The Professor Podcast in the Library with the Microphone

S4E5 Thomas Secord : Buildings, Energy Efficiency and Motion-based designs

Mechanical engineering professor Thomas Secord shares his background in robotics, controls, and medical device engineering, including past work at Medtronic and research training at MIT. He discusses…

S4E4 Amir Mohamed : Belonging, inclusion, and Student Success

Amir Mohammad discusses how his personal journey as the child of immigrants informs his research on belonging and why creating inclusive classrooms is essential for student success.

Nick Doten : Fraternity Students and Their Religious Lives

Nick Doten, a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership, shares his unconventional path through higher education and the experiences that shaped his research. Drawing on his background as a…

S4E2 Brooke Vetter : Fish Hearing and Noise

Brooke Vetter, Assistant Professor of Biology, combines research and student partnership to better understand fish hearing and how noise impacts freshwater fish and their habitats

S4E1 Thomas Feeney : Ancient Philosophy and AI Technology

S3E10 Rita Lederle and Aura Wharton-Beck : Urban Infrastructure and Racial Policies

Drs. Lederle and Wharton-Beck discuss a class they co-teach that examines how urban transportation infrastructure has historically incluenced racial policies, using the Rondo Neighborhood (Saint…

S3E9 Amy Nygaard : Political Unrest and Grotesque Aesthetics

Dr. Amy Nygaard shares how her interest in contemporary African artists led her to examine the connection between political unrest and grotesque aesthetics in the work of South African artist Jane…

Mark K. Ehlert : Behind the Scenes at the Library

Mark's behind-the-scenes work makes it easy for you to find books, articles, music, audiobooks, and videos in the library.

Monica Liu : A Chinese Dating Agency

Monica Liu, Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Justice & Society Studies, discusses how her experience working at a Chinese dating agency influenced her research on the social…

S3E6 Shannon Scott : Horror Movies

This week, Shannon Scott explores how horror movies serve as both thrilling entertainment and a way to release pent-up individual fears and emotions. She also examines how the genre can be used to…

S3E5 Ali Ling : Forever Chemicals

Dr. Ali Ling discusses per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of human-made chemicals commonly known as "forever chemicals" due to their resistance to breaking down in the environment.…

S3E4 Alexis Easley : Fanny Kemble

his week, Sarah interviews Alexis Easley, Chair of English and Communications Studies, about the remarkable life of Fanny Kemble—a Victorian actress, author, abolitionist, and iconoclast. Although…

Bernard Armada : Improv in the University

This week, Sarah spoke with Dr. Bernard Armada, a Communication Studies professor, about how taking an improv class at a comedy club transformed his life and shaped his teaching philosophy. Dr.…

S3E2 Afshan Ismat : Cell Movement

This week, Sarah Brings interviews Dr. Ifshan Ismat, Chair and Associate Professor of the Biology Department, about her research on how the extracellular environment affects cell movement.Dr. Ismat…

S3E1 Buffy Smith : Culturally Affirming Learning Environments in College

This week, Sarah Brings welcomes Dr. Buffy Smith, the Dean of Dougherty Family College. Dr. Smith discusses how her personal background and education have shaped her research, which focuses on making…

S2E6 Ted Ulrich : Hindu and Christian Thought

S2E1 Susan Marsnik : The Intersection of Catholic Social Teaching and Social Justice

S2E2 Manjeet Rege : The Data that Fuels AI Models

S2E3 Tim Pawl : Cultivating Virtue

S2E4 Catherine Marrs Fuchsel : Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Among Immigrant Latinas