Raj Patel is a writer, activist and currently a research professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Here, ORANGE speaks with Patel about his personal food interests and upcoming works.
Juggling a Ph.D. program in digital rhetoric and teaching a writing class at UT leaves professor Jake Cowan hardly any time for himself. But he makes sure to leave time for his cats, his girlfriend Maggie and most importantly — food.
Recently added to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at UT Austin, Sam Gosling has made a name for himself around campus. This isn’t surprising considering that he teaches introductory psychology, an online course that around 2,000 students tune into each week. You might know Gosling as the British psychology professor whose antics make for engaging lectures, but how much do you know about his snacking habits?
It’s crazy to think that professors have lives beyond teaching, office hours and answering our frantic emails … but they do. They eat, drink and cook (or attempt to cook) just like us! In the segment of “The Hungry Professor,” we will divulge the guilty pleasures, secret recipes and kitchen disaster stories of our favorite educators.