Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree

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. Our guest for this episode is Dr. April Masten who is a Professor of American History at Stony Brook University, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on the Early Republic, antebellum, and Civil War eras, early industrialization, art as labor, women, and popular culture. Her first book, Art Work: Women Artists and Democracy in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New York explores the surprisingly egalitarian cultural landscape of 1850 through 1880 in which thousands of young women, aided by the Ruskinian “Unity of Art” ideal and radical artisan reformers and philanthropists, managed to study the visual arts at New York’s Cooper Union and become professional artists, albeit in an emerging industrial society that extolled masculine genius and exploited women’s labor in all realms. And she has a new book that just came out in late 2025 called Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing. This work recovers the careers of two celebrated jig dancers, Irish American John Diamond and African American William Henry Lane (known as Juba), as they competed for high stakes and championship belts in the taverns, circuses, and theaters of antebellum America. Their extraordinary stage rivalry unfolded amid a rising tide of nativism and negrophobia that drove them closer even as it divided the nation. Out of this cauldron came a “purely American” dance and sport – challenge dancing, which continues to flourish, inspire, and unite young people around the world.Please 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.Works Cited:Not So Much to Want by April Masten (LP)Professor Herbert Gutman

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. Robert Townsend is the Program Director for Humanities, Arts, and Culture at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Prior to the Academy, he spent 24 years at the American Historical Association, in positions ranging from editorial assistant to deputy director. He is the author of History’s Babel: Scholarship, Professionalization, and the Historical Enterprise in the United States, 1880-1940 (University of Chicago Press, 2013) and author or co-author of over 200 articles on various aspects of history, higher education, and public humanities. He received his PhD in history from George Mason University. The Academy conducts research and develops policy recommendations to advance the humanities in academic scholarship and in the public sector, to display the importance of the arts in society, and to enrich the nation’s cultural life. Academy programs in the Arts & Humanities put practitioners and scholars in conversation with individuals from other disciplines, ensuring that the arts and humanities are valued in all areas of civic life to enrich the health of communities and the daily lives of their citizens.Please 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.Works Cited: History's Babel: Scholarship, Professionalization, and the Historical Enterprise in the United States, 1880-1940 by Robert Townsend Not for Profit by Martha NussbaumBattle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson

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.

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. Our guest today is Dr. Louise Geddes, Associate Dean for Student Success Strategic Initiatives College of Arts and Sciences at Adelphi University. Louise's areas of research include digital media, performance theory, Shakespeare in performance and theatre and popular culture, among many other things. She has taught classes on a wide range of topics including appropriation theory, twentieth century British drama, digital cultures, fan theory and New Media. We are having her on the show to discuss her work on the topic of  AI with Adelphi students and faculty and her recent opinion article titled Why Study the Humanities Anyway? She is also spearheading Adelphi University's first annual Adelphi New York Undergraduate Humanities Conference: The Humanities in an Age of Intelligent Machines.Please 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 SmithsonThis 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.

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. Loren Collins, Director of Advising here at Cal Poly Humboldt, joins the show to discuss, among many things, the numerous and various values of a degree in history (and other humanities majors). He is an alum of Cal Poly Humboldt, where he majored in history as an undergrad and got a Master’s in Sociology. Jeff and Loren are presenting on a panel entitled "Careers for History Majors" at the upcoming American Historical Association where we will be talking about how history faculty recruit students concerned about employability and how a history major can help them be successful. The conversation in this episode focuses on Loren’s own background and why we decided to present on this topic. Works Cited: They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, with Readings by Cathy Birkenstein, Gerald Graff, and Russel DurstAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences Martha NussbaumMartin HeideggerLooking Backward by Edward BellamyPlease subscribe to the show, rate and review! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail SmithsonThis 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.

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. Today's guest is  Patrick Duggan⁠, Professor of Performance Culture and Resilience, interdisciplinary scholar, and the Head of the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton. His work explores the cultural, political, and social functions of performance in times of crisis. He is fascinated by why we (still) make performance—what it does, what it means, and how it shapes the world around us. His  research engages with contemporary aesthetic practices and everyday performance events, from protests and carnival parades to political speeches and media representations, asking how performance helps us witness, respond to, and make sense of complex social realities.His ongoing project Performing City Resilience can be read more about here and Performing New Orleans, his recently published book with Stuart Andrew, can be read about and purchased here, directly from Louisiana State University Press. To learn more about the book, you can also watch this interview with Patrick from Great Day Louisiana. Please subscribe to the show, rate and review! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail SmithsonThis 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.

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. Today's guest is Dr. Lynn Pasquerella. Dr. Pasquerella was appointed president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities in 2016 after serving as the eighteenth president of Mount Holyoke College. She has held positions as Provost at the University of Hartford and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Rhode Island, where she taught for more than two decades. A philosopher whose work has combined teaching and scholarship with local and global engagement, Pasquerella has written extensively on medical ethics, metaphysics, public policy, and the philosophy of law.We brought Lynn on the show to discuss her Inside Higher Ed article Our Debate Over Higher Ed Has Lost the Plot . and other ideas she has and writing she has completed on the topic of a liberal arts education. This conversation is ever relevant and Lynn's vision of the possibilities of higher education is inspiring to listen to and share. Please subscribe to the show, rate and review! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail SmithsonThis 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.

