New Books in Higher Education
Episodes
Mary K. Bolin, "Refocusing Academic Libraries Through Learning and Discourse: The Idea of a Library" (Chandos, 2022)
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Academic libraries are changing in the face of information technologies, economic pressures, and globally disruptive events such as the current pandem...
Beth Linker, "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America" (Princeton UP, 2024)
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude "posture" photos of college stu...
Is Grad School for Me?: Demystifying the Application Process for First-Gen BIPOC Students
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s book is: Is Grad School for Me? Demystifying the Application Process for First-Gen BIPOC Students (U California Press, 2024), by Dr. Yvet...
Fran Martin, "Dreams of Flight: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West" (Duke UP, 2021)
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dreams of Flight: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West (Duke UP, 2021) explores the significance of transnational educational mobility in ...
Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti, "Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids" (Princeton UP, 2019)
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ambition varies enormously. For instance, America...
Steven D. Levitt (Freakonomics co-author and U Chicago Econ Prof) on His Career and Decision to Retire From Academic Economics
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steven D. Levitt (Freakonomics co-author and University of Chicago Economics Professor) joins the podcast to discuss his career, including being an e...
Gavin Butt, "No Machos Or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk" (Duke UP, 2022)
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do art schools influence music? In No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk (Duke UP, 2022), Gavin Butt, a Professor of ...
Flora Lu and Emily Murai, "Critical Campus Sustainabilities: Bridging Social Justice and the Environment in Higher Education" (Springer, 2023)
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In response to student demands reflecting the urgency of societal and ecological problems, universities are making a burgeoning effort to infuse envir...
Laurie L. Patton, "Who Owns Religion?: Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century" (U Chicago Press, 2019)
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Who Owns Religion?: Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century (U Chicago Press, 2019), scholar and noted university administrator ...
Freedom in the Academy: A Conversation with Niall Ferguson
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finishing off our series on freedom of speech, renowned historian Niall Ferguson discusses ideological conflict both between America and China and w...
Mimi Khúc, "dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss" (Duke UP, 2023)
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mimi Khúc is a PhD, writer, scholar, and teacher of things unwell. She is currently the Co-Editor of The Asian American Literary Review and an adju...
Get PhDone! Proven Strategies for Tackling Your Writing Roadblocks
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you facing writing roadblocks? There are many guides on how to make your writing match academic standards, so why aren’t there any on how to ma...
Allyson Mower, "Developing Authorship and Copyright Ownership Policies: Best Practices" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2024)
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Authorship represents a new area of policy-related work within higher education research administration, funding agencies, and scholarly journal publi...
How to Teach TESOL Ethically in an English-Dominant World
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carla Chamberlin and Mak Khan speak with Ingrid Piller about linguistic diversity and social justice. We discuss whether US native speakers of En...
Patrick Gamsby, "The Discourse of Scholarly Communication" (Lexington Books, 2023)
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Discourse of Scholarly Communication (Lexington Books, 2023) examines the place and purpose of modern scholarship and its dialectical relationshi...
Daniel Druckman, "Negotiation, Identity and Justice: Pathways to Agreement" (Routledge, 2023)
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Containing research conducted and published over a half century, Negotiation, Identity and Justice: Pathways to Agreement (Routledge, 2023) by Dr. D...
Richard A. Detweiler, "The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry, and Accomplishment" (MIT Press, 2021)
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Richard Detweiler about his new book The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry and Accomplishment (MIT Press, 202...
Katherine Firth et al., "How to Fix Your Academic Writing Trouble: A Practical Guide" (Open UP, 2018)
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this interview of Katherine Firth, academic at, Australia. We talk about the necessary trouble that people have when they write new knowledg...
Nicholas B. Dirks, "City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing from his experiences of having belonged to the faculty, administrative, and presidential circles of the university, author Nicholas B. Dirks ...
Wendy Cheng, "Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies, and Cold War Activism" (U Washington Press, 2023)
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, which is co-hosted with Tandee Wang, features a conversation with Dr. Wendy Cheng, author of Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Camp...
Marc Arsell Robinson, "Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest" (NYU Press, 2023)
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1960s, as the United States was wracked by protests, assassinations, and political unrest, students in Washington State seized the moment...
Sheila Marie Bock, "Claiming Space: Performing the Personal Through Decorated Mortarboards" (Utah State UP, 2023)
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Claiming Space: Performing the Personal through Decorated Mortarboards (Utah State University Press, 2023) by Dr. Sheila Bock examines the growing tr...
Larry Summers (Harvard Economics Professor) on His Career In Academic Economics, Government, University Leadership and Corporate America
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Summers, Harvard economics professor and 71st US Secretary of the Treasury, joins the podcast for an in-depth discussion of his career at the h...
Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s book is: Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education (Broadleaf Books, 2024), by Dr. Jasmine L. ...
