Phelps teaches courses on the South since the Civil War, LGBTQ history, and the 1960s. In their research, they are particularly interested in how democracy operates at the grassroots level and how marginalized groups of people have struggled to participate in the democratic experiment. Much of their recent work focuses on the gay and lesbian rights movement in Texas. Their forthcoming book, Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement, traces the 136-year history of legal challenges to Texas sodomy laws prior to the landmark Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003. Dr. Phelps is currently producing a 10-episode podcast series, funded by Humanities Texas, titled "Queering the Lone Star State," which will serve as a companion series for their forthcoming book.
Adam Fout (Technical Communication)
Adam Fout is a lecturer of Professional and Technical Communication and began working as a technical communicator full-time in 2014, specializing in marketing communications. In 2016, he graduated with an MA in Professional and Technical Communication from the University of North Texas. After 5 years of working for a small marketing firm, he founded his own company that focuses on content writing, content strategy, social media management, and search engine optimization. His continued work in the field allows him to give his students valuable insights into what the world of content creation is like today.
Brittany McElroy (Journalism)
Brittany McElroy is an award-winning multimedia journalist who brings nearly a decade of experience in broadcast/participatory journalism and multi-platform storytelling. Prior to joining the Mayborn faculty, she was the evening news anchor at KOMU-TV in Columbia, MO.
Brittany earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from the University of Missouri and her master's in journalism with a concentration in media management. She has earned numerous awards including first place in the Missouri Broadcasters Association for her documentary work in 2016 and two gold awards from the Kansas City Press Club for documentary work in 2016 and beat reporting in 2014 and 2015. She has worked as a reporter and anchor in Lubbock and Shreveport.
