Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Upskilling for Library Workers: A Guide for Future-Ready Professionals with Ann Medaille (ALA Editions, 2026)

November 2, 2026

Upskilling for Library Workers

Ann Medaille 
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Many of today's libraries and their workers are facing a skills crisis. By some estimates, an employee's current skills are only relevant for a maximu…

Research: A Manifesto by Peter N. Miller (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 30, 2026

Research

Peter N. Miller
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I’m speaking with Peter N. Miller, historian and president of the American Academy in Rome, about his new book, Research: A Manifesto (Princeton…

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators with Jeremiah McCall (Routledge, 2026)

October 20, 2026

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms

Jeremiah McCall

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators (Routledge, 2026) is a complete introductory guide for designing analog gam…

Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic with George D. Oberle (U Virginia Press, 2025)

October 11, 2026

Creating an Informed Citizenry

George D. Oberle
Hosted by Edward Blum

When the founding fathers of the United States inaugurated a system of government that was unprecedented in the modern world, they knew that a functio…

Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters with Alpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield (Routledge, 2022)

October 10, 2026

Working with Critical Realism

Alpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield eds.

Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters (Routledge, 2022) is an international and interdisciplinary collection that gather…

Learning Under Algorithmic Conditions with Elizabeth de Freitas, Matthew X. Curinga, and Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

October 7, 2026

Learning Under Algorithmic Conditions

Elizabeth de Freitas, Matthew X. Curinga, Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román and P. Taylor Webb eds.
Hosted by Shreya Urvashi

What does it mean to learn when algorithms increasingly shape how knowledge is produced, organized, and interpreted? Editors Elizabeth de Freitas, Mat…

How Girls Achieve

October 1, 2026

How Girls Achieve

Sally Nuamah

How Girls Achieve points out a simple and overlooked truth: most schools never had girls in mind to begin with. That is why the world needs what Dr. S…

Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identities with Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle

September 28, 2026

Librarians as Researchers

Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identity (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle is designed to empower libr…

Welcome to the Journal of Autoethnography

September 27, 2026

Welcome to the Journal of Autoethnography

Hosted by Andrew Herrmann & Tony Adams

In this episode, the editors of the Journal of Autoethnography offer an inside look at the journal, discussing its origin and revisiting notable artic…

Ru Marshall, "American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda" (OR Books, 2026)

September 23, 2026

American Trickster

Ru Marshall
Hosted by Emily Dufton

A gripping exposé of deception, cult power, and the long shadow of Carlos Castaneda, the man behind the biggest literary hoax of the twentieth century…

How Were Foreign Languages Taught in Early Modern Europe?

September 23, 2026

How Were Foreign Languages Taught in Early Modern Europe?

Professor Dr. Natalia Filatkina, Dr. Kerstin Roth and Research Associate Miriam Hinterholzer

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Professor Dr. Natalia Filatkina, Dr. Kerstin Roth and Research Associate M…

Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino, "Library Technical Services: Future Forward" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

September 21, 2026

Library Technical Services

Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Library Technical Services: Future Forward (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino looks at the future of technical services …

Building Better Scientific Teams through Team Science and TeamMAPPS

September 18, 2026

Building Better Scientific Teams through Team Science and TeamMAPPS

Dr. Kevin Wooten and Cynde Ferris
Hosted by Kay Colley

This inaugural podcast for the Voices of Discovery podcast from the University of Houston Clear Lake features a discussion of Team MAPPS, a federally-…

Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)

September 17, 2026

The Book Proposal Book

Laura Portwood-Stacer

Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive, The Book Prop…

Rebecca Lee, "Rogues, Widows and Orphans: Mischief and Misadventures in the World of Books" (Brandeis UP, 2026)

September 15, 2026

Rogues, Widows and Orphans

Rebecca Lee
Hosted by Jen Hoyer

It’s a long journey from a writer’s mind to a finished book, and a lot needs to go right along the way. But isn’t it more interesting when things go w…

Donald A. Barclay, "The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library: 1990 to 2025" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

September 13, 2026

The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library

Donald A. Barclay
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Focusing on U.S. academic libraries, The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library: 1990 – 2025 (2025, Bloomsbury) provides a concise history of the tr…

Baruch Fischhoff, "Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems: A Vision for Management Science" (Oxford UP, 2025)

September 4, 2026

Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems

Baruch Fischhoff
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

Baruch Fischhoff's Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems: A Vision for Management Science (Oxford University Press, 2025), part of the Clarendon …

Marnie Hughes-Warrington, "Artificial Historians" (Routledge, 2025)

September 3, 2026

Artificial Historians

Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Anne Martin, and Lewis Yarlupurka O'Brien
Hosted by Patryk Babiracki

I spoke with Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington about her 2026 book Artificial Historians (Routledge, 2025), co-authored with Anne Martin and Lewis Ya…

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars

September 3, 2026

The Grant Writing Guide

Betty S. Lai

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars (Princeton UP, 2023) is an essential handbook for writing fundable grants. This easy-to-use guide fea…

Thinking About Leaving Academia?

August 27, 2026

Thinking About Leaving Academia?

Jennifer Polk

You’ve spent so many years earning your degrees. But how do you know if staying in academia is the right thing for you? Whether you hope to keep wor…