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Back to SearchWhere Does Research Really Begin?
Episode 129
Today’s book is: Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World) (U Chicago Press, 2022) by Thomas S. Mullaney…
3 years, 5 months ago
Nancy Woloch, "The Insider: A Life of Virginia C. Gildersleeve" (Columbia UP, 2022)
Episode 37
Virginia C. Gildersleeve was the most influential dean of Barnard College, which she led from 1911 to 1947. An organizer of the Seven College Confere…
3 years, 5 months ago
Andrew Fiss, "Performing Math: A History of Communication and Anxiety in the American Mathematics Classroom" (Rutgers UP, 2020)
Episode 79
Performing Math: A History of Communication and Anxiety in the American Mathematics Classroom (Rutgers University Press, 2020) by Dr. Andrew Fiss tel…
3 years, 5 months ago
Mental Health In Academia 7: Bullying in Academia
Episode 186
We are delighted to welcome you at All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One f…
3 years, 5 months ago
Making the Most of Academic Conferences: Insights and Tips from Dr. Thomas Tobin
Episode 120
You’re going to an academic conference—and maybe even presenting a project! Whether you are going virtually or in person, for the first time or the t…
3 years, 5 months ago
Richard V. Reeves, "Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It" (Brookings Institution, 2022)
Episode 119
Today I talked to Richard Reeves about his important new book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do abou…
3 years, 5 months ago
Timothy W. Burns, "Leo Strauss on Democracy, Technology, and Liberal Education" (SUNY Press, 2021)
Episode 163
There are few thinkers who engender as much debate about their legacy as Leo Strauss (1899 –1973). His critics and biographers often don’t even agree…
3 years, 5 months ago
Gurpinder Singh Lalli, "Schools, Space and Culinary Capital" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 253
Gurpinder Singh Lalli's book Schools, Space and Culinary Capital (Routledge, 2022) introduces the notion of culinary capital to investigate socialisa…
3 years, 5 months ago
Barbara W. Sarnecka, "The Writing Workshop: Write More, Write Better, Be Happier in Academia" (2019)
Episode 82
Listen to this interview of Barbara Sarnecka, Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for Social Sciences…
3 years, 6 months ago
Elizabeth Drame et al., "The Resistance, Persistence and Resilience of Black Families Raising Children with Autism" (Peter Lang, 2020)
Episode 329
The Resistance, Persistence and Resilience of Black Families Raising Children with Autism (Peter Lang, 2020) presents nuanced perspectives in the for…
3 years, 6 months ago