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. Dr. Lee Bebout is back on the show (first featured in episode 13) this month to discuss an article he co-authored with Jeff for Inside Higher Ed entitled What We Mean by ‘Shared Governance’. The essay was published this week. On the show, they discuss the conversations that led to the essay, their own experiences with shared governance and ideas for improvement of dynamics and practices between faculty and administration. Lee is a professor of English at Arizona State University where he is also an affiliate faculty with the School of Transborder Studies and the Program in American Studies. His research focuses on the areas of Chicano Studies and Whiteness. His most recent book Rules for Reactionaries: How to Maintain Inequality and Stop Social Justice is forthcoming from NYU Press, set to be released in October. His previous book, "Whiteness on the Border: Mapping the US Racial Imagination in Brown and White" (NYU 2016), examines how representations of Mexico, Mexicans, and Mexican Americans have been used to foster whiteness and Americanness, or more accurately whiteness as Americanness. We are happy to have Lee back on the show! Please subscribe to the show, rate and review! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail SmithsonThis 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.

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. Today's guest is Scott Spillman, an American historian and the author of the book Making Sense of Slavery: America’s Long Reckoning, from the Founding Era to Today (2025). His essays and reviews have appeared in The Point, Liberties, The New Yorker, The New Republic, n+1, the Chronicle Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and he has published academic articles in Reviews in American History, History of Education Quarterly, and North Carolina Historical Review. Scott has a PhD in history from Stanford University, and before that he studied history, English, and political philosophy at the University of North Carolina and Duke University. And he serves as the Chair of Leadville, Colorado’s historic preservation committee. He is on the show to discuss his writings and critiques, the role of historians at this moment in time and Leadville's unique historical standing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson This show is created and supported by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt as is recorded on campus in wonderful Arcata, California.

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.Today we are excited to welcome Dr. Hanni Jalil to the show! She is an historian of health, disease, and medicine in Latin America and is interested in studying how people, including medical doctors, intellectuals, state officials, and community members, discuss, define, and frame disease, health, and citizenship.She has a bachelor's in history from Cal State Northridge, an M.A. in history from UC San Diego, and her Ph.D. in Modern Latin America with an emphasis on Science and Technology Studies and Comparative Race and Ethnicity from UC Santa Barbara. Before joining CSU Channel Islands, she was an Assistant Professor of Arts and Humanities at ICESI University in Cali-Colombia. This conversation focuses on a close look at the range of experience within public higher education in California and Dr. Jalil's career as an educator and her research. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson This show is created and supported by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt as is recorded on campus in wonderful Arcata, California

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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 episode focuses on Dr. Martha Nussbaum and chapter one of her book Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities. From the Princeton University Press website "In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education." Not for Profit is a bit of a bible for our show and Martha Nussbaum and her work have been mentioned too many times to count. We will be dedicating one episode to each of the chapters in the book to draw attention to this important content! Watch out for those shows in the coming months! Thanks for joining us! Share, rate and review the podcast wherever you follow your shows! Works Cited: The education wars by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider ⁠Demoracy and Education ⁠by John DeweyMeditations by Marcus Aurelius Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the LandBook by Leah Penniman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson This show is created and supported by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt as is recorded on campus in wonderful Arcata, California.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is 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.Our guest today is Professor Enkeshi El-Amin,  a community sociologist, a cultural worker and a social entrepreneur. She studies the link between race and place and Black community life in Appalachia and beyond and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Agnes Scott College, where she teaches courses on race, place, urban sociology, community sociology and social theory. Enkeshi completed her master’s degree in Pan African studies at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York and her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Africana Studies at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. She hosts the Black in Appalachia podcast and in response to finding feelings of displacement and loss of space for Black communities in her research, Dr. El-Amin founded “The Bottom” in East Knoxville as a hub to build community, celebrate culture, and engage in the creativity of Black people. Enkeshi shares about her career journey and a return to her alma mater as a Professor. It was great to have another podcaster on the show to discuss an in depth look at a particular region and the modality of podcasting as an accessible form of research. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is 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 week's guest Dr. James Mestaz, Assistant Professor of History at Sonoma State University. His first book Strength from the Waters: A History of Indigenous Mobilization in Northwest Mexico is an Environmental and Ethnohistory that interrogates the historic connection between humans and water through the lens of the Mayo Indians of Sinaloa, Mexico and their changing interaction with their river system from the 1920s to 1970. His courses focus largely on the histories of marginalized groups, allowing students to draw connections between past and current social and environmental justice struggles. This approach fits into his commitment to linking students to grassroots and community organizations in both the U.S. and Latin America. James joined the show to discuss his research, pedagogy and current events around higher ed, including at his own institution of Sonoma State University, just a few hours away from us at Cal Poly Humboldt. You can purchase Strength Through the Waters here. And email James directly @ [email protected] if you want to purchase a signed copy directly from the author! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is 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 week's guest is Adam Zweber, who is currently a lecturer at University of North Carolina -Wilmington. He received his PhD from Stanford, an M.A. in philosophy from Western Michigan University and a B.A. in mathematics from Carleton College.  He also edits the ​AI and Teaching Series for the Blog of the American Philosophical Association. His academic interests include issues related to epistemology and the philosophy of science. We invited Adam onto the show to discuss his recent article for Inside Higher Ed entitled To Teach Students to Use AI, Teach Philosophy. