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Scholarly Communication March 27, 2023

The Science of Security

A Discussion with Cormac Herley, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research

Cormac Herley

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Cormac Herley, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. We talk about the science of security and as well, about the communication of security science. Cormac Herley …

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Scholarly Communication March 26, 2023

Blunt Instruments

Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices

Kristin Hass

Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices (Beacon Press, 2022) provides a field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in …
Academic Life March 23, 2023

The Top Ten Struggles in Writing A Book Manuscript (and What to Do About It)

A Discussion with Laura Portwood-Stacer

Laura Portwood-Stacer

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Is writing a nonfiction book harder than you thought it would be? This episode explores: What your reader needs from you, and why.Which writing struggles are the most common, and …
Scholarly Communication March 18, 2023

The Challenge of AI to Publishing

A Discussion with Sally Wilson of Emerald Publishing

Sally Wilson

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Sally Wilson, VP of Publishing at Emerald opens up about the challenges publishers are facing in contending with the onset of the mass adoption of AI tools including ChatGPT, and …
Scholarly Communication March 17, 2023

To the Collector Belong the Spoils

Modernism and the Art of Appropriation

Annie Pfeifer

Hosted by Jen Hoyer
To the Collector Belong the Spoils: Modernism and the Art of Appropriation (Cornell UP, 2023) rethinks collecting as an artistic, revolutionary, and appropriative modernist practice, which flourishes beyond institutions like …
Academic Life March 16, 2023

Overcoming the Anxiety of Giving a Presentation

A Discussion with James M. Lang

James M. Lang

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Why is giving a presentation so stressful? Is your heart supposed to race? And how do you gain more confidence? This episode explores: How to feel more connected to your …
Scholarly Communication March 12, 2023

The Gentrification of the Internet

How to Reclaim Our Digital Freedom

Jessa Lingel

Hosted by Jen Hoyer
The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the …
Economic and Business History March 12, 2023

Birth of Modern Facts

How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments and Businesses

James W. Cortada

Hosted by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
For over twenty years, James W. Cortada has pioneered research into how information shapes society. In Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments and Businesses …
Scholarly Communication March 11, 2023

Publishing Science

A Discussion with Tiffany Gasbarrini, Senior Science Editor, Johns Hopkins University Press

Tiffany Gasbarrini

Hosted by Avi Staiman
"It is not only for science to give to publishing, but the time has come for publishing to start giving back to science." Tiffany Gasbarrini clarifies the difference between commercial and …
Academic Life March 9, 2023

Can we Engage in Public Scholarship with Feminist and Accessible Communication?

A Discussion with Alex D. Ketchum

Alex D. Ketchum

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Today’s book is: Engage in Public Scholarship: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication, by Dr. Alex D. Ketchum. Public scholarship—sharing research with audiences outside of academic settings—has become increasingly …
Scholarly Communication March 7, 2023

How to Reach People with Your Research

A Discussion with Elissa Redmiles

Elissa Redmiles

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Elissa Redmiles, Faculty Member and Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems; Founder and Managing Researcher of Human Computing Associates; and …
Scholarly Communication March 6, 2023

Open Access in Humanities Publishing

A Discussion with Irene Van Rossum, Publishing Director, Amsterdam University Press

Irene Van Rossom

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Irene Van Rossum and Avi do a deep dive into how Open Access works (or doesn't work) in the context for book manuscripts in the Humanities. Listeners will get a …
Journalism March 6, 2023

The Los Angeles Review of Books

A Conversation with Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke

Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Today I talked to Michelle Chihara, Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books and Annie Berke, the Film Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. We talked about book reviewing in …
Scholarly Communication March 4, 2023

Decolonizing American Spanish

Eurocentrism and the Limits of Foreignness in the Imperial Ecosystem

Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Jeffrey joins the podcast to discuss the prevalence of English in the academic ecosystem and in research publishing. Jeffrey critiques the lackadaisical approach US institutions take towards Spanish language content …
Education March 4, 2023

Writing the Classroom

Pedagogical Documents As Rhetorical Genres

Stephen E. Neaderhiser

Hosted by Gargi Binju
Writing the Classroom: Pedagogical Documents As Rhetorical Genres (UP of Colorado, 2022) explores how faculty compose and use pedagogical documents to establish classroom expectations and teaching practices, as well as to …
Scholarly Communication March 2, 2023

Profitability and University Press Publishing

A Discussion with Stanford UP's Director, Alan Harvey

Alan Harvey

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Alan Harvey, Director of Stanford University Press, sits with Avi to discuss why it is so challenging for scholars to write and publish books and to dispel myths around the …
Scholarly Communication February 21, 2023

Making Open Access Work for Both Readers and Authors

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Ben Denne (Director of Publishing, Academic Books, Cambridge UP) joins Avi to discuss how Open Access quickly became a predominant form of academic publishing in the last decade, what issues OA raises …
Scholarly Communication February 19, 2023

From Manufacturing Floor to University Press Editorial Director

A Discussion with Eric Schwartz, Editorial Director, Columbia University Press

Eric Schwartz

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Eric Schwartz joins Avi for a fascinating discussion about the relationship between Columbia University and the Press and how they bounced back after losing their biggest source of income. Eric …
Scholarly Communication February 18, 2023

Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage

Robyn Sloggett and Marcelle Scott

Hosted by Jen Hoyer
How can cultural heritage give us the methodological tools and source material to confront climate change? How can the cultural heritage sector lead the way into a future that proactively …
Scholarly Communication February 15, 2023

Letterpress Revolution

The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture

Kathy E. Ferguson

Hosted by Jen Hoyer
While the stock image of the anarchist as a masked bomber or brick thrower prevails in the public eye, a more representative figure should be a printer at a printing …