This week, host Isabella speaks with Kristie Dickinson-Latta, an adjunct professor of design thinking in the Boston College Carroll School of Management and an entrepreneur in residence for the Boston College Shea Center for Entrepreneurship. After graduating from BC in 2014 with a degree in management and marketing, she went on to work at Apple, serving as a partnership manager for kids and education apps and later leading Apple Watch development efforts in a developer relations role. She most ...
Dec 14, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 15
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Zinnie Wright, an exchange student from the University of Bristol currently attending Boston College. She recently wrote a magazine article for The Heights called “Building a Home Away From Home: An Exchange Student’s Guide to Living with a Roommate,” in which she highlighted her experience moving from England to Boston, Mass., where she had to adjust to an entirely new living environment. She also provided tips for fellow and incoming exchange ...
Nov 07, 2023•36 min
This week, host Elizabeth speaks with Brian Taff, co-anchor of Action News at 4 p.m. and anchor of Action News at 6 p.m. in Philadelphia. After earning a degree in communication from Boston College, Taff began his journalism career at WVII-TV in Maine and later became a reporter and anchor at Capital News 9 in Albany. He later became editor and anchor of the news show Capital Tonight, where he won the Associated Press Award for Best Interview two years in a row. His journalism roles have sent hi...
Oct 24, 2023•34 min
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Clinton Kelly, style expert, author, and television personality. Kelly is best known for his role as the co-host of What Not to Wear, TLC’s longest-running prime time reality show. He appeared in more than 300 episodes of What Not to Wear between 2003 and 2013, with over one million people tuning in to the popular makeover program every week for 10 years. Since then, he has continued to work as an entrepreneur and private style consultant and ha...
Oct 17, 2023•58 min•Season 3Ep. 12
This week, Eagle Eye hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Olivia Franceschini, CSOM ’24 and former opinions editor for The Heights. She is majoring in management and leadership and minoring in international studies and has been a columnist since her freshman year at BC. She recently wrote a piece titled “A Letter to My Freshman Year Self: Senior Year, Post-COVID Edition,” highlighting the unique experience of beginning college from behind a screen. In the episode, Liv quotes Theodore Roosevel...
Oct 10, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 11
This week, Eagle Eye host Elizabeth speaks with two guests, UGBC President Jonah Kotzen and UGBC Vice President Meghan Heckelman. Running on the slogan “Eagles for Others,” the pair focused their campaign around improving the lives of BC students in relation to acceptance, academics, activity, and adjustment. Kotzen, MCAS ’24, studies biology and classical studies on the pre-med track and previously served as the policy coordinator for UGBC’s Council for Students with Disabilities and as the Stu...
Sep 19, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 10
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with two guests, James Reinhart, co-founder and CEO of thredUP and BC ’01, and Mike Rocco, director of product engineering at thredUP and BC ’16. Founded in 2009, thredUP is an online clothing resale site for women and kids, carrying brands such as Nike, J.Crew, Gucci, and more. The company focuses on sustainability and has previously collaborated with celebrities like Olivia Wilde to advocate for secondhand shopping and encourage prevalent brands to...
May 16, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 9
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth were joined by Christie Louis, this year’s recipient of BC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship. Christie is currently the vice president of Haitian Association, a Black Women Matter retreat co-leader from the Women’s Center, and the AHANA+ Legacy Programmer for ALC. She has been inspired by MLK since childhood and is committed to living out his legacy after college. Tune in to hear about how Christie is combining her interests in medicine and advocacy to ...
May 05, 2023•14 min
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Elizabeth Kensinger, professor and chair of the Psychology and Neuroscience Department whose research focuses on emotion, memory, and the way positive and negative associations with specific events influence recollection over the course of adulthood. This year, she released her new book, Why We Forget and How to Remember Better , which examines the intricacies of memory encoding and retrieval and memory as an ongoing, active process. Professor K...
Apr 25, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 7
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Nicole Eaton, an associate professor in the History Department with an interest in Soviet history, World War II, and the inner workings and cultures of the European cities whose urban spaces were redesigned during wartime. On March 14th, she released her new book, German Blood, Slavic Soil , which examines how Königsberg, a 700-year-old German port city, became one of Hitler’s most significant military bases, only to become known as Kaliningrad ...
