The Institute Podcast

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The Institute for the Arts and Humanities empowers faculty to achieve their full potential by creating community and cultivating leadership. At the heart of this mission is the affirmation of the crucial value of the arts and humanities to the life of the university and the world. The Institute Podcast engages in conversations with faculty, program directors, and guest scholars about their work in teaching, service and research. We learn the makings of successful leaders across disciplines. And we share this with you. The owl tops Hyde Hall, our Franklin Street home.

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Episode 9: Stephanie Schrader On The Depiction Of Asia In European Art

Stephanie Schrader, PhD, delivers the 22nd Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies entitled Appropriating Asia: The Depiction of the Exotic in European Art. In this special episode, she reveals the inspiration for this lecture and gives a preview of what appropriation and exotification might mean in the historical context of trade and religion in Europe and Asia. In telling this story of art, Dr. Schrader uses four artworks in the Getty Museum collection to survey the appropri...

Feb 15, 2016•10 min

Episode 8: Misha Becker And Kristen Lindquist On Childhood Development And Identifying Emotions

Misha Becker, Associate Professor of Linguistics, and Kristen Lindquist, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, speak with us on being the first recipients of the FIRE grant. They speak to their collaborative research on childhood development regarding their understanding of emotions. Dr. Lindquist also gives us a psychologist's view on the representation of emotions in the Disney Pixar film Inside Out (2015).

Feb 08, 2016•8 min

Episode 7: Mark Schoenfisch On Encouraging Students To Make And Learn From Mistakes

Professor of Chemistry Mark Schoenfisch speaks with us on how his research on Nitric Oxide (NO) can save lives and the way in which he engages his chemistry students by allowing them to make mistakes.

Jan 25, 2016•10 min

Episode 6: Susan Harbage Page On Creating The Anti-Archive Of The US-Mexico Border

Susan Harbage Page, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, speaks with Philip on her photography project inspired by found objects on the US-Mexico Border. She also describes her role in her academic department and her experience as a Fall 2015 IAH Faculty Fellow.

Jan 11, 2016•15 min

Episode 5: Jennifer Ho On The Best Moments In The Classroom

In part 2 of our conversation with Associate Professor Jennifer Ho, we learn about Professor Ho's most inspiring moments in her classroom. She speaks to her methods for creating an open and honest classroom culture and offers a great book recommendation.

Dec 28, 2015•12 min

Episode 4: Jennifer Ho on Her New Role at the IAH

In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Ho, Associate Professor of English and new Associate Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. She speaks about her career path that led to her new appointment as well as the role of mentors for university faculty and her goals as the Associate Director of the IAH.

Dec 14, 2015•15 min

Episode 3: James Ketch

IAH Public Communications Specialist Melissa Clay speaks with Music Professor and Jazz Studies director Jim Ketch, the first endowed Faculty Fellow here at the institute for the Arts and Humanities in 1992.

Dec 09, 2015•10 min

Episode 2: Pat Parker (Part 2)

In the second part of our conversation with Patricia Parker, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, Philip Hollingsworth asks about the Ella Baker Women's Center and its role in reigniting Dr. Parker's passion for teaching. She also speaks to her sources of inspiration and making time for her research and writing despite her new duties as Chair of a department.

Dec 07, 2015•15 min

Episode 1: Pat Parker (Part 1)

In this episode, Philip Hollingsworth speaks with Patricia Parker, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication. In part one of our conversation with Dr. Parker, she discusses her new role as department chair, her academic research and its connection to her current position, and her experience in founding the Ella Baker Women’s Center.

Nov 11, 2015•11 min

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