Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchVania Smith-Oka, "Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals" (Rutgers UP, 2021)
Episode 127
In Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals (Rutgers University Press, 2021), Vania Smith-Oka follows a cohort of interns throughout thei…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Julie Fette, "Gender by the Book: 21st-Century French Children's Literature" (Routledge, 2025)
Episode 1141
Gender by the Book: 21st-Century French Children's Literature (Routledge, 2025) investigates the gender representations that French children's litera…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Fang Yu Hu, "Good Wife, Wise Mother: Educating Han Taiwanese Girls Under Japanese Rule" (U Washington Press, 2024)
Episode 1140
In Good Wife, Wise Mother: Educating Han Taiwanese Girls Under Japanese Rule (U Washington Press, 2024), female education and citizenship serve as a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
James Elwick, "Making a Grade: Victorian Examinations and the Rise of Standardized Testing" (U Toronto Press, 2025)
Episode 1139
Making a Grade: Victorian Examinations and the Rise of Standardized Testing (U Toronto Press, 2025) takes historiographic and sociological perspectiv…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Diane Ravitch, "An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Episode 1138
For many years, Diane Ravitch was among the country’s leading conservative thinkers on education. The cure for what ailed the school system was clear…
1 year ago
Matthew D. Nelsen, "The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multiracial Democracy" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 1137
Matthew D. Nelsen, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, has a new book out that focuses on the content of civic ed…
1 year ago
Genocide Studies International Vol 16.1, Special Issue on The Future of Genocide Education
Episode 1136
Why should we ask students to learn about genocides? What outcomes do we aim for from this learning? How successful are we being and how can we do be…
1 year ago
Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education
Episode 1135
In Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education (JHU Press, 2025), Dr. Annmarie Caño reimagines academic lead…
1 year ago
Debaditya Bhattacharya, "The Indian University: A Critical History" (Orient BlackSwan, 2025)
Episode 1134
Is there such a thing as an ‘Indian university’? Is there an ‘idea’ of an Indian university? Were universities in India living and breathing products…
1 year, 1 month ago
Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality
Episode 287
Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality offers practical guidance, tools, and resources to assist practitioners in creating effectiv…
1 year, 1 month ago