At UT-Austin, our courses rely heavily on discussions of contemporary events in the news to illustrate core instructional concepts. Student surveys consistently report these segments as the favorite components of our introductory courses. With assistance from Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) at UT-Austin, we created a dedicated YouTube page that hosts these lectures. We typically provide about 6 such updates in both the Fall and Spring semesters.
Fall 2021 segments
Spring 2021 segments
US-Israeli relations and the Iran Nuclear Accord (April 26, 2021)
US policy in the Taiwan Strait (April 12, 2021)
Political Asylum and Immigration Politics Under the Biden Administration (March 29, 2021)
US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and Iran (March 8, 2021)
Is America Back? USFP changes under Biden (February 8, 2021)
1/6, 1/20, and Democracy in the United States (January 25, 2021)