Visiting Professorships

Tinker Visiting Professor

The Tinker Visiting Professor program brings preeminent thinkers residing in Latin America to the United States as a means of encouraging contact and collaboration among scholars. The University of Texas at Austin is one of five major university campuses to have a professorship endowed by the Edward Larocque Tinker Foundation. Learn more.

UT-Fulbright Chair in Brazilian Studies

This program was active through LLILAS between 2017 and 2022. View past visiting faculty. As of the 2025–2026 academic year, the UT Austin Fulbright Brazil Distinguished Chair Program is run by Texas Global at UT Austin. The program brings leading Brazilian scholars across a variety of disciplines to UT Austin for a semester of teaching and conducting research. The program highlights Brazilian academic excellence and fosters cultural and scholarly ties between the two countries. Scholars are selected annually through a competitive process led by the Fulbright Commission in Brazil. Visit Fulbright Brasil, Bolsas para Brasileiros.