Ankhi Mukherjee and Ato Quayson, "Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
George Floyd's death on May 25th 2020 marked a watershed in reactions to anti-Black racism in the United States and elsewhere. Intense demonstrations ...
Andi Gustavson and Charlotte Nunes, "Transforming the Authority of the Archive: Undergraduate Pedagogy and Critical Digital Archives" (U Michigan Press, 2023)
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring perspectives from educators, undergraduates, and archivists who are affiliated with community and institutional archives, the contributions ...
Inside Addiction and Sobriety in Academia
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do the pressures of academia affect our relationships with ourselves, our work, and with substance use? Dr. Alicia Andrzejewski joins us for a can...
Black and Queer on Campus
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s book is: Black and Queer on Campus (NYU Press, 2023) by Michael P. Jeffries, which offers an inside look at what life is like for LGBTQ c...
Ajantha Subramanian on "The Caste of Merit" ((EF,JP))
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before she became the host and star of Violent Majorities, the RTB series on Israeli and Indian ethnonationalism, Ajantha Subramanian sat down wit...
Marcy Simons, "Academic Librarianship: Anchoring the Profession in Contribution, Scholarship, and Service" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Academic Librarianship: Anchoring the Profession in Contribution, Scholarship, and Service (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) by Marcy Simons is needed now...
Free to Investigate: Dr. Scott Atlas on the Freedom in the Sciences
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can we have science without freedom of speech? Dr. Scott Atlas's professional work and personal experiences bring to light an important and often unde...
Katherine Rye Jewell, "Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio" (UNC Press, 2023)
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and the...
Philosophy for Our Academic Wellbeing
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this interview of Rebecca Roache, coach and podcaster, and also Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. We t...
Speech Unbound: A Conversation with Nadine Strossen
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What (and why) can and can't we say? What do empirical examples both at home and abroad tell us about how we should protect freedom of speech? How do ...
Skylar Bayer and Gabriela Serrato Marks, "Uncharted: How Scientists Navigate Their Own Health, Research, and Experiences of Bias" (Columbia UP, 2023)
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People with disabilities are underrepresented in STEM fields, and all too often, they face isolation and ableism in academia. Uncharted: How Scientis...
Toward Equity in Science: A Discussion with Cassidy Sugimoto and Vincent Larivière
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this interview of Cassidy Sugimoto and Vincent Larivière, co-authors of Equity for Women in Science: Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Adva...
How to Build a Career: A Discussion with Ben Wildavsky
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Academic Life, we dive into the book The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections (Princeton UP,...
Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Alexandria Chisholm, "Practicing Privacy Literacy in Academic Libraries" (ACRL, 2023)
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Privacy is not dead: Students care deeply about their privacy and the rights it safeguards. They need a way to articulate their concerns and guidance ...
The Adversity of Diversity: A Conversation with Carol Swain
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we have a BONUS episode of Madison's Notes: the Madison Program's Executive Director Dr. Shilo Brooks sits down with Dr. Carol Swain to talk...
Learning Happens Where There's Meaning
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Episode No.3 of All We Mean, a Special Focus of this podcast. All We Mean is an ongoing discussion and debate about how we mean and why. ...
Ann Medaille, "The Librarian's Guide to Learning Theory: Practical Applications in Library Settings" (ALA Editions, 2023)
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Demonstrating how learning theories are applicable to a variety of real-world contexts, The Librarian's Guide to Learning Theory: Practical Applicati...
Barbara D. Savage, "Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar" (Yale UP, 2023)
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Born in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905–1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despi...
Services and Training for Publishing Scientists: The Current Direction of Travel
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this interview of John Bond, founder and publishing consultant of Riverwinds Consulting. We talk about the breadth of services and resources...
Education Behind the Wall: Why and How We Teach College in Prison
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why are college programs offered in some prisons? How are the students selected? Where do the professors come from? What are the logistics of preparin...
Lydia Zvyagintseva and Mary Greenshields, "Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of Education" (Library Juice Press, 2022)
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The question of land is largely absent in libraries. Deeply committed to the neoliberal project as a guiding ideology of the profession, libraries exi...
Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine et al., "When Will the Joy Come?: Black Women in the Ivory Tower" (U Massachusetts Press, 2023)
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do Black women in higher education create, experience, and understand joy? What sustains them? While scholars have long documented sexism, racism,...
Cody D. Ewert, "Making Schools American: Nationalism and the Origin of Modern Educational Politics" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, public schools have become one of the central battlegrounds of American politics. Making Schools American: Nationalism and the Origi...
Andrea Jamison, "Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) serves as a "how to" guide...
Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor, "Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society" (Princeton UP, 2016)
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Princeton University Press’ Our Compelling Interests series focuses on diversity, in racial, gender, socioeconomic, religious, and other forms. S...