Apr 04, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 6
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Deena Mohamed, Chair of the AHANA+ Leadership Council and MCAS ’23 in preparation for ALC Showdown. Deena served on this year’s organizing committee for Showdown, a sold-out show in which BC’s 17 dance teams will compete to win a sum of money to donate to a charity of their choosing. Tune in to hear about the event’s extensive planning process, judging criteria and awards, and the value of cultural representation among the dance groups competing...
Mar 31, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 5
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Father Walter J. Smith, who has been a Jesuit priest for over 60 years after attending both BC High School and Boston College. A true Renaissance man, Father Smith is also a psychologist, clinician, consultant, CEO, and a lifelong cook. His recently released memoir, Faith, Food, & Friendship: Reflections and Recipes from a Jesuit’s Abundant Life , doubles as a cookbook, including 175 recipes that reflect cuisine from all over the world and e...
Mar 22, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 4
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Annika Sharma, a Boston College senior who was recently crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2023 and is studying finance and marketing with a minor in philosophy. After graduation, she plans to work as a wealth management analyst at Bank of America, eventually create her own fashion brand, and continue her work in female empowerment, which began when she published her online cookbook, The Healthy Teen , as well as starting a peer-to-peer mentorship g...
Mar 06, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 3
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Andrea Cohen, a Boston College School of Social Work alumna and the founder of HouseWorks, an independent home care company dedicated to elevating care for seniors. Last November, she received the inaugural CVS Health 2022 Female Leader of the Year award from Robert Kraft in conjunction with the New England Patriots. Tune in to hear about the most significant challenges in sustaining quality of life for today’s seniors, how to best approach the ...
Feb 26, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 2
This week, hosts Isabella and Elizabeth speak with Seamus Ruiz-Earle, founder of the Carabiner Group and BC ’20, and Kyleigh Leddy, author of The Perfect Other: A Memoir of My Sister and BC ’19. Forbes recently named Ruiz-Earle to its 30 Under 30 enterprise technology list and Leddy to its 30 Under 30 media list. Listen to learn more about what this honor means to Ruiz-Earle and Leddy, the experience of building businesses during the pandemic, and how their experiences at BC impact their careers...
Feb 10, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Meet your new hosts, sophomore Isabella Pieretti and freshman Elizabeth Dodman! In this short preview, learn more about Eagle Eye and the hosts’ vision for the podcast. Look no further for informative conversations, insight into life on the Heights, and an eagle eye view on the stories of current and former Eagles, making change across a variety of fields. Check back in next week for new episodes!
Feb 05, 2023•2 min
This week, hosts Seeun and Eamon spoke to Professor Jeffrey Bellows, the Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Public Affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Blue Cross Blue Shield insures one in three Americans and often leads by example through its corporate social responsibility efforts. Professor Bellows also teaches in the Business Law and Society department at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. Listen to hear Professor Bellows discuss the importance of CSR in ...
Dec 15, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This week, host Eamon spoke to Onur Toper, the social media director of The Heights, who shared his thoughts on the 2022 midterm elections results. In this episode, Onur discusses the consecutive high turnout in the polls after a similarly hot 2018 election, the newly elected House of Representatives and Senate candidates who are projected to make a significant impact, and how factors like inflation, abortion, and Donald Trump have influenced the newest generation of voters. Check back in next w...
Nov 20, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This week, host Eamon spoke to Lisa Smith, a veteran from the United States Air Force and Councilmember At-Large for Arvada, Colorado, with a focus on housing and multi-modal transportation, who graduated from the Boston College School of Social Work in 2018. Lisa recently spent two weeks helping Ukrainian refugees evacuate into Poland to escape the ongoing war with Russia. In this episode, Lisa discusses her experiences helping refugees cross the border and access safe living conditions, citing...
Nov 07, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week, host Eamon interviewed Dean Mary Holper, the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Director of the Immigration Clinic, and an associate clinical professor at Boston College Law School. Professor Holper has written and co-authored articles for numerous law reviews and reference guides concerning immigration issues, and recently spoke in an interview with GBH’s “Morning Edition” where she discussed the significance of sanctuary cities in light of the relocation of migrants to Martha...