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is 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.Our guest this week is Dr. Neil Kraus, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He teaches several courses in American politics and public policy, and specializes in urban politics and policies. He was first featured on the show in Episode 49 and he is back on the show today to discuss a letter he wrote to the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin River Falls in response to statements he made in the student newspaper "Student Voice". This particular quote stands out: "When Chancellor Martin refers to “change in the wind,” he fails to mention who’s in charge of the wind machine.  He seems to be arguing in favor of a fully privatized UWRF, a campus funded by donors, corporations, and foundations, which will necessarily reflect their narrow economic interests.  Private funders have no interest in training students for the larger labor market let alone to be well informed, democratic citizens."Listen to the episode for a full analysis of where the value seems to lie for the administrators with the most power in higher ed, focusing on the University of Wisconsin system as an example. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is 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.New America is a think tank founded in 1999 that focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy, education, and the economy.Kevin Carey, who is the Vice President of Education and Work at New America and directs the Education Policy program and Sophie Nugyen, who is a senior policy manager with the higher education team at New America are both on the show to discuss their co written article Americans Have Not Turned Against Higher Ed that was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education.This conversation show cases some great ideas and highlights trends and false narratives in and around higher ed. Works Cited: New America's brief, Americans Have Not Actually Turned Against Higher Education Like the Media SaysNew America's annual survey, Varying DegreesAnd Steve Burd's book, Lifting the Veil on Enrollment Management⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is 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. Our guest for this episode is Dr. DeLisa D. Hawkes , an African American Studies scholar and an affiliate faculty member of the Department of English and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program at the University of Tennessee. Her areas of study include Nineteenth- to Twenty-First-Century African American Literature, African American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, with a current focus on literary depictions of interactions between African Americans and Native Americans during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.  Her work has been supported by several fellowships and grants and her research and writing has been published widely in several publications. This episode looks at the role of literature in research, questioning what makes some works canonical and why others are left out, and the shared love and appreciation that DeLisa and Jeff both have for Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#@*ing job with a Liberal Arts Degree. This week's episode features a conversation with Dr. Neil Kraus who is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He teaches several courses in American politics and public policy, and specializes in urban politics and policies.  And he is the author three books  Majoritarian Cities: Policy Making and Inequality in Urban Politics (2013, University of Michigan Press), Race, Neighborhoods, and Community Power: Buffalo Politics, 1934-1997 (2000, State University of New York Press), and The Fantasy Economy: Neoliberalism, Inequality, and the Education Reform Movement (2023, Temple University Press. We invited Neil on the show because his work, research and The Fantasy Economy were suggested to us by previous guest David C. K. Curry , who was featured on episode 36 of the show.  This conversation is ever relevant as we head into a time of potential upheaval in policy around education. The Attention Economy and Dr. Kraus's research are so well laid out to explain the role that higher education should play within society, and how that has been weaponized by groups interested in diminishing it's value. This conversation is sobering and necessary as we look ahead to what's next. A description from Temple University Press of The Fantasy Economy: "The Fantasy Economy challenges the basic assumptions of the education reform movement of the last few decades. Kraus insists that education cannot control the labor market and unreliable corporate narratives fuel this misinformation. Moreover, misguided public policies, such as accountability and school choice, along with an emphasis on workforce development and STEM over broad-based liberal arts education, have only produced greater inequality." Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod Purchase ⁠The Fantasy Economy here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is 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. For this week's episode Jennifer Berkshire is back on the show to discuss her co-authored and recently released book The Education Wars. Jennifer is a teacher in the Boston college Prison Education Program. She is also a a journalist and the co-host, alongside Jack Schneider, of the Have You Heard podcast, which is about education policy. Her work explores the intersection of public education and politics and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Nation, the New Republic and many other publications. She was first featured on Episode 27 of our podcast, and it was a great conversation, go back and listen to it if you haven’t already! Jennifer and Jeff discuss the The Education Wars and some hopeful stories from her research on and experience from the education policy world! Follow Jennifer on X ⁠⁠@BisforBerkshire⁠⁠ Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod Purchase The Education Wars here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt 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 week's guest is Dr. Dylan Harris, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Dylan is a broadly trained nature-society geographer with concentrations in political ecology, climate politics, energy politics, critical folklore studies, experimental methods, and environmental/climate justice. He considers himself to be a synergistic scholar and enjoys the creative process of working across and combining insights from multiple disciplines, connecting seemingly disparate threads of thought and bringing them forward in his research and teaching.  It is important to him that his work extends beyond the university through sustained community partnerships, accessible writing, and collaborative research projects. Dylan was introduced to us by Dr. Alex Moulton, a guest on episode 42 and a fellow geographer. This conversation touches on a lot, including Jeff and Dylan's shared connection to Mississippi, how living in many different places has informed Dylan's work, and the creation of new structures for research in the field of geography. This is an interesting conversation for those inside and outside of academia! Follow the show and Dr. Harris on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@dylanmattharris Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt 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. Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique⁠ is back on the show today! Asheesh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an historian of early America, early modern Europe, and the British empire whose research and pedagogy explores the role of collecting, managing, and using knowledge to the history of state formation and governance.  He received his PhD from Columbia University, his Master’s from the University of Oxford and his Bachelor’s from Princeton University. His work has been featured in many scholarly publications and he has also written for public facing outlets such as The Daily Beast, Inside Higher Ed, and Teen Vogue.  