American Campus Podcast

American Campus Podcast

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

Episodes 108
Avg. Duration 31m
Activity Highly Active
Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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a social and political history of US higher ed

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Why is there an American university in Beirut? with Betty S. Anderson

Mar 04, 2026 21m

Imperialism! Protestantism! Liberal Pragmatism!References and suggested readings:Betty S. Anderson. 2011. The American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liberal Education. University of…

Academics in the Epstein files with Andy Hines

Mar 01, 2026 43m

References and suggested readings: Alan Blinder. February 16, 2026. Epstein’s Ties With Academics Show the Seedy Side of College Fund-Raising. New York Times.William Callison and Quinn Slobodian.…

Do we still have race conscious admissions after SFA v. Harvard? with Julie J. Park

Feb 25, 2026 24m

Sort of.References and suggested readings:Julie J. Park. 2026. Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era. Harvard Education Press. Class Action website:…

Progressive origins of eugenics with Mark Torres

Feb 22, 2026 40m

A homegrown science.References and suggested readings:Mark A. Torres. 2025. Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance. The History Press. Rebecca Brenner Graham. 2025. Dear Miss…

TurningPointUSA after Charlie Kirk with Hope Pisoni

Feb 18, 2026 19m

References and suggested readings:Hope Pisoni. February 18, 2026. Campus Conservatives See Resurgence in the Aftermath of Charlie Kirk. Uncloseted Media. Hope Pisoni. January 30, 2026. Campus…

On reconstructing Cherokee education with Julie L. Reed

Feb 15, 2026 27m

References and suggested readings:Julie L. Reed. 2026. Land, Language, and Women: A Cherokee and American Educational History. University of North Carolina Press. Jennifer Raff. 2023. Origin: A…

Black college women after emancipation with Linda Perkins

Feb 11, 2026 18m

References and suggested readings:Linda M. Perkins. 2024. To Advance the Race: Black Women's Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s. University of Illinois Press. Crystal R. Sanders.…

Your Data Will Be Used Against You with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

Feb 08, 2026 25m

How colleges collect our data.References and suggested readings:Andrew Guthrie Ferguson. 2026. Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance. New York University…

Lynne Cheney and the National Endowment for the Humanities with Mark Hlavacik

Feb 04, 2026 37m

One of our favorite culture warriors, Dr. Cheney. References and suggested readings:Mark Hlavacik. 2025. Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars. University of Chicago…

Universities and the climate crisis with Bryan Alexander

Jan 28, 2026 43m

References and suggested readings:Bryan Alexander. 2023. Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. Drew Miller. March 14, 2021. "No, Dolphins Did…

"Race, Racism, and the Liberal Arts," Aydelotte Foundation roundtable ft. Lauren, Nayanika Ghosh, and Andy Hines

Jan 25, 2026 1h 2m

Hi, listeners! A little bonus content for you. This is audio from a recent talk I gave with the brilliant Nayanika Ghosh. You'll also hear friend of the pod, Andy Hines, who moderated our…

On the myth of institutional neutrality with Brian Soucek

Jan 21, 2026 41m

Register for “Degrees, Debt, and the University: Andy Hines, Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak in conversation,” Adeylotte Foundation, Swarthmore CollegeReferences and suggested…

You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner with Thomas Fallace

Jan 18, 2026 37m

On the learning styles mythRegister for “Degrees, Debt, and the University: Andy Hines, Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak in conversation,” Adeylotte Foundation, Swarthmore…

Media, academia, and objectivity with Ayala Panievsky

Jan 14, 2026 39m

And authoritarian attacks on all of the above.Request a future episode topic hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything hereReferences and suggested readings:Ayala Panievsky.…

Antiwar activism and police infiltration at the University of Texas, 1967-1973 with Martin Murray

Jan 11, 2026 35m

Request a future episode topic hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything hereReferences and suggested readings:Martin J. Murray. 2025. Insurgent Politics in the Lone Star…

US Military Academy at West Point with John F. Morris

Jan 07, 2026 36m

On all our favorite topics: imperialism, homosociality, liberalism, hazing! Make a request for future episodes hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything hereReferences and…

The peak and decline of US higher ed with Bryan Alexander

Jan 04, 2026 36m

On the academy’s decline since 2011.References and suggested readings:Bryan Alexander. 2026. Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2023.…

End of 2025 Questionnaire and Upcoming AMA

Dec 31, 2025 3m

Make a request for future episodes hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything hereCheers!Support the showBrowse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at…

Claremonsters and MAGA intellectuals with Laura K. Field

Dec 28, 2025 26m

Make a request for future episodes hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything hereReferences and suggested readings:Laura K. Field. 2025. Furious Minds: The Making of the…

Christianity, manhood, and college football with Hunter M. Hampton

Dec 24, 2025 37m

1920s style!Make a request for future episodes hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything hereReferences and suggested readings:Hunter M. Hampton. 2025. The Gridiron Gospel:…

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