Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Lotus Seeley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology. Following the #MeToo movement, Dr. Seeley discusses how gender manifests in different areas of our lives and how people balance work and life in the same place, with many working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. She is currently researching the experiences of women workers in the gig economy.
Mar 09, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Ilaria Serra, Ph.D., Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies, whose areas of expertise include Italian cinema, popular song and cultural studies, as well as the history of Italian immigration. Dr. Serra also discusses her latest book, "Italia Cantata: A Culture and Language Textbook."
Feb 09, 2022•34 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Marek Muller, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Rhetorical Studies in the Communication and Multimedia Studies Department. Dr. Muller's specializations include rhetorical theory and criticism, critical-cultural communication studies, legal studies and critical animal studies. She is a rhetorician interested in human rights, nonhuman animal rights and the humanity/animality dialectic. Her latest publication is "Impersonating Animals, Rhetoric, Ecofe...
Jan 20, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Lee Soroko, Assistant Professor of Movement at FAU's Theater and Dance Department. He is a fight director and instructor who insures the safety of actors during fight scenes on stage. In 2022, Professor Soroko will be choreographing the violence scenes for "Carmen" at the Palm Beach Opera.
Dec 14, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Stacey Balkan, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English and Environmental Humanities at Florida Atlantic University, who has been researching how the past can predict our future. Her upcoming book, "Rogues in the Postcolony: Narrating Extraction and Itinerancy in India," includes an investigation of new extra-activist frontiers, including solar capitalism and the and the possibility of imagining life after extraction on the subcontinent and beyond...
Nov 09, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Stacey Balkan, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English and Environmental Humanities at Florida Atlantic University, who has been researching how the past can predict our future. Her upcoming book, "Rogues in the Postcolony: Narrating Extraction and Itinerancy in India," includes an investigation of new extra-activist frontiers, including solar capitalism and the and the possibility of imagining life after extraction on the subcontinent and beyond...
Nov 06, 2021•52 sec•Season 3Ep. 5
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with ethnomusicologist, percussionist, composer and FAU music professor Andres Espinoza, Ph.D. about his upcoming book , Una Sola Casa: Salsa Consciente and the Poetics of the Meta-barrio , his analysis of the impact of Salsa music as an forging element of social and political identity within Latino and Latin American communities. He also speaks about his Born From the Drum audio and video project, rooted in ceremonial drumming....
Oct 12, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with FAU's Associate Professor of American History, Adrian Finucane, PhD on her upcoming book Captive Exchanges: Prisoners of War and the Trade in Secrets, 1700-1760 , which addresses themes of warfare and incarceration as well as empire and cultural contact in the 18th-century Atlantic world.
Sep 13, 2021•22 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with FAU's Associate Professor of American History, Adrian Finucane, PhD on her upcoming book Captive Exchanges: Prisoners of War and the Trade in Secrets, 1700-1760 , which addresses themes of warfare and incarceration as well as empire and cultural contact in the 18th-century Atlantic world. The work argues that prisoners of war acted as crucial conduits in the development of military and commercial intelligence in the long conflict between the gro...
Sep 01, 2021•31 sec•Season 3Ep. 3
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Daniel Bolojan as they discuss innovation in deep learning, through the project Deep Himmelb(l)au, and how it can impact the future of Architecture. Deep learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) function that imitates the workings of the human brain in processing data and creating patterns for use in decision making. Daniel Bolojan is an Assistant Professor, in the School of Architecture, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters...
Aug 10, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Daniel Bolojan as they discuss innovation in deep learning, through the project Deep Himmelb(l)au, and how it can impact the future of Architecture. Deep learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) function that imitates the workings of the human brain in processing data and creating patterns for use in decision making. Daniel Bolojan is an Assistant Professor, in the School of Architecture, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters...
Jul 29, 2021•55 sec•Season 3Ep. 1
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Marquese McFerguson, Ph.D., as they discuss navigating race, culture, and gender with poetry and spoken word. Marquese McFerguson is an Assistant Professor of Intercultural Communication, in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. His work explores the interconnected dynamics of race, culture, gender, and media. His essay, "When Hip Hop Speaks, We...
Jul 13, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Marquese McFerguson, Ph.D. as they discuss navigating race, culture, and gender with poetry and spoken word. Marquese McFerguson is an Assistant Professor of Intercultural Communication, in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. His work explores the interconnected dynamics of race, culture, gender, and media. His essay, "When Hip Hop Speaks, We ...
Jun 29, 2021•1 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Mehmet Gurses as they discuss the complex nature of armed conflict and how wartime experience can bring about trauma and growth. Mehmet Gurses (Ph.D. in Political Science, University of North Texas, 2007) is a professor in the Department of Political Science, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. His research interests include ethnic and religious conflict, post-civil war peace building, post-civ...
