Matthew McConaughey joins university faculty

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has been named a professor at the University of Texas’s Moody College of Communication.

McConaughey, who has starred in films including Dazed and Confused, Dallas Buyer’s Club, and The Wolf of Wall Street, has been named a professor at the flagship Austin campus. McConaughey, 49, has worked as a visiting instructor at the school for almost five years and, according to a statement, was named professor in “recognition of his outstanding work as a teacher and mentor to University of Texas students.”