Roundabout Oxford

This is the second part of a two-part series on native languages. In this episode, Carmen Sanchez Garcia and Joe Moody speak with Dr. Cheng-Fu Chen, Associate Professor of Chinese in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi, on Chinese and Taiwanese languages including his research on Rukai, a native language of Taiwan.

This is the first part of a two-part series on native languages. In this episode, Carmen Sanchez Garcia and Joe Moody speak with Dr. Daniel Valle Arevalo, Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics, on research he did in Peru relating to the Harákmbut and Kakataibo languages. This semester, Dr. Valle Arevalo will be teaching “Indigenous languages” and “History of the Spanish language” through the Department of Modern Languages.

Carmen Sanchez and Lauren Rogers talk to the UM Libraries' own education librarian, Ally Watkins, about her research on young adult literature and whether the protagonists in these stories are becoming older on average with time.

Brian Corrigan interviews Joe Moody and Judy Cox Andrews about the Charlie Cox Collection of glass plate negatives.To browse the Charlie Cox Collection online, visit https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ccox/index.15.htmlFor details about the SouthTalks lecture by Joe Moody and Judy Cox Andrews scheduled for September 17, 2025, visit https://eventcalendar.olemiss.edu/event/southtalks-the-charlie-cox-collectionAnd be sure to check out Joe Moody's exhibit of photos from the collection at the Gammill Gallery in Barnard Observatory, starting September 11, 2025.Roundabout Oxford is a production of the University of Mississippi Libraries. This episode was created by Brian Corrigan, Joe Moody, Lauren Rogers, Carmen Sanchez-Garcia and Alex Watson, with musical contributions from Brian Corrigan and Gail Herrera. The program was originally developed by Brian Corrigan, Taylor Fields, Gail Herrera, Alan Munshower, Abbie Norris-Davdson, Christina Streeter and Alex Watson. The podcast is produced through the University of Mississippi Libraries.

Michael Carelse interviews Success Coach Anna Lauren Heavener about her role helping students succeed at the University of Mississippi. Read more about the University of Mississippi's Center for Student Success and First-Year Experience here: https://olemiss.edu/cssfye

In this episode, audio-visual librarian Joe Moody speaks with instructors in the Department of Political Science who recently taught a class focusing on war crimes and acts of terrorism. The interviewees are Dr. Timothy Nordstrom, an affiliate professor at the law school and a full professor in the Department of Political Science, and Chris Engels, an international lawyer that focuses on investigations of war crimes and other atrocity crimes in conflict zones.

Michael Carelse interviews nutrition professor Dr. David Holben about LEARN Science, a nutrition science reading program for public libraries in Mississippi, designed to help improve science knowledge among children in kindergarten through second grade. Read more about LEARN Science here: https://dev.learn-science.org.

Carmen Sanchez Garcia interviews Dr. Sarah Wellman about her research interests and their applications in the classroom.

Joe Moody speaks with University of Mississippi faculty about their use of the mapping platform HuMap, and its implications for history and the digital humanities. Join us to find out how HuMap has been used in class by Dr. Noelle Wilson and Dr. Douglas Sullivan-Gonzales with the help of librarian Adam Clemons.

The J.D. Williams Library isn't just a place for researchers to get information. Our librarians are researchers in their own right, too! This episode features interviews with three library faculty members who have published their work this year.

Think that our library staff ONLY likes books? Think again! Our hearts have room for reading, yes, but also so much more, and on this episode of Roundabout Oxford, our team is opening up about their happy places. Five mini-interviews from across the library will show the astonishing breadth and depth of the things we are passionate about, and perhaps forever transform your ideas of what a library staff is like!

Carmen Sánchez Garcia and Brian Corrigan interview post-grads Bruce Park and Shanshan Duan about their experiences at the University of Mississippi.

Elizabeth Batte hosts conversations with Kenya Wolff, co-director of the Graduate Center for the Study of Early Learning, and UM success coach Katie Lee Mullins.