Asheesh was first featured on Episode 21 of the show.  This conversation reflects on the widespread college campus protests in the Spring of 2024 and how administrative forces working against the stated purpose of higher education. Follow the show and Dr. Siddique on X: ⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@AsheeshKSi⁠ Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt 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. Our guest for this episode is Dr. Rosemary Sherriff, Professor of Geography at Cal Poly Humboldt. We are always excited to feature professors that call our school home. There is a lot of exciting work being done at Humboldt and speaking with faculty about their research and areas of interest is a great reminder of that. Rosemary started at Humboldt in 2009 after completing her PhD and Masters in Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since then, research in her Dendroecology Lab has included western forests ranging from Alaska, the Rockies, to northern California. Recent research themes include stand dynamics and tree-growth response to climate, disturbance and forest management practices in redwood, oak and mixed conifer forests of northwest California; climate and spruce beetle effects across white spruce ecosystems near the North American boreal-tundra margin in southwest Alaska; and mixed-severity fire regimes in Montane forests of the Colorado wildland-urban interface and the broader western U.S. She has a lot on her plate and had just returned from a trip when we had the chance to sit down with her. As an environmental historian who focuses on the areas of climate change, thrivance and food security, Jeff had a lot of questions for Rosemary about her research and the future of Humboldt county. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. And we have a great, helpful and sobering episode for you today. Dr. Bradford Vivian is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. His research and teaching focuses on theories of rhetoric (or the art of persuasion) and public controversies over collective memories of past events. Vivian is the author of four books;  Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education, Commonplace Witnessing: Rhetorical Invention, Historical Remembrance and Public Culture, Public Forgetting: The Rhetoric and Politics of Beginning Again and Being Made Strange: Rhetoric beyond Representation. He is on the show today to discuss his article recently published on Inside Higher Ed entitled The Roots of Anti-University Rhetoric. This conversation focuses on current events and movements in relationship to higher education and the current narratives that are weaponized against it. Follow Brad on X @BVivian14 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. This week's guest is Cal Poly Humboldt's own Dr. Sarah Ray. Sarah has been Program Leader of the Environmental Studies Program here at Humboldt since 2013. She received her PhD in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy, with a focal department of English, from the University of Oregon in 2009. She also holds a BA in Religious Studies from Swarthmore College and a MA in American Studies from UT-Austin. In addition to having edited three collections of environmental studies writing, her first book, The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture, published in 2013, explores the ways that environmental discourse often reinforces existing social hierarchies, drawing on a legacy of nativist, racial, and ableist exclusion in environmental history. Her current work is on the role of emotions, mindsets, and collective wisdom in climate justice activism, especially among younger generations. This shift in focus was motivated by the despair she started observing in her students about a decade ago. Focusing on the role of emotions in climate justice advocacy, Ray now teaches, researches, writes, and facilitates workshops and mindfulness courses on the interplay of inner resilience and collective action. Her book on this topic, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet (California, 2020), was written to serve as an existential toolkit for the climate generation. Training this focus on students' emotional engagement with climate justice, she turned her attention to considering how climate education can better meet students' distress and passions about climate injustice. This work has resulted in an international network of educators that crowdsourced an open-access database of "existential tools", and another co-edited volume, both called An Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators (2024). She teaches and advises in the Environmental Studies BA Program and the Environment and Community Master's program. Whew! This conversation is a lot and has it all; it is light and heavy, grounded in reality while being aspirational, flirting with optimism while confronting and anticipating pain and trauma, all surrounding the climate crisis. Let us know what you think of these ideas and read more about Sarah's books here. The Essential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators can be purchased here. A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety can be purchased here. Follow Sarah on X ⁠⁠@sjaquetteray the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. This week's episode features a conversation with⁠ Dr. Alex Moulton⁠, who is an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Hunter College. Alex is our first geographer on the show, which is exciting! He earned his PhD in Geography from Clark University, with an MS in Geography from East Carolina University and a BSc in Geography and Geology from the University of the West Indies, Mona. His research examines Black geographical epistemologies and history, ecological justice, community resource governance, landscape legacies of colonization, and political ecology of environmental change. Working at the intersection of critical social science, the environmental humanities, and physical geography, his research draws on a range of methodologies and epistemologies. The show focuses on Alex's experience in academia as a student and now a professor, his specific areas of research within geography and how he understands histories and place through the lens of his work. This is a really interesting conversation, where specificity is a real strength. Follow Alex on X ⁠@AMoulton876⁠ the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. This episode is guest hosted by Abigail Smithson, who is normally the producer of the show. This week's guest is Robert Mann, who, until recently, held the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University where his research includes the history of political rhetoric and propaganda . Before his time as an educator, he  served as communications director to Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco. And prior to that, he served as state director and press secretary to U.S. Senator John Breaux (BRO) of Louisiana for 17 years and press secretary to U.S. Senator Russell Long of Louisiana in addition to other positions. In the early 1980s, he covered Louisiana politics as a reporter for the Shreveport Journal and the Monroe News-Star. He has published op-eds and book reviews in numerous publications, including The New York Times, the Boston Globe, Smithsonian, Politico, Vox and Salon. From 2013 to 2018, he wrote a weekly column for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He is editor of the Media & Public Affairs Book Series, a joint series sponsored by the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs and LSU Press. And , in  2015, he was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame. Bob came on the show back in May to discuss his career in journalism and politics before academia and his assessment of the current state of higher education. Abigail and Bob also discuss Louisiana and what it means to be from there and to know the state intimately. Works Cited: When Freedom Would Triumph: The Civil Rights Struggle in Congress, 1954--1968 by Robert Mann Backrooms and Bayous (My Life in Louisiana Politics) by Robert Mann The Walls of Jericho : Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell and the Struggle for Civil Rights by Robert Mann Please note that this episode has lower sound quality because the normal recording equipment that is used was not available at the time. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. Dr. Trinidad Gonzales is a history and Mexican American Studies instructor at South Texas College. He is a co-founder of Refusing to Forget, a public history project devoted to examining state-sanctioned violence against ethnic Mexicans in Texas during the 1910s. Refusing to Forget has been recognized with the Western Historical Association's Autry Public History prize, American Historical Association's Herbert Feis Award and the Organization of American History's Friend of History Award. He is also a board member of the National Humanities Alliance which is a coalition of organizations that advocates for the teaching of the humanities. Trini also recently wrote a letter to advocate for a Truth and Reconciliation Committee regarding the history of Texas. This letter was sent to Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, Members of the Texas Senate, and House of Representatives. In the letter he states, "The first step towards addressing past injustices because of state-sanctioned violence is by legislatively creating a Truth and Reconciliation Committee that will allow families and communities of Texas to be heard and for victims the dignity of being remembered." He also writes that "The scope of the committee’s investigation should be limited to the period between Texas’s foundation as a Republic in 1836 to 1980. The committee should exist for two years and be composed of an equal number of bipartisan senators and representatives with bipartisan co-chairs. The committee should hold meetings in five geographically different locations to allow local communities from across the state to have their histories heard. Once the hearings are completed then the collected records and testimony should be made available on the Texas Library and Archives Commission website so that a wider public can access those records. The committee should propose recommendations concerning the creation of historical markers, public memorials, exhibits and consider an official apology for past human rights violations." Listen to the episode for more information on Trini's life and his work as a citizen and as a professor. Works cited: 9-1-1: Lone Star Lone Star by John Sayles Follow Dr. Gonzales on X @GonzalesT956 Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. As always, please subscribe to the show, and listen and share the podcast with your circles and beyond. This week's guest is John Vincenti, a New York City based attorney and alumnus of Columbia University. John was deeply impacted by the liberal arts curriculum as a student and is still involved in Columbia College's Mini-Core classes. From their website, the Mini-Core classes "encourages small-class dialogue among generations of alumni and offers participants a new perspective on an enduring topic, much like the famed Core Curriculum that all College students experience." It is clear from this conversation how much John values the humanities as a way to provide a grounding form of enrichment in his day to day life. This is the last of seven episodes that we have released over the course of the past three months featuring interviews that were conducted while we were on campus at Columbia University in early April of 2024. We spoke with a range of faculty and some students about their experience working and learning within the storied core curriculum at Columbia College. Check out our first four episodes from this series with ⁠⁠Dr. Richard John⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Dr. Meredith Gamer⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Dr. Clémence Boulouque⁠⁠⁠, and students Avi Adler and Marwan Kanafani and ⁠Mrinalini Wadhwa⁠⁠, and Jennifer Rhodes. Works cited: From The Township Plays, The Island by Athol Fugard and Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. In April of this year, students from Cal Poly Humboldt attended the Model United Nations conference in New York City and in between presentations and meetings, a few of them made time to join the show and chat with Dean Crane in the lobby of the Midtown Hilton. This is episode two of two (check out episode 28 for more!) about the student experience at the Model UN, featuring an interview CPH students Joy Mehn and Veronica Patton. They share how they came to study Politcal Science, what elements of Moden UN they find most valuable, what role the UN can play in the world and their own futures in their chosen fields. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. As always, please subscribe to the show, and listen and share the podcast with your circles and beyond. This week's guest is Dr. Jennifer Rhodes, a scholar and translator whose work explores the relationship between text, music, and the visual arts. She holds a PhD in Italian and Comparative Literature, and her current book project traces the influence of opera on the modern novel. Jennifer is a faculty member at Columbia University, where she teaches literature and experimental arts. Jennifer and Jeff jump into a conversation about the importance of the Core Curriculum at Columbia and what it has meant to Jennifer as a student and as a faculty member. She shares about her love for opera, learning foreign languages and being in community with others when processing texts and ideas. This is the sixth (of seven) episodes that we are releasing over the course of the coming weeks featuring interviews that were conducted while we were on campus at Columbia University in early April of 2024. We spoke with a range of faculty and some students about their experience working and learning within the storied core curriculum at Columbia College. Check out our first four episodes from this series with ⁠Dr. Richard John⁠, ⁠Dr. Meredith Gamer⁠, ⁠Dr. Clémence Boulouque⁠⁠, and students Avi Adler and Marwan Kanafani and Mrinalini Wadhwa⁠. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. As always, please subscribe to the show, and listen and share the podcast with your circles and beyond. This week's guest is Dr. David C. K. Curry, who is a Professor of Philosophy at Suny Potsdam, where he has taught for 33 years and served 21 of those years as chair of the philosophy department.  Throughout his time at Potsdam he has been deeply involved in faculty governance, in particular in designing, directing and maintaining the college’s General Education programs. He studied history and philosophy at Wofford College as an undergrad and attended the University of Virginia for his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy.  He is currently the last philosopher standing at SUNY Potsdam. He recently wrote a piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education entitled The Gutting of the Liberal Arts and we decided to invite him on the show. Works Cited: The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis by Martha Nussbaum The Fantasy Economy by Neil Kraus Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. As always, please subscribe to the show, and listen and share the podcast with your circles and beyond. This week's episode features a conversation with Columbia student and Rhodes Scholar Mrinalini Wadhwa (class of '24). Mrinalini grew up in New Delhi and New York City and double majored in history and mathematics. With an interest in the intersections of gender, religion and law, Mrinalini is examining how religious knowledge is developed, transmitted and codified into law in the context of the British and French empires, with resonances for present-day debates over rights-based claims in our legal systems. This conversation looks at the specific topics that Mrinalini has explored during her time at Columbia and how she will use the knowledge she has gained in her next steps. As always, the value of the humanities is at the forefront! This is the fifth of seven episodes that we are releasing over the course of the coming weeks featuring interviews that were conducted while we were on campus at Columbia University in early April of 2024. We spoke with a range of faculty and some students about their experience working and learning within the storied core curriculum at Columbia College. Check out our first four episodes from this series with Dr. Richard John, Dr. Meredith Gamer, Dr. Clémence Boulouque⁠, students Avi Adler and Marwan Kanafani and Bryan Doerries of Theatre of War Productions. