For the Women in Business Oral History Project. Entrepreneur and author. The interview spans her early life and education, as well as her changes in career from accounting, and sales, to running her own business and writing her books. She discusses…
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Assistant Professor of History, World War II scholar at UNT. Childhood in Belgrade, Serbia and Toronto, Canada. Education at York and Toronto Universities. Childhood immigration to Canada, life…
Clark, Andrew. The Bolivar Oral History Project. Through his paternal line, Clark is the great great great grandson of blacksmith and freedman Thomas Cook Sr. and his wife, Lethia Perry. Cook’s blacksmith shop was the focus of an archeological…
Clark, William Howard. The Bolivar Oral History Project. Through his paternal line, Clark is the great great grandson of blacksmith and freedman Thomas Cook Sr. and his wife, Lethia Perry. Cook’s blacksmith shop was the focus of an archeological…
Cole, Melvin Sevareide. The Bolivar Oral History Project. Cole’s interview for the Bolivar Oral History Project was conducted in conjunction with the Bolivar Archeological Project’s community engagement efforts. Cole shares his thoughts on the…
Wright, Halee. The Bolivar Oral History Project. Through her paternal line, Wright is the great great great granddaughter of blacksmith and freedman Thomas Cook Sr. and his wife, Lethia Perry. Cook’s blacksmith shop was the focus of an…
For the UNT Multicultural Center Oral History Project. Tenth director of the office at University of North Texas assigned to address cultural services. Dr. Hill discusses the Cultural Center’s development and programming during her tenant,…
For the South Asians in North Texas Oral History Project. Experiences as an immigrant from India settling in the United States. Childhood in India, decision to pursue higher education in the U.S., his traveling experience as well as the…
Chicano Walk-Out participant in Abilene, Texas. Childhood in Abilene; education at College Heights Elementary, Franklin Junior High, and Abilene High School; school discrimination; Juan Crow discrimination in Abilene; perceptions of education;…
Former mayor of Wylie, Texas, located in Collin County. He talks about growing up in Arkansas and his passion for magic and sign language. Mayor Hogue was mayor of Wylie for 12-and-a-half years from 2008 to 2020. He discusses how local government…
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. Research lab animal manager at UNT. Childhood in Indonesia, education at Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. Career with Merck as poultry veterinarian, marriage, move to Denton and career with…
Campus missionary intern of the Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) at UNT and UNT alumna. Childhood and education in Tolar, Texas, and decision to attend UNT. Involvement in BSM, experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Denton drag artist. Experiences with drag in Denton and DFW, pageantry, and digital drag; cultural impacts of Ru Paul’s Drag Race and how Denton serves as a place where diversity and creativity challenge such normative expectations; significance…
James Beard-award winning chef based in Oxford, Mississippi. Experiences as an immigrant from Gujarat, India, to the United States; career in the food industry and current work as executive chef for the restaurant Snackbar, which opened in 2009.…
Emerita UNT faculty member and champion of the neurodiverse on campus. Formation of programs such as the Neurodiversity Initiative, ENGAGE, CARE Team, and the first neurodivergent student organization, the Tuesday Night Flight Club.
Guitarist Kirk Tatom discusses his career with the alternative rock band Deep Blue Something, including the band’s formation at the University of North Texas in the early 1990s, their growing fanbase in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the recording…
Phung Huynh (b. 1977) is an artist, educator, activist, and mother based in Los Angeles, California. She was an infant when her family fled Cambodia and Vietnam due to war and genocide. Her family first resettled in Michigan before moving to…
Guitarist Clay Bergus discusses his career with the alternative rock band Deep Blue Something, including the band’s formation at the University of North Texas in the early 1990s, the earliest performances of the song “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, his…
Joycelyn Green, an educator from Knoxville, Tennessee, discusses her journey from being a student-athlete at Prairie View A&M University to becoming a dedicated teacher with over 26 years of experience. She reflects on her upbringing in a…