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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2025 · 19 MIN

4.4 Lisa Anderson on the Therapeutic Turn in American Universities

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On today's episode of the Hopkins Press Podcast, we talk with Lisa Anderson about here new article in Social Research, “From Pursuing Truth to Managing Stress: The Costs and Consequences of the Therapeutic Turn in American Universities.” This is part of a phenomenal and timely special issue of Social Research devoted to exploring “The Embattled University.” Listeners will be able to read this article for free on Project MUSE through the end of September 2025. Dr. Anderson is Special Lecturer and James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations Emerita and Dean Emerita at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). She also served as provost and president of the American University in Cairo in 2008–2016.

On today's episode of the Hopkins Press Podcast, we talk with Lisa Anderson about here new article in Social Research, “From Pursuing Truth to Managing Stress: The Costs and Consequences of the Therapeutic Turn in American Universities.” This is part of a phenomenal and timely special issue of Social Research devoted to exploring “The Embattled University.” Listeners will be able to read this article for free on Project MUSE through the end of September 2025. Dr. Anderson is Special Lecturer and James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations Emerita and Dean Emerita at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). She also served as provost and president of the American University in Cairo in 2008–2016.

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