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. Dr. Courtney Mauldin is an Assistant Professor in the Teaching and Leadership Department in the Syracuse University School of Education. Her interdisciplinary research and scholarship illuminates how youth and girls of color use arts-based and literacy practices as methods for leadership, identity construction, and reimagining schools and communities.. She has a Ph.D. in K-12 Educational Administration, Michigan State University, and M.Ed. in Instructional Practice from Lipscomb University and a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Tennessee Knoxville.  Currently, Courtney facilitates the Central New York Educators of Color Dialogue and runs the teen book club, The Breedlove Readers which she co-founded in Syracuse, NY in Spring 2020. This conversation focuses on the work in the humanities that Courtney has done outside the university with youth in the region of Central New York. Jeff and Courtney also discuss her educational background and her deep appreciation for literature. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. Today's episode is a bit different than our usual format.  During the first week of April, Jeff and Abigail (the producer of the show) spent time on the campus of Columbia University, interviewing current students, faculty and even alumnus about their experience with the humanities in the Core Curriculum at Columbia College, housed within the larger university. They were invited to campus by Larry Jackson, Assistant Dean of Columbia College who was a guest on episode 18 of the show. Nine interviews were completed during this time on campus, which are being released over the summer the summer. This is our first compilation episode, where we have multiple interviews and voices featured throughout the podcast. The first voice you will hear is Bryan Doerries who is a writer, director, and translator currently serving as Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions, a New York City based organization. This episode focuses on Theater of War and the impact that it has had on Columbia University campus this past year. The organization works with leading film, theater, and television actors to present dramatic readings of seminal plays—from classical Greek tragedies to modern and contemporary works—followed by town hall-style discussions designed to confront social issues by drawing out raw and personal reactions to themes highlighted in the plays. Theater of War was invited to Columbia recently to help facilitate dialogue between students with opposing viewpoints and varying life experiences in relation to the terrorism of October 7th in Israel and the ongoing destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza. This episode also includes interviews with Marwan Kanafani and Avi Adler, two current students at Columbia who deeply value their education and professors, who were stressed about tension on campus and felt unheard by segments of the school administration. They both shared about their experience in the Core Curriculum,  where improvements could be made and their favorite texts.  This episode begins with the interview with Bryan and then moves to the discussions with Marwan and Avi. After the introduction, you will hear the beautiful sound of the Collegium Musicum, a Columbia student choir, who performed Ave Maria in the 7th floor stairwell of Hamilton Hall. Thank you to Larry Jackson, the amazing guests featured on today's show and thank you all for listening. Please share this episode and spread the word about the show. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree!  Today's episode features a conversation with Columbia University Professor Dr. Clémence Boulouque. Clémence is an author of eight books and an Assistant Professor in Jewish and Israel Studies. Her interests include Jewish thought and mysticism, interreligious encounters, intellectual history and networks with a focus on the modern Mediterranean and Sefardi worlds, as well as the intersection between religion and the arts, and the study of the unconscious. Jeff and Clémence discuss the texts that are often read in the Core Curriculum at Columbia College, the successes and areas of improvement for the program and how Clémence came to her work as an academic, a researcher and a professor. She also mentions Theatre of War this episode, and there will be more on that in an episode very soon! This is the third of seven episodes that we are releasing over the course of the next two months featuring interviews that were conducted while we were on campus at Columbia University in early April of 2024. We spoke with a range of faculty and some students about their experience working and learning within the storied core curriculum at Columbia College. Check out our first two episodes from this series with Dr. Richard John and Dr. Meredith Gamer.  Works cited: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis   Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! This week's guest is Dr. Chris Haufe, Professor of the Humanities and Chair of Philosophy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Chris studied philosophy, economics, and women’s studies at the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and received his PHD in philosophy from Columbia University in 2006. Currently, his areas of research include the role of metaphor in science, conceptual and historical foundations of scientism and the epistemology of the humanities. The main reason we invited Chris on the show was to discuss his book Do the Humanities Create Knowledge? which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. Jeff and Chris discuss the importance of sharing academic research with people outside of academia as well as the role of Office Space in our understanding of our jobs and labor to an analytical look at King Lear, and many books and authors in-between. You can purchase Chris's book Do the Humanities Create Knowledge? here. Works Cited: A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock by Evelyn Fox Keller  Dust Bowl by Donald Worster The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry  Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! This is our 30th episode! And we could not be more excited to have come this far and to continue to share these vital conversations around the liberal arts. Thanks for being here with us. Today's episode features a conversation with Columbia University Professor Dr. Meredith Gamer. Meredith is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology specializing in the visual and material culture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe, with a focus on Britain and the British Empire. Her research and teaching interests include the relationship between art and violence, print culture, medical illustration, and representations of race and slavery. Jeff and Meredith discuss the intricacies of teaching art history, content vs. meaning in visuals, how pieces of art can present questions without answers and Meredith's research into and writing about imagery of violent events and instances from the eighteenth and nineteenth century. This is the second of seven episodes that we are releasing over the course of the next two months featuring interviews that were conducted while we were on campus at Columbia University in early April. We spoke with a range of faculty and some students about their experience working and learning within the storied core curriculum at Columbia College. Check out our episode from last week that featured a conversation with Dr. Richard John. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. Today’s interview with Dr. Richard R. John was done during our time at Columbia University back at the beginning of April. We conducted 9 interviews over the course of two days at Columbia College, housed within the larger University. This was a great opportunity to speak with people involved with core curriculum at the College, from a variety of perspectives. Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing several of these episodes, some as stand alone discussions and some as compliations.  Richard R. John is a historian who specializes in the history of business, technology, communications, and American political development. He teaches and advises graduate students in Columbia’s Ph.D. program in communications, and is member of the core faculty of the Columbia history department, where he teaches courses on the history of capitalism and the history of communications.  This conversation uses history as a way to understand our present moment, and questions whether comparison of different eras and events is always helpful. Richard discusses some of the texts he teaches, why he values the Core Curriculum at Columbia College, his feelings about the current political situation in the United States and his own academic background Follow Richard John on X @RrjohnR Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. In April of this year, students from Cal Poly Humboldt attended the Model United Nations conference in New York City and in between presentations and meetings, a few of them made time to join the show and chat with Dean Crane in the lobby of the hotel. This is part one of two about the student experience at the Model UN, featuring an interview CPH students Delaney Schroeder-Echavarria and Amanda Vollema. They discuss their commitment to studying political science, what they find valuable at events like Model UN, and how the so-called “soft skills” (we hate that phrase) of the humanities plays a role in their desire to engage with the world through coalition building and humane policy making. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. Jennifer Berkshire is the Bloch Lecturer in Education Journalism and a lecturer in Education Studies at Yale University.  Berkshire is a journalist and the co-host of the ⁠Have You Heard⁠ podcast, which is about education policy. Her work explores the intersection of public education and politics and her writing has appeared in the ⁠New York Times⁠, the ⁠Washington Post⁠, the ⁠Nation⁠, the⁠ New Republic⁠ and many other publications and she is the co-author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door with Jack Schneider . A licensed public-school teacher, Jennifer lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her new book The Education Wars is out this summer. Order and share! On this episode, Jennifer and Jeff get into a lively, stressful, upsetting, and never-more-important conversation about the long time project to dismantle and discredit higher ed and public education more generally. Both of them care so deeply about the present and future of education and that comes through as they unpack and work through the issues we are facing as a country. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod Follow Jennifer on X @BisforBerkshire ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts as a public good. This week's episode features a conversation with University of San Diego Dr. Noelle Norton, who is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego. She received her BA from UCLA and her MA and PhD from UCSB, all in Political Science. project. This episode is a discussion between two Deans about "dean-ing", their experiences as professors and different ways the humanities can be approached on an institutional level. Works Cited: The Desert Sublime: Where Geology Meets Philosophy Memorializing with and for the Undercommons: Black Study and Unsettling Grounds Natural Landscapes and Human Meaning Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and the fight for its survival. This week's episode features a conversation with Cal Poly Humboldt's own Dr. Ramona Bell, who for the past 11 years has organized the Hip Hop Conference on CPH campus. This year, for the Hip Hope Conference: Power to the People, Chuck D is the featured guest and speaker! Dr. Ramona Bell is the chair of the Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies department at Cal Poly Humboldt. Ramona’s teaching experience and research interests include Black feminist theories, Africana Diasporic Literature, Black representation and identity formation, and Black popular cultures. Her book manuscript, Sporting DIVAS: Black Womanhood, Empowerment & Citizenship,(Lexington 2022), interrogates the cultural messages that are signified by the representations of women athletes in the African Diaspora. She focuses on the bodies of Black women athletes as sites where the complexities of gender, race, nation and sexuality are inscribed and contested. Individual chapters focus on athletes of various geographical locations: The United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and South Africa. Her publications examine how the intersection of race, gender, class, nation, and sexuality frames the black female subject and how Black women constantly negotiate and navigate these discursive boundaries to make rightful claims to society’s resources. Jeff and Ramona discuss the roots of the Hip Hop Conference and the student's engagement with the event. They also talk about the importance and ongoing power of the work of Chuck D and Public Enemy (in relationship to current events!) and how excited they both are to host him on campus. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! We are on the road for this week's episode and coming to you from the floor of the Midtown Hilton in New York City. Our guest Dr. Noah Zerbe and Dean Crane were in town for the Model UN, which eight Cal Poly Humboldt students attended. Any background noise you here is just a part of the hotel environment! Dr. Noah Zerbe is a Professor of Political Science at Cal Poly Humboldt. His areas of expertise include Food politics, alternative food systems, and political economy. He received his Ph.D. in international political economy from York University in Toronto in 2002. In his research, he is interested in exploring the intersection of politics, economics, and technology. He has published pieces on questions arising from technological innovation in agriculture, particularly the debate over genetically modified foods in Europe, the United States, and Southern Africa. His current work is focused, looking at the local food movement as a response to technological and economic imperatives of globalization. Noah shares about his early interest in Political Science, engaging assignments, grading tactics and the Model UN in practice and in relation to the actual United Nations. As always, thanks for listening! Please subscribe to the podcast and share with people who also care about the past and present of higher education and the humanities. Some books etc mentioned in this episode: The Three-Body ProblemNovel by Liu Cixin The Expanse (TV series) Experience and Education by John Dewey Check out Noah's YouTube channel here Follow Noah on Twitter ⁠@NRZ999 Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and the fight for its survival. Today's guest is Dr. Kate Antonova, a historian of Russia and Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York. She talks about history on her YouTube channel called History in Practice and is the author of The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays and An Ordinary Marriage: The World of a Gentry Family in Provincial Russia as well