Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGert Biesta, "Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society" (Brill, 2019)
Episode 137
What should the relationship between school and society be? Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society (Brill, 2019) argues that education …
4 years, 9 months ago
Funké Aladejebi, "Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers" (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021)
Episode 1026
In post-World War II Canada, black women’s positions within the teaching profession served as sites of struggle and conflict as the nation worked to …
4 years, 9 months ago
Rachel S. Buurma and Laura Heffernan, "The Teaching Archive: A New History for Literary Study" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Episode 27
Listen to this interview of Rachel Sagner Buurma (associate professor of English literature at Swarthmore College) and Laura Heffernan (associate pro…
4 years, 9 months ago
An Interview with Paul LeBlanc: President, Southern New Hampshire University
Episode 22
When Paul LeBlanc arrived at Southern New Hampshire University in 2003 it had just attained university-status and begun a few online degrees to suppl…
4 years, 9 months ago
An interview with Thomas O'Reilly: President of Pine Manor College
Episode 21
Thomas O’Reilly tells the inspiring story of Pine Manor College, which serves more students of color (90%) and first-generation college students (85%…
4 years, 9 months ago
Open Access Publishing Explained: A Discussion with Ros Pyne
Episode 61
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
4 years, 10 months ago
Carly S. Woods, "Debating Women: Gender, Education, and Spaces for Argument, 1835-1945" (Michigan State UP, 2018)
Episode 168
Spanning a historical period that begins with women’s exclusion from university debates and continues through their participation in coeducational in…
4 years, 10 months ago
Tracing the Rich, Varied History of the Nordic Education System Through Textbooks
Episode 47
The highest literacy rates worldwide, free universal healthcare, social security, strong economies —these are traits commonly associated with the Nor…
4 years, 10 months ago
Ben Williams on Contemplative Education
Episode 9
Is it possible to integrate scholarly study with contemplative practice? What are the benefits and potential pitfalls of doing so? Join us as we spea…
4 years, 10 months ago
Pandemic Perspectives from a Student Studying Abroad
Episode 59
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
4 years, 10 months ago