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Back to SearchRhonda F. Levine, "When Race Meets Class: African Americans Coming of Age in a Small City" (Routledge, 2019)
Episode 258
In When Race Meets Class: African Americans Coming of Age in a Small City (Routledge, 2019), Rhonda Levine provides a 15-year ethnography that follow…
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Scholar Skills: Unraveling Faculty Burnout
Episode 138
“I’m burned out” is a familiar phrase in higher ed these days. This episode explores:
What burnout is and is not. One scholar’s personal experience w…3 years, 11 months ago
Adam Laats, "Creationism USA: Bridging the Impasse on Teaching Evolution" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 215
Who are America's creationists? What do they want? Why do they think Jesus rode around on a dinosaur? In Creationism USA: Bridging the Impasse on Tea…
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Naomi A. Moland, "Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism?: Children's Television and Globalized Multicultural Education" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 200
Sesame Street has taught generations of Americans their letters and numbers, and also how to better understand and get along with people of different…
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Transforming the Urban University: Northeastern University, 1996-2006
Episode 54
It is rare to see colleges and universities achieve major and rapid changes in their national rankings. Richard Freeland, the president emeritus of N…
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Where 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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