as various articles and op-eds. She earned her BA at the University of Chicago and PhD at Columbia University. She has lived and worked in Norway, St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Ivanovo, Russia and Connecticut. One of the many reasons Kate was invited on the show was to discuss a recent Twitter thread that she wrote about the role of some university and college administrations in harming the humanities. This is a lively conversation with critiques of current dynamics and ideas for strengthening the liberal arts. Follow Kate on Twitter @kpanyc Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and the fight for its survival. Our guest for episode 22 is Dr. R. Scott Wilson who is a professor in and chair of the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Long Beach. He teaches courses on identity, new media ethnography, anthropological theory, and contemporary Chinese society. Born in Stanley, North Carolina, he received his BA from UNC Charlotte, and his MA and PhD from Stanford University. Dr. Wilson’s articles and essays have been published widely, including in The International Journal of the Humanities and Practicing Anthropology. Scott and Jeff have an excited conversation around the limitations and possibilities of the field of anthropology, how the work has changed over time and Scott's research into technology in applied visual anthropology. Follow Scott on X: @RScottWilson Follow the show X: ⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and the fight for its survival. Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an historian of early America, early modern Europe, and the British empire whose research and pedagogy explores the role of collecting, managing, and using knowledge to the history of state formation and governance.  He received his PhD from Columbia University, his Master’s from the University of Oxford and his Bachelor’s from Princeton University. His work has been featured in many scholarly publications and he has also written for public facing outlets such as The Daily Beast, Inside Higher Ed, and Teen Vogue.  This episode was sparked by Asheesh's piece for the North American Conference on British Studies entitled Toward a Strategy for the Future of British Studies in North America. And his recent tweet, which asked “When did we decide to value disciplines in terms of how many undergraduates decided to major in them?”. This is a lively conversation about how to make academic institutions and academic communities better for students and faculty of all types while acknowledging the importance of curiosity and knowledge building in every subject. Asheesh discusses his own academic and professional background as well as his aspirations for higher education. Follow the show and Dr. Siddique on X: ⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠ @AsheeshKSi Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and the fight for its survival. This week's episode features a conversation with Dr. Ben Johnson, who is a Professor in History and the School of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago. His areas of research include Environmental history, North American borders, and Latino history. He received his Ph.D  M.A. from Yale and his B.A., from Carleton College.  He has taught courses on North American and world environmental history, natural disasters, immigration and ethnicity in the United States, and border and transnational history more generally. He helps run the organization Refusing to forget, an award-winning public history project committed to sharing the history of state-sanctioned violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas. Jeff and Ben go back and forth about what Texas means symbolically on national level and how the narrative can be corrected to be more honest. They also discuss the flexibility, skills and possibilities that come with a liberal arts degree. In this episode, Ben refers to two books that have been very impactful on his work: Goodbye to a River by John Graves and On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed. Follow us on X: ⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠ ⁠@BenjaminHJohns1⁠ @Refusing2Forget Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. This show is about the value of a liberal arts education. Jeff Crane, student of the liberal arts, environmental historian, and higher education administrator for the past 12 years, hosts a wide range of guests whose experiences as students of the liberal arts have shaped their lives in school, as professionals, and in their lives outside of their careers. Today's guest is Jin Chow, who holds a BA in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and is currently a candidate for a Ph.D in Comparative Literature from Stanford University. Her areas of expertise are in 19th- and 20th-Century French Literature, Arabic Literature and Culture. She is the co-founder and COO of Polygence, which is a project-based learning platform that pairs students with Ph.D. level mentors to do research, career-discovery, and passion projects. She was included in Forbes class of 2023 30 under 30 and is a regular contributor to the publication. Her recent piece for Forbes Can A Humanistic Education Prepare You For Entrepreneurship? caught our attention a few months ago. On today's show, Jeff and Jin discuss her background in Comparative Literature, the ideas she has around education in the United States, and what led to her starting a company at the age of 24! Follow Jin on X and follow the ⁠podcast on X ⁠and on Instagram ⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. This show is about the value of a liberal arts education. Jeff Crane, student of the liberal arts, environmental historian, and higher education administrator for the past 12 years, hosts a wide range of guests whose experiences as students of the liberal arts have shaped their lives in school, as professionals, and in their lives outside of their careers. Episode 18 features a conversation with Dr. Larry Jackson, who is associate dean of Academic Affairs and director of the Center for the Core Curriculum at Columbia College, where he also teaches Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from The New School for Social Research, where he also received two master’s degrees (in Philosophy and Liberal Studies); he received his bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Skidmore College. This conversation discusses the role of literature in allowing humans to connect to and appreciate each other, even though they might have very different lived experiences. Larry shares his experience as a student in higher education while also unpacking his current professional roles. Click here to read Dr. Larry Jackson's essay Literature Humanities and the Democratic Moral Imagination⁠ ⁠ Follow the ⁠podcast on X and on Instagram ⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree. This show is about the value of a liberal arts education. Jeff Crane, student of the liberal arts, environmental historian, and higher education administrator for the past 12 years, hosts a wide range of guests whose experiences as students of the liberal arts have shaped their lives in school, as professionals, and in their lives outside of their careers. Dr. Lucy Gill-Simmen joins the show today to discuss her time as an undergraduate majoring in Zoology to her current position as Vice-Dean for Education & Student Experience in the School of Business & Management and a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Royal Holloway University of London. She shares her teaching philosophies in an ever changing academic landscape , emphasizes the importance of being skilled at storytelling, and speaks about the many different experiences she has had in throughout her career. Click here to read Dr. Gill-Simmen's article In the age of AI, teach your students how to be human on the Times Higher Education site. Follow Dr. Gill-Simmen on X and the podcast on X. Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson