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The Future of Higher Education January 17, 2022

A Conversation with Bijal Shah

Chief Experience Officer, Guild Education

Bijal Shah

Hosted by David Finegold
Bijal Shah shares story of the meteoric rise of Guild Education, the Denver-based ed tech firm that has quickly emerged as the leading marketplace for corporate education. True to its …

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Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Art January 13, 2022

A Philosophy of the Art School

Michael Newall

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
If one were to devise a motto for the art school of today, the choice between 'you too are an artist' and 'abandon all hope you who enter here' would …
Political Science January 13, 2022

The Palgrave Handbook of Political Research Pedagogy

Eric D. Loepp, Daniel J. Mallinson, and Julia Marin Hellwege

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientists Daniel Mallinson (Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg), Julia Marin Hellwege (University of South Dakota), and Eric Loepp (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) have assembled more than thirty chapters that examine how to …
Scholarly Communication December 31, 2021

Exploring Science Literacy and Public Engagement with Science

Ayelet Baram-Tsabari

Hosted by Avi Staiman
Listen to this interview of Ayelet Baram-Tsabari. We talk about the accessibility of science using Google to scholars and students in languages beyond English and how scholars can de-jargonize their …
African Studies December 29, 2021

Making the World Global

U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global Imaginary

Isaac A. Kamola

Hosted by Sara Katz
Following World War II the American government and philanthropic foundations fundamentally remade American universities into sites for producing knowledge about the world as a collection of distinct nation-states. As neoliberal …
Education December 28, 2021

English Learners at Home and at School

Stories and Strategies

Joyce W. Nutta

Hosted by Pengfei Zhao
This episode of the New Books in Education features English Learners at Home and at School: Stories and Strategies (Harvard Education Press, 2021) by Joyce Nutta. Published in 2021 by the …
Education December 27, 2021

Schools Under Siege

The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Educational Equity

Patricia Gándara and Jongyeon Ee

Hosted by Pengfei Zhao
Much has been reported and discussed about the hotly debated issue of immigration enforcement, yet a question is still to be explored: What is the impact of the immigration enforcement …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership December 20, 2021

Gill Grose

A Volunteer Librarian Changing Lives in South Africa

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Gill has been s a volunteer librarian at Claremont Primary School in Cape Town South Africa since 2010. Through her initiative she has been able to give several hundred children …
Economics December 20, 2021

Economy Studies

A Guide to Rethinking Econom​ics Education

Sam de Muijnck and Joris Tieleman

Hosted by Utsav Saksena
The Economy Studies project emerged from the worldwide movement to modernise economics education, spurred on by the global financial crisis of 2008, the climate crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. It …
The Future of Higher Education December 20, 2021

Wasif Rizvi

President of Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan

Hosted by David Finegold
Wasif Rizvi is the founding president of Habib University, the first liberal arts institution in Pakistan. Planning for the University began in 2010, with the first calls of students accepted …
Education December 17, 2021

Scripting the Moves

Culture and Control in a "No-Excuses" Charter School

Joanne W. Golann

Hosted by Alice Garner
Ethnographer and sociologist Joanne Golann spent 18 months observing the day-to-day life of students and teachers in a “no-excuses” charter school. In her book Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control …
Grinnell College: Authors and Artists December 15, 2021

A Talk with George Drake

President Emeritus (1979-1991) of Grinnell College

George Drake

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Today I had the pleasure of talking to George Drake, historian, professor emeritus and president emeritus of Grinnell College. George has written a memoir: Seventy Years in Academe. George brought a wealth of …
Academic Life January 20, 2022

Navigating the Two-Body Problem

A Discussion with Kelly J. Baker and Chris Baker

Kelly J. Baker and Chris Baker

Hosted by Dana Malone
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: What the two-body problem isDr. Kelly Baker’s experience on the academic job market as a wife and mother How …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership January 17, 2022

Marshall Poe

The Founder and Editor of the New Books Network

Hosted by Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
This interview was recorded and first published in early 2020 when the NBN had about a million downloads a month. Since then the downloads have increased more than four-fold to just below …
Academic Life January 13, 2022

A Conversation about Teaching While Nerdy

Jessamyn Neuhaus

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The hidden curriculum of transforming yourself from student to teacherAccepting and embracing your nerdy/geeky/introverted self Challenges faced by introverted …
Academic Life January 6, 2022

Being Well in Academia

A Candid Conversation About Challenges and Connection

Petra Boynton

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The other hidden curriculum: the support and care strategies necessary for being well in academiaSystemic and structural barriers Undiagnosed …
Japanese Studies January 3, 2022

Kenkoku University and the Experience of Pan-Asianism

Education in the Japanese Empire

Yuka Hiruma Kishida

Hosted by Shatrunjay Mall
Kenkoku University and the Experience of Pan-Asianism: Education in the Japanese Empire (Bloomsbury, 2019) by Yuka Hiruma Kishida makes a fresh contribution to the recent effort to re-examine the Japanese …
Buddhist Studies January 3, 2022

A Buddhist Sensibility

Aesthetic Education at Tibet`s Mindröling Monastery

Dominique Townsend

Hosted by Jue Liang
Founded in 1676 during a cosmopolitan early modern period, Mindröling monastery became a key site for Buddhist education and a Tibetan civilizational center. Its founders sought to systematize and institutionalize …
Film December 31, 2021

Holocaust Cinema Complete

A History and Analysis of 400 Films, with a Teaching Guide

Rich Brownstein

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
Holocaust movies have become an important segment of world cinema and the de-facto Holocaust education for many. One quarter of all American-produced Holocaust-related feature films have won or been nominated …
Education December 14, 2021

Traditions of Eloquence

The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies

Cinthia Gannett and John Brereton

Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies (Fordham UP, 2016) explores the important ways Jesuits have employed rhetoric, the ancient art of persuasion and the current art of …