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Back to SearchMichael Alexander: President, Lasell University
Episode 35
This episode feature an interview with Michael Alexander, one of the most innovative small university presidents in the U.S. He discusses a number of…
4 years, 6 months ago
Jean Hopman, "Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 145
Jean Hopman’s book Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice (Routledge, 2020),…
4 years, 6 months ago
Long Road to the Dream Job in Academia: A Conversation with Liz W. Faber
Episode 65
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Liz Faber’s long road from completed PhD to dream job Why academia said she was …4 years, 6 months ago
How to Write a Better Book: The Minority-Serving Institution Virtual Book Workshop Project
Episode 554
Book workshops produce great books, but too few scholars have access to the resources needed to organize and execute one, especially scholars at Hist…
4 years, 6 months ago
Michael Horowitz: Founder and President of TCS Education System
Episode 33
Michael Horowitz discusses the origins and evolution of The Cooperative Solution (TCS) Education System, which was created in 2009 as a spinout from …
4 years, 6 months ago
Teaching College Students to Communicate: A Discussion with Elena Cotos
Episode 33
Listen to this interview of Elena Cotos, Director of the Center for Communication Excellence at the Graduate College (Iowa State University) and also…
4 years, 6 months ago
Cyndi Kernahan, "Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom: Notes from a White Professor" (West Virginia UP, 2019)
Episode 70
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why White professors need to teach about race and racism in their courses The gap be…4 years, 6 months ago
Sara Ahmed, "Complaint!" (Duke UP, 2021)
Episode 182
In Complaint! (Duke UP, 2021), Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and w…
4 years, 6 months ago
A Conversation with Judy McLaughlin: Senior Lecturer, Harvard GSE and Founder and Chair of the Harvard Seminars for New College Presidents and Experienced Presidents
Episode 32
Judy McLaughlin has helped prepare over 1000 college and university presidents to take on the varied responsibilities of their role since founding th…
4 years, 6 months ago
Kerry F. Crawford and Leah C. Windsor, "The PhD Parenthood Trap: Gender, Bias, and the Elusive Work-Family Balance in Academia" (Georgetown UP, 2021)
Episode 86
Academia has a big problem. For many parents—especially mothers—the idea of "work-life balance" is a work-life myth. Parents and caregivers work hard…
4 years, 6 months ago