Oct 31, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 18
This week, host Eamon interviewed Dr. Bob Keane, an assistant vice president at Walden Behavioral Care serving as a part-time faculty member of the Boston College School of Social Work, and Kameron Mendes, the clinical director of inpatient units at Walden Behavioral Care and licensed mental health counselor. Dr. Keane and Mr. Mendes recently co-authored an article outlining the importance of adolescents limiting social media usage and shifting their perception of happiness, which was published ...
Oct 24, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This week, host Eamon interviewed Dr. Emrah Altindis, an assistant professor of biology at Boston College. Professor Altindis specializes in research about microbe replication of human proteins, including human hormones, and how such replications affect a variety of human diseases. Dr. Altindis' recent publication concluded that a gut microbe may contribute to developing type 1 diabetes. In this episode, Dr. Altindis discusses the effects of the microbe “parabacteroides distasonis” and its relat...
Oct 18, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 16
This week, host Eamon interviewed Dr. Theodore Papageorgiou, the Felter Family Associate Professor of Economics at Boston College. Dr. Papageorgiou specializes his research in labor economics, macroeconomics, and economics of transportation, and his article published in March, 2020, titled “Geography, Transportation, and Endogenous Trade Costs” was awarded the Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society for the best applied paper published in the Econometrica. In this episode, Dr. Papageorgiou discu...
Oct 04, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 15
This week, hosts Eamon and Seeun interviewed Professor Gregg Sparkman. Dr. Sparkman specializes in research on the psychology of social change, including research on interventions to address social problems related to the environment, health, and social inequity. He recently co-published an article in which he found that Americans’ support of climate change is widely underestimated across the country, with around 80-90% of Americans underestimating the concern their fellow Americans have for sup...
Sep 29, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Welcome back to a new school year at Boston College! In this episode, student leaders from BC's summer orientation team (Kelly Ward, David Kim, Chris Smails, Colleen McBride, and Griffin Coates) offer transitioning advice for incoming students and share personal memoirs that have shaped their time in college thus far. Whether you're a freshman, incoming transfer student, or returning student, their words will serve as a navigation guide for adjusting into university life--either for the first ti...
Sep 04, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This week, podcast editors Eamon and Jack interviewed Naoka Carey, a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology in the BC Lynch School of Education, to discuss her recent publication with co-author and Lynch School professor Rebekah Levine Coley concerning the increase in adolescent handgun carrying through the last two decades. Listen to hear more about the leading causes of gun usage among adolescents, how the COVID-19 pandemic has increased gun carrying in families ac...
May 05, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 12
This week, Podcast Editor Eamon interviewed Professor Ann Wolbert-Burgess, an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse. Serving as a forensic nurse, Professor Burgess has worked with FBI Academy special agents to study serial offenders and the correlation between child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and subsequent perpetration. Listen to hear more about Professor Burgess' start at the FBI, her experiences analyzing serial killers and sexual ...
Apr 29, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 11
This week, Podcast Editors Eamon and Jack interviewed Devyn Itula and Emme DeVito to discuss Boston College's 21st annual Arts Festival that will be held from Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, April 30. With more than 60 events, 1,000 student and faculty artists, and 16,000 visitors on campus, the festival will be one of BC's most exciting community gatherings in the academic year. Listen to find out more about which events will be hosted, how artists have been preparing their artwork and performa...
Apr 21, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 10
This week, Podcast Editors Eamon and Jack interviewed Clayton Trutor, the author of Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—And How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports who holds a PhD in U.S. History from Boston College. Listen to find out more about what allowed sports in Atlanta to grow, which factors incentivize larger cities to build sports franchises, Clayton's motivation to write his book after studying in O'Neil Library, and his work as the Vermont state chairman of the Society ...
Apr 11, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 9
This week, Podcast Editors Eamon and Jack interviewed Coach Earl Grant, the head coach of Boston College men's basketball team. Listen to find out more about Coach Grant's transition into Boston over the past year, his family-work balance, his "gritty not pretty" defensive mentality, his thoughts about recruiting through the transfer portal, and his hopes for the upcoming season. Check back in next week for new episodes! Timestamps 2:43: Transition to BC 5:34: Coaching Philosophy 10:20: ACC Tour...
Apr 04, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 8
