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Academic Life May 6, 2021

Inside Look at "Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education"

A Conversation with Bradley Shreve

Bradley Shreve

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …

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Political Science May 6, 2021

Homeschooling the Right

How Conservative Education Activism Erodes the State

Heath Brown

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Heath Brown’s new book, Homeschooling the Right: How Conservative Education Activism Erodes the State (Columbia UP, 2021) is an excellent overview of the homeschooling movement in the United States, but …
American Studies May 6, 2021

The Common School Awakening

Religion and the Transatlantic Roots of American Public Education

David Komline

Hosted by Ryan Shelton
The origins of American public schools can help shed light on continued contemporary discussions around religion and education in American discourse. In The Common School Awakening: Religion and the Transatlantic Roots of American …
The Future of Higher Education May 5, 2021

An Interview with Jerry Cohon and Mark Kamlet

Former President and Former Provost of Carnegie Mellon University

Hosted by David Finegold
This features our first tag team on the podcast, with an engaging discussion with Jared “Jerry” Cohon, who served as President of CMU from 1997-2013, and Dr. Mark Kamlet, who …
Academic Life May 3, 2021

Pandemic Perspectives: A Student Speaks About Mental Health

An interview with Kaylah Marcello

Kaylah Marcello

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …
Education April 30, 2021

Examining Teach For All

International Perspectives on a Growing Global Network

Matthew A.M. Thomas, Emilee Rauschenberger, Katherine Crawford-Garrett

Hosted by Jonathan Haber
Teach for America (TFA) continues to be the single largest preparation program for teachers in the United States. As that program grew in the US (attracting attention, support, and controversy …
Indian Religions April 30, 2021

Teaching Buddhist Studies Online

A Discussion with Kate Hartmann

Kate Hartmann

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Join Raj Balkaran as he talks with Dr. Kate Hartmann, Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Wyoming and Director of Buddhist Studies Online, a new educational platform …
Academic Life April 29, 2021

Inside Look: Campus Mental Wellness Services

Elisabeth Gonella

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …
Political Science April 29, 2021

Growing Up America

Youth and Politics Since 1945

Paul M. Renfro, Susan Eckelmann Berghel, and Sara Fieldston

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Growing Up America: Youth and Politics Since 1945 (U Georgia Press, 2019) is a fascinating book that weaves together the burgeoning field of Childhood History, the post-World War II history …
Scholarly Communication April 29, 2021

Air & Light & Time & Space

How Successful Academics Write

Helen Sword

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Today I talked to Helen Sword about Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write (Harvard UP, 2017). We talk about what not enough people talk about when the subject …
American Studies April 28, 2021

Jeff Docking, President of Adrian College

On Saving Liberal Arts Colleges

Hosted by David Finegold
President Jeff Docking shares insights from his book, Crisis in Higher Education: A Plan to Save Liberal Arts Colleges in America (Michigan State University Press, 2015), and how he implemented the Admissions …
Education April 27, 2021

Education and Thinking in Continental Philosophy

Thinking against the Current in Adorno, Arendt, Deleuze, Derrida and Rancière

Itay Snir

Hosted by Kai Wortmann
Itay Snir's book Education and Thinking in Continental Philosophy (Springer, 2020) draws on five philosophers from the continental tradition – Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, and Jacques Rancière …
Mathematics April 27, 2021

Inspiring Mathematics

Lessons from the Navajo Nation Math Circles

Dave Auckly, Bob Klein, Amanda Serenevy, Tatiana Shubin

Hosted by Cory Brunson
Math circles defy simple narratives. The model was introduced a century ago, and is taking off in the present day thanks in part to its congruence with cutting-edge research in …
Scholarly Communication April 26, 2021

The Writing Center Today

An Interview with Gerd Bräuer

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Gerd Bräuer, Head of the Schreibzentrum, the writing center, at Freiburg University of Education. We talk about the place of the internet in writing development …
Politics & Polemics April 26, 2021

Minds Wide Shut

How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us

Morton Schapiro and Gary Saul Morson

Hosted by Daniel Peris
Two very thoughtful oddfellows--a labor economist and a Russian literature scholar--take on the world's problems in their newest collaboration, Minds Wide Shut How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us (Princeton University …
Academic Life April 26, 2021

Pandemic Perspectives: Graduating, Job Searching, and Being a New Professional

A Discussion with Alex Schmeid

Alex Schmied

Hosted by Dana Malone
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …
African American Studies April 26, 2021

Fugitive Pedagogy

Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

Jarvis R. Givens

Hosted by Adam McNeil
Welcome to New Books in African American Studies, a channel on the New Books Network. I am your host, Adam McNeil. On today’s podcast, I am interviewing Dr. Jarvis R …
The Future of Higher Education April 22, 2021

An Interview with Esther Barazzone

President Emerita of Chatham University (2 of 2)

Hosted by David Finegold
Esther Barazzone describes the latter part of the transformation she led at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. In a whirlwind of activity in 2007-08, Chatham changed its status from a …
The Future of Higher Education April 21, 2021

An Interview with Esther Barazzone

President Emerita of Chatham University (1 of 2)

Hosted by David Finegold
When Esther Barazzone took over Chatham College in 1992, it was in danger of closing – selling off property each year surrounding its beautiful in Pittsburgh, PA campus to cover …
Education April 20, 2021

Equity and Quality in Digital Learning

Realizing the Promise in K-12 Education

Carolyn J. Heinrich, Jennifer Darling-Aduana, and Annalee G. Good

Hosted by Pengfei Zhao
The COVID19 pandemic has profoundly changed the landscape of K-12 education in our society. Last March, many states closed their brick-and-mortar schools and shifted to remote education. The massive shift …