Carmen Sanchez-Garcia interviews Vivian and Walter Neil, owners of the Oxford Treehouse art gallery, and joins Harley Rogers for a conversation with Katie Boyle of Oxford Wonder Walks. Also, University Health Services director Alex Langhart has the buzz on mosquitoes in the latest installment of "What's Plaguing Us."

Faculty members from the UM Libraries and the Department of Writing and Rhetoric and come together to discuss the future of AI, and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Alex Langhart, director of University Health Services, also returns for the second installment of his "What's Plaguing Us" segment.

Foodways and family recipes are on the menu for this episode, with contributions from science librarian Harley Rogers, blues archivist Greg Johnson, and other members of the J.D. Williams faculty and staff.

"Roundabout Oxford" goes meta with an episode on podcasts and podcasting. "Beyond the Square" host Blake Thompson walks us through his creative process; UM librarians Adam Clemons and Abbie Norris-Davidson discuss being interviewed for the BBC's "Breaking Mississippi" podcast; and Alex Langhart, director of University Health Services, returns to debut his new recurring segment, "What's Plaguing Us."

Spring is in the air and paint is on the canvas as we brush up on art happenings around Oxford. The first stroke is a colorful interview with Quasar's Amy Webb by our own Sarah Katherine Glass. Next, Brian Corrigan visits Southside Gallery on the Square to speak with artists and Ole Miss alumni William Dunlap and Robert Marsh.

In this episode, we examine how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the Ole Miss community, in often surprisingly positive ways. Brian Corrigan talks to Alex Langhart, our director of University Health Services, and Alex Watson sits down with career-life consultant Kate Centellas.

A look at local sports, on-campus and off. Jessica Lynch from Visit Oxford tells Brooke Gross about exciting recreational opportunities around Oxford, and UM's Micah Ginn talks about leading the dedicated team that films and edits sports videos for Ole Miss.

We travel off-campus for this episode to examine the work of public libraries and public librarians. Our guests are Sarah McLellan of the Lafayette County Literacy Council and Ally Watkins of the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library.

Master gardeners Nancy Kesselring and Karen Truvillo share tips on gardening and cultivating local plants, and ecologist Stephanie Green talks about the Strawberry Plains Audonbon Center's native plant sales.

University of Mississippi professors Melissa Ginsburg and Jason Hoeksema join us for a celebration of our feathered friends.

Christina Streeter talks with Roundabout Oxford's own Abbie Norris-Davidson about eGrove, the University of Mississippi's digital repository. We also hear from members of the J.D. Williams Library faculty and staff about their hobbies and interests outside of work.

In this special student takeover episode, integrated marketing communications major and "Roundabout Oxford" co-producer Taylor Fields interviews alumni Brandon Rooke and Taylor Tucker about how the Old Miss experience prepared them for post-college life and work.

In this episode, we explore the ways food unites and divides us. Alex Watson chats with Ole Miss professor Catarina Passidomo about food studies and food systems; Abbie Norris-Davidson discusses locally sourced foods with Chicory Market co-owner John Martin; Christina Streeter interviews Ole Miss graduate Frankie Barrett about her research on the history of dollar stores; and Chloe Grant talks about the UM Food Bank.

In this special Halloween episode of "Roundabout Oxford," we explore the human fascination with the macabre. Ole Miss digital initiatives librarian Abbie Norris-Davidson interviews local artist Lee Harper about her "History Bones" project, and Christina Streeter chats with director Thad Lee about his film adaptation of Stephen King's "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away." Members of the "Roundabout Oxford" team also share their spooky book and movie recommendations.

North Mississippi is renowned for its blues music, and the J.D. Williams Library at Ole Miss is renowned for its expansive blues archive. In our debut episode, Head of Special Collections Greg Johnson discusses the library's music collections with our own Alex Watson. Alex also talks sheet music databases with Abbie Norris-Davidson, and UM professor Selim Giray joins Christina Streeter to reflect on his recent collaboration with the library's Idea Lab.