Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Glimpse into the Emotional Abilities of Teachers: Handling Stress, Anger, and Shame (Part 1)
Episode 28
There is no doubt that teaching is a meaningful profession, but teachers often find themselves in stressful, emotionally challenging situations. How …
5 years, 4 months ago
College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom: A Conversation with Eddie R. Cole
Episode 4
Some of America's most pressing civil rights issues--desegregation, equal educational and employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and free …
5 years, 4 months ago
Matthew H. Rafalow, "Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Episode 118
In this episode, I speak with Matt Rafalow, about his book, Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era (University of Chicago P…
5 years, 5 months ago
Jonathan Boyarin, "Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 204
New York City's Lower East Side has witnessed a severe decline in its Jewish population in recent decades, yet every morning in the big room of the c…
5 years, 5 months ago
Shyam Sharma, "Writing Support for International Graduate Students" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 8
Listen to this interview of Shyam Sharma, author of Writing Support for International Graduate Students: Enhancing Transition and Success (Routledge,…
5 years, 5 months ago
Helen Sword, "Stylish Academic Writing" (Harvard UP, 2012)
Episode 9
Listen to this interview of Helen Sword, author of Stylish Academic Writing (Harvard UP, 2012). We talk about bad writing, but a lot more about how t…
5 years, 5 months ago
Jo Mackiewicz, "Writing Center Talk over Time: A Mixed-Method Study" (Routledge, 2018)
Episode 6
Listen to this interview of Jo Mackiewicz, author of Writing Center Talk over Time: A Mixed-Method Study (Routledge 2018). We talk about talk, tutor …
5 years, 5 months ago
Should I Quit My Ph.D. Program?
Episode 2
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 own mentor networks t…
5 years, 5 months ago
Kelly Underman, "Feeling Medicine: How the Pelvic Exam Shapes Medical Training" (NYU Press, 2020)
Episode 99
The pelvic exam is considered a fundamental procedure for medical students to learn; it is also often the one of the first times where medical studen…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Work and Value of University Presses
Episode 7
What do university presses do? And how do they contributed to public discourse?
November 9 is the beginning of University Press Week, and today I had …
5 years, 5 months ago