Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPandemic Perspectives: A Student Speaks About Mental Health
Episode 46
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, 11 months ago
Teaching Buddhist Studies Online: A Discussion with Kate Hartmann
Episode 111
Join Raj Balkaran as he talks with Dr. Kate Hartmann, Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Wyoming and Director of Buddhist S…
5 years ago
Matthew A.M. Thomas et al., "Examining Teach For All: International Perspectives on a Growing Global Network" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 127
Teach for America (TFA) continues to be the single largest preparation program for teachers in the United States. As that program grew in the US (att…
5 years ago
Paul M. Renfro et al., "Growing Up America: Youth and Politics Since 1945" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
Episode 519
Growing Up America: Youth and Politics Since 1945 (U Georgia Press, 2019) is a fascinating book that weaves together the burgeoning field of Childhoo…
5 years ago
Helen Sword, "Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write" (Harvard UP, 2017)
Episode 19
Today I talked to Helen Sword about Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write (Harvard UP, 2017). We talk about what not enough peop…
5 years ago
Inside Look: Campus Mental Wellness Services
Episode 41
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…
5 years ago
Jeff Docking, President of Adrian College: On Saving Liberal Arts Colleges
Episode 12
President Jeff Docking shares insights from his book, Crisis in Higher Education: A Plan to Save Liberal Arts Colleges in America (Michigan State Uni…
5 years ago
Itay Snir, "Education and Thinking in Continental Philosophy" (Springer, 2020)
Episode 126
Itay Snir's book Education and Thinking in Continental Philosophy (Springer, 2020) draws on five philosophers from the continental tradition – Theodo…
5 years ago
Dave Auckly, et al., "Inspiring Mathematics: Lessons from the Navajo Nation Math Circles" (AMS, 2019)
Episode 62
Math circles defy simple narratives. The model was introduced a century ago, and is taking off in the present day thanks in part to its congruence wi…
5 years ago
Jarvis R. Givens, "Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching" (Harvard UP, 2021)
Episode 239
Welcome to New Books in African American Studies, a channel on the New Books Network. I am your host, Adam McNeil. On today’s podcast, I am interview…
5 years ago