Jun 08, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Mehmet Gurses as they discuss the complex nature of armed conflict and how wartime experience can bring about trauma and growth. Mehmet Gurses (Ph.D. in Political Science, University of North Texas, 2007) is a professor in the Department of Political Science, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. His research interests include ethnic and religious conflict, post-civil war peace building, post-civil war d...
May 25, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric Berlatsky as they discuss their co-edited collection, Mixed-Race Superheroes, the intersectionality between Superheroes, racial identity, and racial politics in American popular culture. Sika Dagbovie-Mullins is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at Florida Atlantic University where she specializes in contemporary African American literature and Critical Mixed-Race Studies....
May 11, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric Berlatsky as they discuss their co-edited collection, Mixed-Race Superheroes, the intersectionality between Superheroes, racial identity, and racial politics in American popular culture. Sika Dagbovie-Mullins is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at Florida Atlantic University where she specializes in contemporary African American literature and Critical Mixed-Race Studies....
Apr 30, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Jeffrey E. Huber, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, MLA Interim Director and Associate Professor for the School of Architecture, as they discuss landscapes that flow with nature and not against it. Jeff Huber is an Associate Professor and Director of MetroLAB in the School of Architecture at FAU where he teaches upper-division architecture studios. Huber also teaches lecture courses on urban design, and materials and methods of construction. His work focuses on inte...
Apr 13, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Jeffrey E. Huber, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, MLA Interim Director and Associate Professor for the School of Architecture, as they discuss landscapes that flow with nature and not against it. Jeff Huber is an Associate Professor and Director of MetroLAB in the School of Architecture at FAU where he teaches upper-division architecture studios. Huber also teaches lecture courses on urban design, and materials and methods of construction. His work focuses on inte...
Mar 30, 2021•1 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Alejandro Sánchez–Samper, Professor of Music, as they discuss honoring and bringing new life to Columbian Andean regional music. Professor Sánchez–Samper is the Assistant Director of Commercial Music in the Department of Music, in the School of the Arts, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Alejandro Sánchez–Samper was recently nominated for a Latin Grammy and is currently working on a documentary proje...
Mar 09, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Alejandro Sánchez–Samper, Professor of Music, as they discuss honoring and bringing new life to Columbian Andean regional music. Professor Sánchez–Samper is the Assistant Director of Commercial Music in the Department of Music, in the School of the Arts, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Alejandro Sánchez–Samper was recently nominated for a Latin Grammy and is currently working on a documentary proje...
Feb 23, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Joey Bargsten, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, as they discuss how Dr. Bargsten combines digital art, film, video games, interactivity, music, and performances from actors to create immersive storytelling through virtual reality. Dr. Bargsten is an Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic Universi...
Feb 09, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Joey Bargsten, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, as they discuss how Dr. Bargsten combines digital art, film, video games, interactivity, music, and performances from actors to create immersive storytelling through virtual reality. Dr. Bargsten is an Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic Universi...
Jan 26, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Becka McKay, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Translation and Creative Writing, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing, as they discuss her passion for the written word, what inspires her to write, and her process on how she constructs her own poetry. Dr. McKay is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Her first book of poems, A Meteorologist in the P...
Jan 12, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Becka McKay, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Translation and Creative Writing, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing, as they discuss her passion for the written word, what inspires her to write, and her process on how she constructs her own poetry. Dr. McKay is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Her first book of poems, A Meteorologist in the P...
Dec 29, 2020•2 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Chris Robé, Professor of Film Studies, and Stephen Charbonneau, Associate Professor of Film Studies and they discuss their new book InsUrgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader . Dr. Robe is a Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies (SCMS), for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Charbonneau is an Associate Professor of Film Studies and Gradu...
Dec 08, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Chris Robé, Professor of Film Studies, and Stephen Charbonneau, Associate Professor of Film Studies and they discuss their new book InsUrgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader . Dr. Robe is a Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies (SCMS), for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Charbonneau is an Associate Professor of Film Studies and Gradu...
Nov 24, 2020•2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Thomas Stollar, Ph.D. and they discuss ceramics as a medium and how it can also archive a civilization. Dr. Stollar is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics, in the Department of Visual Arts & Art History, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. He is also the creator of the online exhibition platform “ DISTANT CERAMICS .” To view some of his works please visit his website...
Nov 10, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Thomas Stollar, Ph.D. and they discuss ceramics as a medium and how it can also archive a civilization. Dr. Stollar is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics, in the Department of Visual Arts & Art History, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. He is also the creator of the online exhibition platform “ DISTANT CERAMICS .”...
Oct 27, 2020•1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Multimedia Studies, Nicole Morse, as they discuss the cultural phenomenon of the Selfie. Nicole Erin Morse is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University and Director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research has been published in Jump Cut , Feminist Media Studies , Porn Studies , [in]Transition , and elsewhere. Their book manuscript Selfi...
Oct 13, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 6
