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Sarah Anne Carter, “Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Sarah Anne Carter
Object Lessons
How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in EducationNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network July 10, 2019 Al Zambone

The metaphor “object lesson” is a familiar one, still in everyday use. But what exactly does the metaphor refer to? In her book Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World (Oxford University Press, 2018), my guest Sarah Anne Carter reveals that object lessons were a classroom... Read More
Sarah Eppler Janda, “Prairie Power: Student Activism, Counterculture, and Backlash in Oklahoma, 1962–1972” (U Oklahoma Press, 2018)
Sarah Eppler Janda
Prairie Power
Student Activism, Counterculture, and Backlash in Oklahoma, 1962–1972
University of Oklahoma Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in the American WestNew Books Network June 28, 2019 Stephen Hausmann

The sixties happened in Oklahoma too, argued Sarah Eppler Janda in Prairie Power: Student Activism, Counterculture, and Backlash in Oklahoma, 1962–1972 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2018). While not a hub of activism and student protest on the scale of UC-Berkeley or Columbia, schools such as the University of Oklahoma and (to... Read More
Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel, “Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America” (U Texas Press, 2019)
Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel
Futbolera
A History of Women and Sports in Latin America
University of Texas Press, 2019

New Books in EducationNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SportsNew Books Network June 25, 2019 Jesse Zarley

Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel’s new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it’s expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women... Read More
Annalee Good, “Teachers at the Table: Voice, Agency, and Advocacy in Educational Policymaking” (Lexington Press, 2018)
Annalee Good
Teachers at the Table
Voice, Agency, and Advocacy in Educational Policymaking
Lexington Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network June 3, 2019 Julie Kallio

Annalee Good, an evaluator and researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, joins us in this episode to discuss her recently published book, Teachers at the Table: Voice, Agency, and Advocacy in Educational Policymaking (Lexington Press, 2018). Our conversation begins with her... Read More
Ali Michael, “Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education” (Teachers College Press, 2015)
Ali Michael
Raising Race Questions
Whiteness and Inquiry in Education
Teachers College Press, 2015

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in Asian American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in Latino StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 13, 2019 Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I talked with Ali Michael on her award-winning book, Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education (Teachers College Press, 2015). According to a 2014 report by the National Center for Education Statistics, white teachers comprise over 85% of the K-12 teaching force in the United States, whereas... Read More
E. M. Levintova and A. K. Staudinger, “Gender in the Political Science Classroom” (Indiana UP, 2018)
Ekaterina M. Levintova and Alison K. Staudinger
Gender in the Political Science Classroom

Indiana University Press, 2018

New Books in EducationNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network May 10, 2019 Lilly Goren

Gender in the Political Science Classroom (Indiana University Press, 2018) is part of a series at Indiana University Press on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL), and there is much within the book that is directly within the SOTL arena, but this book is significantly broader and more extensive... Read More
Patricia Leavy, “Spark” (The Guilford Press, 2019)
Patricia Leavy
Spark

The Guilford Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in EducationNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network May 3, 2019 Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I talked with Patricia Leavy on her new book, Spark (The Guilford Press, 2019). The book is a highly original novel about an unexpected yet extremely fruitful journey of a sociology professor, Peyton Wilde. Peyton, together with a diverse group of companions, was charged with answering a... Read More