Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCollege Baseball in the Offseason: Meet the Savannah Bananas
Episode 122
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The hard work of balancing academics and sports when you attend college on an athlet…4 years, 1 month ago
Jennifer Clary-Lemon et al., "Try This: Research Methods for Writers" (CSU Open Press, 2022)
Episode 181
Try This: Research Methods for Writers (CSU Open Press, 2022) explores interdisciplinary research methods employed in research in writing studies but…
4 years, 1 month ago
Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea, "Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World)" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 180
The hardest part of research isn't answering a question. It's knowing what to do before you know what your question is. Where Research Begins: Choosi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hope for the Humanities PhD
Episode 118
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why a humanities degree actually opens many career paths. The importance of curiosit…4 years, 1 month ago
Bruce J. Dierenfield and David A. Gerber, "Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story Behind Zobrest V. Catalina Foothills School District" (U Illinois Press, 2020)
Episode 6
In 1988, Sandi and Larry Zobrest sued a suburban Tucson, Arizona, school district that had denied their hearing-impaired son a taxpayer-funded interp…
4 years, 1 month ago
Finding Your Purpose
Episode 95
This episode is the edited version of a live event held on June 17 2022 to celebrate the launch of Finding Your Purpose: a Higher Calling Workbook fo…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nathan Long on Growth Strategies for Small Private Universities
Episode 53
Nathan Long shares insights from his career leading successful growth strategies for two small private universities. Saybrook University was formed i…
4 years, 1 month ago
William C. Kirby, "Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Episode 99
Earlier this month, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, a bill purportedly meant to revive U.S. dominance in research and deve…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Two Keys to Student Retention: A Discussion with Aaron Basko
Episode 117
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why Aaron Basko thinks we are looking at student success backwards. How asking alums…4 years, 1 month ago
Phillip B. Levine, "A Problem of Fit: How the Complexity of College Pricing Hurts Students—and Universities" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 179
According to A Problem of Fit: How the Complexity of College Pricing Hurts Students—and Universities (U Chicago Press, 2022) a college education does…
4 years, 1 month ago