Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnna Ruddock, "Special Treatment: Student Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences" (Stanford UP, 2021)
Episode 126
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is iconic in the landscape of Indian healthcare. Established in the early years of independence, …
4 years, 10 months ago
Sean Creighton: President of New American Colleges & Universities
Episode 26
Sean Creighton, the President of New American Colleges & Universities, discusses the origins and evolution of this Association that serves 24 institu…
4 years, 10 months ago
Helen Sword, "The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose" (U Chicago Press, 2016)
Episode 64
Helen Sword, writing champion, brings us into the word gym. Or maybe kitchen. Either way, The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose (U Chicago Press, 2…
4 years, 10 months ago
Pandemic Perspectives from an Associate Professor: A Discussion with Ulices Piña
Episode 60
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
Peter B. Kaufman, "The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge" (Seven Stories Press, 2021)
Episode 30
Listen to this interview of Peter Kaufman, Program Manager in Strategic Initiatives and Resource Development at MIT Open Learning and author of The N…
4 years, 10 months ago
Leo Casey, "The Teacher Insurgency: A Strategic and Organizing Perspective" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)
Episode 141
In The Teacher Insurgency: A Strategic and Organizing Perspective (Harvard Education Press, 2020), Leo Casey addresses how the unexpected wave of rec…
4 years, 10 months ago
David Chard, "When Colleges Close: Leading in a Time of Crisis" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 141
David Chard, the President of Wheelock College in Boston, MA, discusses the process of merging Wheelock successfully into Boston University to become…
4 years, 11 months ago
Anna Stenning et al., "Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 140
Building on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality of propositions about human nat…
4 years, 11 months ago
David Finegold talks to Plexuss about Current Issues in Higher Education
Episode 24
For a change of pace this week, David Finegold is the interviewee, speaking with Brad Johnson, the host of the Plexuss podcast, about a range of curr…
4 years, 11 months ago
Terry McGlynn, "The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Episode 28
Listen to this interview of Terry McGlynn, author of The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching (U Chicago Press, 2020). McGlynn is also a profess…
4 years, 11 months ago