As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, a recent Cultural Studies graduate, Dr. Richard Todd Stafford, interviews John Dewey Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Christopher Nealon. Dr. Nealon's research focuse

Episode 11: Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Katherine Hite

Sep 13th, 2022 41m 20s

As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, PhD candidate Eric Ross interviews Professor of Political Science on the Frederick Thompson Chair and Faculty Director of Research Development at Vassar College, Dr. Katherine

Episode 10: Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Amaka Okechukwu

Apr 14th, 2022 32m 34s

As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, second-year PhD student Carl Leak interviews Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University., Dr. Amaka Okechukwu. Dr. Okechukwu

Episode 9: Faculty Spotlight w/ Dr. Hatim El-Hibri

Apr 6th, 2022 30m 23s

In another Faculty Spotlight on Second Nature, we speak with Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, Hatim El-Hibri, about his 2021 book, Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure. In this interview, Dr. El-Hibri discusse

Episode 8: Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Julietta Singh

Feb 22nd, 2022 29m 16s

As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, first-year PhD student Aparna Shastri interviews Associate Professor of English and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Dr. Julietta Singh. Her first academic book, Unthinkin

Episode 7: Faculty Spotlight w/ Dr. Paul Smith

Nov 22nd, 2021 18m 53s

In the first of our Faculty Spotlights on Second Nature, we speak with Cultural Studies Professor Paul Smith about his upcoming book on vaccines. He is the author of Pound Revised, Discerning the Subject, Clint Eastwood: A Cultural Production,

Episode 6: Post-Colonial/Decolonization Reading Group

Jul 9th, 2021 17m 7s

In this episode of Second Nature, we speak with Ph.D. candidate, Shauna Rigaud. Shauna has been running the Post-Colonia/Decolonization reading group through GMU's Center of Humanities since winter 2020. We speak with her about the progress of

Episode 5: Alum Spotlight w/ Dr. Deborah Willis

Jun 30th, 2021 50m 10s

In the first of our Alum Spotlights on Second Nature, we speak with University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Dr. Deborah Willis. Dr. Willis graduated from

Episode 4: Social Justice Educators Roundtable

Jun 3rd, 2021 59m 31s

In this episode of Second Nature, Cultural Studies PhD candidate Eric Ross takes the lead as host. He congregates various social justice educators within the student body of Cultural Studies, including Shauna Rigaud, Mariah Wakefield, Luma Asem

Episode 3: The Center for Humanities Research at GMU

Mar 19th, 2021 34m 19s

In this episode of Second Nature, we profile the newly founded Center for Humanities Research at George Mason University. We hear about the Center's conception and goals from the planning committee themselves, as well as provide information on

Episode 2: Interview with Dr. Adom Getachew

Nov 20th, 2020 46m 16s

In this episode of Second Nature, we speak with Professor of Political Science and the College from the University of Chicago, Dr. Adom Getachew. Dr. Getachew released her first book, Worldmaking After Empire, in Feburary of 2019. In this inter

Episode 1: Racial Capitalism Reading Group

Nov 13th, 2020 22m 8s

In this episode of Second Nature, we speak with Ph.D. candidate, Austin Gallas. Austin has been running a Das Kapital reading group during the fall 2020 semester. We speak with him about a new reading group he is forming for the spring 2021 sem

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