Episode 64: One Giant Show About Applied Humanities

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree, a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. This month’s episode is different. Cal Poly Humboldt is launching it’s very own Applied Humanities program, welcoming new students in the Fall of 2026. Because of this, we decided to put together a compilation episode, focused on a range of Humanities programs and Centers that exist all across the country. In this episode we feature conversations with the following guests: Dr. Rachel Arteaga, Associate Director of the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of WashingtonDr. Judd Ruggil, current Associate Dean of Academic Services and former Director of the Public and Applied Humanities and the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Arizona Dr. Susan Derwin, Director of UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities CenterDr. Paula Burleigh, Co-Director of the Public Humanities at Alleghany CollegeCourtney Hobson, Program Manager at the Drescher Center for the Humanities, University of Maryland at BaltimoreDr. Sarah Fouts, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Program, University of Maryland at BaltimoreDr. Ron Broglio, Director of the Humanities Institute at Arizona State University Dr. Jason Bruner, former Director of the Desert Humanities Initiative at Arizona State University Works Cited: Public Scholarship in Literary Studies by Rachel Arteaga and Rosemary JohnsenRethinking the Field in Crisis: The Baltimore Field School and Building Ethical Community and University Partnerships by Nicole King, Tahira Mahdi and Sarah FoutsPlease subscribe to the show, share , rate and review! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson. You can email the us with any questions @ [email protected] show is created and supported by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt and is recorded on campus in beautiful Arcata, California.