Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLydia Zvyagintseva and Mary Greenshields, "Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of Education" (Library Juice Press, 2022)
Episode 27
The question of land is largely absent in libraries. Deeply committed to the neoliberal project as a guiding ideology of the profession, libraries ex…
2 years, 7 months ago
Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine et al., "When Will the Joy Come?: Black Women in the Ivory Tower" (U Massachusetts Press, 2023)
Episode 70
How do Black women in higher education create, experience, and understand joy? What sustains them? While scholars have long documented sexism, racism…
2 years, 7 months ago
Andrea Jamison, "Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Episode 26
Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) serves as a "how to" guide…
2 years, 7 months ago
Cody D. Ewert, "Making Schools American: Nationalism and the Origin of Modern Educational Politics" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)
Episode 239
In recent years, public schools have become one of the central battlegrounds of American politics. Making Schools American: Nationalism and the Origi…
2 years, 7 months ago
Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor, "Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society" (Princeton UP, 2016)
Episode 75
Princeton University Press’ Our Compelling Interests series focuses on diversity, in racial, gender, socioeconomic, religious, and other forms. Some …
2 years, 7 months ago
Terah J. Stewart, "Sex Work on Campus" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 324
Terah J. Stewart's book Sex Work on Campus (Routledge, 2022) examines the experiences of college students engaged in sex work and sparks dialogue abo…
2 years, 7 months ago
Rachel Neff, "Chasing Chickens: When Life After Higher Education Doesn't Go the Way You Planned" (UP of Kansas, 2019)
Episode 178
The majority of PhDs won’t secure a tenure-track job. So how can you pivot, and find a new opportunity? Dr. Rachel Neff joins us to share her experie…
2 years, 7 months ago
Kristofer Ray and Brady DeSanti, "Understanding and Teaching Native American History" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023)
Episode 122
Understanding and Teaching Native American History (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023), co-edited by Kristofer Ray and Brady DeSanti, is a timely a…
2 years, 7 months ago
Speak UP!: Celebrating University Press Week with AUPresses President, Jane Bunker
Episode 139
University Press Week 2023 will provide an opportunity for presses and their supporters to shout to the rooftops about the value of the essential wor…
2 years, 7 months ago
Stephanie K. Kim, "Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 6
Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul (MIT Press, 2023) challenges the popul…
2 years, 7 months ago