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Scholarly Communication May 7, 2021

Book Wars

The Digital Revolution in Publishing

John B. Thompson

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Today I talked to John Thompson, Emeritus Professor, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, about his new book Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing (Polity, 2021). We discuss crowdfunding, audio books, distribution chains …

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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 …
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 …
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 …
Academic Life April 15, 2021

Marketing Your Scholarly Book

A Discussion with Mona Rosen Hamlin

Mona Rosen Hamlin

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 …
Scholarly Communication April 14, 2021

Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century

Christopher Thaiss

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Christopher Thaiss, author of Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century (Broadview Press 2019). We talk about the research article, about writing styles, and about the …
Scholarly Communication March 31, 2021

On Writtenness

The Cultural Politics of Academic Writing

Joan Turner

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Joan Turner, author of On Writtenness: The Cultural Politics of Academic Writing (Bloomsbury Academic 2018). We talk about writers, writing, writers writing, unwritten subtexts, and …
Scholarly Communication March 23, 2021

Teaching Writing, Rhetoric, and Reason at the Globalizing University

Robert Samuels

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Robert Samuels, author of Teaching Writing, Rhetoric, and Reason at the Globalizing University (Routledge, 2021). We talk about grammar, which is what everything really fits …
Scholarly Communication March 17, 2021

Writing Centers at the Center of Change

Joe Essid and Brian McTague

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Today I talked Joe Essid and Brian McTague about their book Writing Centers at the Center of Change (Routledge 2020). We discuss about critical thinking through writing and we talk …
Scholarly Communication March 12, 2021

David Payne on the Community of Scientists and Diversity

David Payne

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of David Payne, who is Chief Careers Editor at Nature. We talk about high quality writing, about the gracious community of scientists, and about diversity, diversity …
Scholarly Communication March 4, 2021

Common Ground Scholar

A Discussion with Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis

Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, creators of the website newlearningonline.com and also professors at the College of Education, University of Illinois. We talk about monastic …
Scholarly Communication February 24, 2021

Writing in Disciplines

A Discussion with Shyam Sharma

Shyam Sharma

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Shyam Sharma, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University. We talk about how mutually appreciative …
Academic Life January 7, 2021

On Writing Well for Trade

A Conversation with author and scholar Donna Freitas

Donna Freitas

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 …
Academic Life December 24, 2020

The Other Side of the Desk with a UP Editor

A Discussion with Kim Guinta

Kim Guinta

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 …
History December 18, 2020

Burning the Books

A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Richard Ovenden

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Living in an age awash with information can sometimes obscure its extraordinary fragility. Indeed, as Richard Ovenden demonstrates in Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge …
Scholarly Communication December 7, 2020

Scholarly Communications

A Discussion with Elisa De Ranieri, Editor-in-Chief of 'Nature Communications'

Elisa De Ranieri

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Elisa De Ranieri, Editor-in-Chief of Nature Communications. We talk about knowing the research you have done, but communicating the message you want said. Interviewer: "When …
Scholarly Communication November 20, 2020

Writing Support for International Graduate Students

Enhancing Transition and Success

Shyam Sharma

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Shyam Sharma, author of Writing Support for International Graduate Students: Enhancing Transition and Success (Routledge, 2020). We talk about international students and rhetoric, international students …
Scholarly Communication November 18, 2020

Stylish Academic Writing

Helen Sword

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Helen Sword, author of Stylish Academic Writing (Harvard UP, 2012). We talk about bad writing, but a lot more about how to make it good …
Scholarly Communication November 13, 2020

Writing Center Talk over Time

A Mixed-Method Study

Jo Mackiewicz

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Jo Mackiewicz, author of Writing Center Talk over Time: A Mixed-Method Study (Routledge, 2018). We talk about talk, tutor talk, student talk, spoken written-language, and …
Scholarly Communication November 9, 2020

The Work and Value of University Presses

A Discussion with Niko Pfund

Niko Pfund

Hosted by Marshall Poe
What do university presses do? And how do they contributed to public discourse? November 9 is the beginning of University Press Week, and today I had the honor of talking …