Sinopsis
Interviews from Faculty Authors at the University of Richmond.
Episodios
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Dr. Christopher von Rueden – Faculty Author Interview
26/10/2016 Duración: 10minDr. Christopher von Rueden, an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, discusses a recent article entitled, “Men’s status and reproductive success in 33 non-industrial societies: Effects of subsistence, marriage system, and reproductive strategy,” which he … Continue reading →
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Dr. Yvonne Howell – Faculty Author Interview
22/08/2016 Duración: 08minDr. Yvonne Howell, Professor of Russian and International Studies, discusses her edited collection, Red Star Tales : A Century of Russian and Soviet Science Fiction, published recently by Russian Life Books. Red Star Tales brings together 18 Russian science fiction … Continue reading →
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Dr. Mari Lee Mifsud – Faculty Author Interview
22/08/2016 Duración: 20minDr. Mari Lee Mifsud, Professor of Rhetoric and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, discusses her new book, Rhetoric and the Gift: Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Contemporary Communication, published recently by Duquesne University Press. Rhetoric and the Gift, taking as its … Continue reading →
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Dr. Monika Siebert – Faculty Author Interview
10/02/2016 Duración: 27minDr. Monika Siebert, Professor of English, discusses her new book, Indians Playing Indian: Multiculturalism and Contemporary Indigenous Art in North America, published recently by the University of Alabama Press. Indians Playing Indian explores the phenomenon of multicultural misrecognition of American Indians, … Continue reading →
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Dr. Kevin Pelletier – Faculty Author Interview
07/01/2016 Duración: 12minDr. Kevin Pelletier, Associate Professor of English, discusses his new book, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism: Love and Fear in US Antebellum Literature, published recently by the University of Georgia Press. The book provides powerful insights into the relationship between nineteenth-century sentimentality, religious … Continue reading →
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Dr. Timothy Barney – Faculty Author Interview
24/08/2015 Duración: 12minDr. Tim Barney, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies, discusses his new book, Mapping the Cold War: Cartography and the Framing of America’s International Power, published recently by the University of North Carolina Press. In this fascinating history of … Continue reading →
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Dr. Bert Ashe – Faculty Author Interview
02/07/2015 Duración: 10minDr. Bert Ashe, Associate Professor of English, is the author of a new book, Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles, published recently by Agate Press. Twisted explores issues of black male identity, black vernacular culture, and black hair by narrating the journey … Continue reading →
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Dr. Melissa Ooten – Faculty Author Interview
02/07/2015 Duración: 08minDr. Melissa Ooten, Associate Director for the WILL Program, is the author of a new book, Race, Gender, and Film Censorship in Virginia, 1922-1965, published recently by Lexington Books. This book chronicles the history of movie censorship in Virginia from the … Continue reading →
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Dr. Jennifer Bowie – Faculty Author Interview
27/03/2015 Duración: 09minDr. Jennifer Bowie, Assistant Professor of Political Science, is the co-author of a new book, The View from the Bench and Chambers: Examining Judicial Process and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, published recently by the University of … Continue reading →
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N. Elizabeth Schlatter and Kenta Murakami – Faculty/Student Interview
03/03/2015 Duración: 11minElizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions and Kenta Murakami (’15, art history major), a student curatorial assistant for the University of Richmond Museums discuss the art exhibition, Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape. The exhibition features 24 contemporary, international … Continue reading →
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Dr. Miriam McCormick – Faculty Author Interview
03/02/2015 Duración: 13minDr. Miriam McCormick, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law discusses her new book, Believing Against the Evidence: Agency and the Ethics of Belief published recently by Routledge. In this book, Dr. McCormick argues that the standards used … Continue reading →
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Dr. Kristin Bezio – Faculty Author Interview
12/01/2015 Duración: 15minKristin Bezio, Assistant Professor Of Leadership Studies discusses “Friends & Rivals: Loyalty, Ethics, and Leadership in Dragon Age II,” a chapter in the 2014 book, Identity and Leadership in Virtual Communities: Establishing Credibility and Influence. Dr. Bezio’s teaching and research … Continue reading →
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Dr. Thomas Bonfiglio – Faculty Author Interview
03/11/2014 Duración: 19minDr. Thomas Bonfiglio, Professor of Literature and Linguistics in the Department of Modern Literatures and Cultures discusses his new book, Why is English Literature? Language and Letters for the Twenty-First Century, published recently by Palgrave. Dr. Bonfiglio examines why English colonized … Continue reading →
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Dr. Amy Howard – Faculty Author Interview
25/09/2014Amy Howard, executive director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement and associated faculty in American studies, discusses her new book, More Than Shelter: Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing, published recently by the University of Minnesota Press. … Continue reading →
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Dr. David Kitchen – Faculty Author Interview
31/08/2014David Kitchen, Associate Dean of Strategic Planning and Summer Programs in the School of Professional & Continuing Studies discusses his new book, Global Climate Change : Turning Knowledge into Action, published recently by Prentice-Hall. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Dr. Kitchen … Continue reading →
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Dr. Elizabeth Baughan – Faculty Author Interview
27/02/2014Dr. Elizabeth Baughan, Associate Professor of Classics and Archaeology, discusses her new book, Couched in Death: Klinai and Identity in Anatolia and Beyond, published recently by the University of Wisconsin Press. In this book, Dr. Baughan offers the first comprehensive look … Continue reading →
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Dr. Sheila Carapico – Faculty Author Interview
04/02/2014Dr. Sheila Carapico, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, discusses her new book, Political Aid and Arab Activism: Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation, published recently by Cambridge University Press. In this book, Dr. Carapcio examines what it means to promote … Continue reading →
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Dr. Eric Yellin – Faculty Author Interview
13/01/2014Dr. Eric Yellin, Associate Professor of History and American Studies discusses his new book, Racism in the Nation’s Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson’s America, published recently by the University of North Carolina Press. In this … Continue reading →
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Dr. Yucel Yanikdag – Faculty Author Interview
31/10/2013Dr. Yucel Yanikdag, Associate Professor of History discusses his new book, Healing the Nation: Prisoners of War, Medicine and Nationalism in Turkey, 1914-1939, published recently by Edinburgh University Press. In this book, he explores how Ottoman prisoners of war and military … Continue reading →
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Dr. Monti Datta – Faculty Author Interview
30/09/2013Dr. Monti Datta, Assistant Professor of Political Science, discusses his forthcoming new book, Anti-Americanism and the Rise of World Opinion. Drawing from a wealth of research data, interviews and surveys of social media, this book directly examines pro- and anti-American … Continue reading →