Rocking the Academy, hosted by Mary Churchill and Roopika Risam, brings you conversations with the very best truth tellers who are formulating a different vision of the university. Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Press
Topics Discussed in this Episode:There is too much acceptance and fatalism around institutional politics in higher ed.The cultural history of the whit...
Topics Discussed in this Episode: Imposter syndrome is real and it's important to celebrate your successes. Only 5% of all college presidents are wome...
Topics Discussed in this Episode:Katina's journey from comparative literature Ph.D. to advocate for transforming graduate education.The role of founda...
Topics Discussed in this Episode:Lavelle's recently published book The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black Intellectua...
Topics Discussed in this Episode:Yves's unconventional path to the presidency via institutional research. The ability to influence mission and directi...
Topics Discussed in this EpisodeMany contingent faculty become adjuncts unwittingly because the topic has not been discussed frankly in the profession...
Topics Discussed in this EpisodeMentors often see paths for us before we see them for ourselves.What is Black Girl Magic?Graduate students often do no...
Topics Discussed in this Episode:Kathleen's career moves from faculty at Pomona College to Associate Executive Director at the Modern Language Associa...
Topics Discussed in this Episode:Higher ed is dying and being dismantled while the same people doing the dismantling are also guarding and maintaining...
Topics Discussed in this Episode:The next generation of higher education and the future of where colleges and universities could go.Sustainability as ...