Terah J. Stewart, "Sex Work on Campus" (Routledge, 2022)
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Terah J. Stewart's book Sex Work on Campus (Routledge, 2022) examines the experiences of college students engaged in sex work and sparks dialogue ab...
Rachel Neff, "Chasing Chickens: When Life After Higher Education Doesn't Go the Way You Planned" (UP of Kansas, 2019)
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The majority of PhDs won’t secure a tenure-track job. So how can you pivot, and find a new opportunity? Dr. Rachel Neff joins us to share her experi...
Speak UP!: Celebrating University Press Week with AUPresses President, Jane Bunker
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
University Press Week 2023 will provide an opportunity for presses and their supporters to shout to the rooftops about the value of the essential work...
Stephanie K. Kim, "Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul" (MIT Press, 2023)
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul (MIT Press, 2023) challenges the popul...
Caroline Levine, "The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis" (Princeton UP, 2023)
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
W. H. Auden once said, “Poetry makes nothing happen.” Auden’s quote has been used for so many purposes, it might be worth remembering what he m...
Speak Freely: The Princeton Principles
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off our new monthly series on freedom of speech, Keith Whittington and Donald Downs discuss the Princeton Principles for a Campus of Free...
Tamson Pietsch, "The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A globe-trotting and scandal-ridden story of American empire and higher education, The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of K...
David Alan Richards, "I Give These Books: The History of the Yale University Library, 1656-2016" (Oak Knoll, 2022)
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The disparate stories of the libraries of the fledgling colleges in the colonies of the Eastern Seaboard, beginning more than one hundred fifty years ...
Exploring the Emotional Arc of Turning a Dissertation into a Book
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imposter syndrome. Intellectual fatigue. Feeling like you have nothing interesting to say. Not liking your topic or your research anymore. Wondering...
Ben Wildavsky, "The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections" (Princeton UP, 2023)
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Young people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a range of essential ...
The Future of Cancelling: A Conversation with Greg Lukianoff
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cancel culture is something all academics are aware of and some are concerned about. Certainly that’s true of Greg Lukianoff who was the co-autho...
Henrik Fürst and Erik Nylander, "The Value of Art Education: Cultural Engagements at the Swedish Folk High Schools" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is art education worthwhile? In The Value of Art Education: Cultural Engagements at the Swedish Folk High Schools (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023), Henri...
Pat Thomson and Christine Hall, "Schools and Cultural Citizenship: Arts Education for Life" (Routledge, 2023)
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why study the arts in school? In Schools and Cultural Citizenship: Arts Education for Life (Routledge, 2023), Pat Thomson, Professor of Education ...
Nick Riemer, "Boycott Theory and the Struggle for Palestine: Universities, Intellectualism and Liberation" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The academic boycott of Israel, a branch of the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is one of the richest—and most div...
William B. Eimicke et al., "Leveling the Learning Curve: Creating a More Inclusive and Connected University" (Columbia UP, 2023)
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Will the COVID-19 pandemic be remembered as a turning point in how universities deliver teaching and learning? How might the widespread use of digital...
Campbell F. Scribner, "A Is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education" (Cornell UP, 2023)
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In A Is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education (Cornell UP, 2023), Campbell F. Scribner sifts through two centuries of debris to un...
The Radical Imagination in Reactionary Times
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professors Alex Khasnabish and Max Haiven are authors of a book called The Radical Imagination: Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity (Bl...
The Benefits of New Forms of Assessments for Historical Thinking
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Considering trying ungrading? Assigning the unessay? What helps, and what hinders student progress? Today’s guest shares her own interrupted journey...
Philipp Stelzel, "The Faculty Lounge: A Cocktail Guide for Academics" (Indiana UP, 2023)
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The life of a scholar is stressful. The best way to muddle through is with a stiff drink. Balancing teaching, research, and service more than merits a...
Swati Ganguly, "Tagore's University: A History of Visva-Bharati, 1921-1961" (New India Foundation, 2022)
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Swati Ganguly's book Tagore's University: A History of Visva-Bharati, 1921-1961 (New India Foundation, 2022) is for anyone who is searching for tang...
Kristen Green, "The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail" (Seal Press, 2022)
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUs. In The ...
Robert Greene and Tyler D. Parry, "Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina" (U South Carolina Press, 2021)
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since its founding in 1801, African Americans have played an integral, if too often overlooked, role in the history of the University of South Carolin...
Applying Chicago Price Theory In Academia and Government
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Mulligan, Professor in Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, joins the podcast to discuss how he got interested in becoming an...
The Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about the history and mandate of the Inter-University Centre, which is affiliated with over one hundred academic institutions across the globe...
Nicholas Tampio, "Teaching Political Theory: A Pluralistic Approach" (Edward Elgar, 2022)
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Tampio, a political theorist at Fordham University, has a new book that focuses on teaching political theory. For many of us who teach politi...
