Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTanalís Padilla, "Unintended Lessons of Revolution: Student Teachers and Political Radicalism in Twentieth-Century Mexico" (Duke UP, 2021)
Episode 148
In the 1920s, Mexico established rural normales—boarding schools that trained teachers in a new nation-building project. Drawn from campesino ranks a…
4 years, 4 months ago
How to Finish Your Dissertation
Episode 89
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
A process focused approach to completing a dissertation and other academic writing T…4 years, 4 months ago
Kate Henley Averett, "The Homeschool Choice: Parents and the Privatization of Education" (NYU Press, 2021)
Episode 158
Homeschooling has skyrocketed in popularity in the United States: in 2019, a record-breaking 2.5 million children were being homeschooled, within an …
4 years, 4 months ago
Samuel Totten, "Teaching about Genocide: Advice and Suggestions from Professors, High School Teachers, and Staff Developers" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020)
Episode 158
Samuel Totten's Teaching about Genocide (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020) presents the insights, advice and suggestions of secondary level teachers and …
4 years, 4 months ago
Mental Health in Academia 3: Students’ Health and Health Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Episode 152
Welcome to All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks shine the l…
4 years, 4 months ago
Catherine Cocks of "Feeding the Elephant" on Scholarly Communication
Episode 49
Hear from Catherine Cocks, assistant director and editor-in-chief at Michigan State University Press talk about her attempt to replicate the success …
4 years, 4 months ago
A Conversation with the Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative
Episode 86
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The Emerson College Prison Initiative The Bard Prison Initiative How students apply …4 years, 4 months ago
Rebecca S. Natow, "Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education: Politics and Policymaking in the Postsecondary Sector" (Teachers College Press, 2022)
Episode 129
Rebecca S. Natow's book Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education: Politics and Policymaking in the Postsecondary Sector (Teachers College Pre…
4 years, 4 months ago
A Guide to Administering Distance Learning
Episode 60
The Pandemic led to a massive shift in the course of education as the world was forced to switch to distance learning. And with a new model comes new…
4 years, 4 months ago
John Katzman: Founder and CEO of Noodle
Episode 43
John Katzman is one of the U.S.’s most innovative thinkers and successful educational entrepreneurs. He founded Princeton Review right after graduati…
4 years, 4 months ago