Education

Education

episodes

Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Flora Lu and Emily Murai, "Critical Campus Sustainabilities: Bridging Social Justice and the Environment in Higher Education" (Springer, 2023)

March 11, 2024

Critical Campus Sustainabilities

Flora Lu and Emily Murai

In response to student demands reflecting the urgency of societal and ecological problems, universities are making a burgeoning effort to infuse envir…

Freedom in the Academy: A Conversation with Niall Ferguson

March 5, 2024

Freedom in the Academy

Niall Ferguson
Hosted by Annika Nordquist

Finishing off our series on freedom of speech, renowned historian Niall Ferguson discusses ideological conflict both between America and China and wit…

Derron Wallace, "The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth" (Oxford UP, 2023)

March 4, 2024

The Culture Trap

Derron Wallace
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How does race matter in schools? In The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth (Oxford UP, 2023), Derron Wallace, th…

Horace J. Maxile, Jr. and Kristen M. Turner, "Race and Gender in the Western Music History Survey: A Teacher's Guide" (Routledge, 2022)

February 27, 2024

Race and Gender in the Western Music History Survey

Horace J. Maxile, Jr. and Kristen M. Turner
Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen

Race and Gender in the Western Music History Survey: A Teacher’s Guide provides concrete information and approaches that will help instructors include…

How to Teach TESOL Ethically in an English-Dominant World

February 20, 2024

How to Teach TESOL Ethically in an English-Dominant World

Ingrid Piller

Carla Chamberlin and Mak Khan speak with Ingrid Piller about linguistic diversity and social justice. We discuss whether US native speakers of Englis…

Max Felker-Kantor, "DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools" (UNC Press, 2023)

February 17, 2024

DARE to Say No

Max Felker-Kantor
Hosted by Jeffrey Lamson

With its signature "DARE to keep kids off drugs" slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug educatio…

Linguistic Diversity in Education: A Discussion with Ingrid Gogolin

February 17, 2024

Linguistic Diversity in Education

Ingrid Gogolin

Hanna Torsh speaks with Ingrid Gogolin about linguistic diversity in education. Why is linguistic diversity important in creating educational equity?…

Mirelsie Velazquez, "Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977" (U Illinois Press, 2022)

February 17, 2024

Puerto Rican Chicago

Mirelsie Velazquez
Hosted by Max Jacobs

The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and women to Chicago brought thousands of their children into city schools. These children's classroom exper…

Patrick Gamsby, "The Discourse of Scholarly Communication" (Lexington Books, 2023)

February 14, 2024

The Discourse of Scholarly Communication

Patrick Gamsby
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

The Discourse of Scholarly Communication (Lexington Books, 2023) examines the place and purpose of modern scholarship and its dialectical relationship…

James S. Damico and Mark C. Baildon, "How to Confront Climate Denial: Literacy, Social Studies, and Climate Change" (Teachers College Press, 2022)

February 13, 2024

How to Confront Climate Denial

James S. Damico and Mark C. Baildon
Hosted by Madden Gilhooly

Climate change and climate denial have remained largely off the radar in literacy and social studies education in the United States. How to Confront C…

Richard A. Detweiler, "The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry, and Accomplishment" (MIT Press, 2021)

February 11, 2024

The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs

Richard A. Detweiler
Hosted by David Finegold

We speak with Richard Detweiler about his new book The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry and Accomplishment (MIT Press, 2021)…

Nicholas B. Dirks, "City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

February 9, 2024

City of Intellect

Nicholas B. Dirks
Hosted by Ariadna Obregon

Drawing from his experiences of having belonged to the faculty, administrative, and presidential circles of the university, author Nicholas B. Dirks o…

Sheila Marie Bock, "Claiming Space: Performing the Personal Through Decorated Mortarboards" (Utah State UP, 2023)

February 2, 2024

Claiming Space

Sheila Marie Bock
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Claiming Space: Performing the Personal through Decorated Mortarboards (Utah State University Press, 2023) by Dr. Sheila Bock examines the growing tra…

Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education

February 1, 2024

Black Women, Ivory Tower

Jasmine L. Harris

Today’s book is: Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education (Broadleaf Books, 2024), by Dr. Jasmine L. Harr…

The Culture Trap, with Sociologist Derron Wallace (EF, JP)

February 1, 2024

The Culture Trap

Derron Wallace

In this episode, Elizabeth and John talk with Derron Wallace, sociologist of education and Brandeis colleague, about his new book The Culture Trap: Et…

The Future of School Reform

January 31, 2024

The Future of School Reform

Alison Colwell

Educationalists sometimes argue that the best way to improve a failing school is to appoint a strict principal or head, and this is sometimes the case…

Maryam Kashani, "Medina by the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival" (Duke UP, 2023)

January 31, 2024

Medina by the Bay

Maryam Kashani
Hosted by Najwa Mayer

From the Black Power movement and state surveillance to Silicon Valley and gentrification, Medina by the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival (Duk…

Hajar Yazdiha, "The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement" (Princeton UP, 2023)

January 30, 2024

The Struggle for the People’s King

Hajar Yazdiha
Hosted by Thomas Discenna

In the post-civil rights era, wide-ranging groups have made civil rights claims that echo those made by Black civil rights activists of the 1960s, fro…

Ankhi Mukherjee and Ato Quayson, "Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

January 28, 2024

Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum

Ankhi Mukherjee and Ato Quayson
Hosted by Arnab Dutta Roy

George Floyd's death on May 25th 2020 marked a watershed in reactions to anti-Black racism in the United States and elsewhere. Intense demonstrations …

Andi Gustavson and Charlotte Nunes, "Transforming the Authority of the Archive: Undergraduate Pedagogy and Critical Digital Archives" (Lever Press, 2023)

January 26, 2024

Transforming the Authority of the Archive

Andi Gustavson and Charlotte Nunes
Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Featuring perspectives from educators, undergraduates, and archivists who are affiliated with community and institutional archives, the contributions …