James N. Druckman and Elizabeth A. Sharrow, "Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines Change to College Sports" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The year 1972 is often hailed as an inflection point in the evolution of women's rights. Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,...
Teaching (and Learning) at a University Online
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is a lot of talk about online learning, and particularly universities going online. Today I talked to Caleb Simmons, Executive Director of Ar...
Eric Bennett, "Workshops of Empire: Stegner, Engle, and American Creative Writing During the Cold War" (U Iowa Press, 2015)
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During and just after World War II, an influential group of American writers and intellectuals projected a vision for literature that would save the f...
Michael D. Smith, "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World" (MIT Press, 2023)
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For too long, our system of higher education has been defined by scarcity: scarcity in enrollment, scarcity in instruction, and scarcity in credential...
Andrew J. Hoffman, "The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World" (Stanford UP, 2021)
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact. Rigorous analysis of facts, the hard boundary between truth and opinion, and fidelity t...
Jack Schneider and Ethan L. Hutt, "Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don't Have To)" (Harvard UP, 2023)
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, ...
A Better Way to Buy Books
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has alre...
Shai M. Dromi and Samuel D. Stabler, "Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where does morality fit into contemporary social science? In Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science (U Chicago Press, 2023), Sha...
Michael S. Roth, "The Student: A Short History" (Yale UP, 2023)
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In The Student: A Short History (Yale UP, 2023), Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal m...
Kenneth J. Saltman, "The Alienation of Fact: Digital Educational Privatization, AI, and the False Promise of Bodies and Numbers" (MIT Press, 2022)
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, conspiracy theories run rampant, attacks on facts have become commonplace, and systemic inequities are on the rise as individual and collective...
Stephen Ramsay, "On the Digital Humanities: Essays and Provocations" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Ramsey's On the Digital Humanities: Essays and Provocations (University of Minnesota Press, 2023) is a witty and incisive exploration of th...
Al Davidoff, "Unionizing the Ivory Tower: Cornell Workers' Fifteen-Year Fight for Justice and a Living Wage" (ILR Press, 2023)
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Unionizing the Ivory Tower: Cornell Workers' Fifteen-Year Fight for Justice and a Living Wage (ILR Press, 2023) chronicles how a thousand low-paid cu...
The Power of Play in Higher Education: A Conversation with Alison James
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why are academics encouraged to be rigorous and exhausted, instead of innovative and engaged? What learning outcomes are we sacrificing by being so se...
Managing your Mental Health During Your PhD
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Can your graduate school affect your mental health? Dr. Zoe Ayres joins us to discuss what she wishes she had known before starting graduate school, i...
Cara Fitzpatrick, "The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America" (Basic Books, 2023)
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
America has relied on public schools for 150 years, but the system is increasingly under attack. With declining enrollment and diminished trust in pub...
Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, and the Future of Academic Publishing
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Avi Staiman, CEO of Academic Language Experts discusses the how advancements in artificial intelligence are shaping academic publishing. Avi offers ...
Kalani Adolpho et al., "Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries" (Library Juice Press, 2021)
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the library profession, and in the world as a whole, the experiences of trans and gender diverse people often go unnoticed, hidden, and ignored. T...
Academic Publishers Grapple with Advances in AI
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Niko Pfund joins the podcast to discuss the value of scientific content for building out Large Language Models and some of the challenges around track...
Carl Van Ness, "The Making of Florida's Universities: Public Higher Education at the Turn of the Twentieth Century" (UP of Florida, 2023)
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In The Making of Florida's Universities: Public Higher Education at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (UP of Florida, 2023), Carl Van Ness describes...
Lauren S. Foley, "On the Basis of Race: How Higher Education Navigates Affirmative Action Policies" (NYU Press, 2023)
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court limits the use of race-conscious admissions practices at American colleges and uni...
Academic Aunties: A Conversation with Dr. Ethel Tungohan
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard by now that there’s a hidden curriculum in academia. But it’s called hidden for a reason—only some [privileged] people a...
Rachael Cayley, "Thriving As a Graduate Writer: Principles, Strategies, and Practices for Effective Academic Writing" (U Michigan Press, 2023)
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this interview of Rachael Cayley, Associate Professor in the Graduate Centre for Academic Communication at the University of Toronto, Canad...
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing top-down, closed systems within...
Alelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The vast majority of American college students attend two thousand or so private and public institutions that might be described as the Middle—reput...
J. Michael Rifenburg, "Drilled to Write: Becoming a Cadet Writer at a Senior Military College" (Utah State UP, 2022)
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Drilled to Write: Becoming a Cadet Writer at a Senior Military College (Utah State UP, 2022) offers a rich account of US Army cadets navigating the u...
The Science of Science: A Discussion with Aaron Clauset
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this interview of Aaron Clauset, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder and in the BioFrontiers Institute. ...