In Conversation

Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. Stephen Engle, an award-winning history professor with over 32 years of experience in teaching and writing about nineteenth-century America. This episode of In Conversation delves into Dr. Engle's new book, In Pursuit of Justice: The Life of John Albion Andrew.  Stephen and Dr. Horswell discuss John Albion's one profoundly radical ide...

Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. María Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles, an associate professor of Spanish at Florida Atlantic University.  In this episode of In Conversation, Alejandra and Dean Horswell discuss her book,  Between Bronze and Oblivion: Heroism and African descent in Colombia, Brazil and Cuba.  They explore the unsung heroes of Black History Month (February 1st- Marc...

Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. María Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles, an associate professor of Spanish at Florida Atlantic University.  In this episode of In Conversation, Alejandra and Dean Horswell discuss her book,  Between Bronze and Oblivion: Heroism and African descent in Colombia, Brazil and Cuba.  They explore the unsung heroes of Black History Month (February 1st- Marc...

Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. Bogdan Ștefănescu, a professor of English, a literary translator, a journalist, and a cultural diplomat.  He has taught at the University of Bucharest since the fall of communism in Romania, in 1990.  Ștefănescu is a professor of English, which for him has always meant a language of freedom, as opposed to the wooden lingo of political dogma and...

Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. Bogdan Ștefănescu, a professor of English, a literary translator, a journalist, and a cultural diplomat.  He has taught at the University of Bucharest since the fall of communism in Romania, in 1990.  Ștefănescu is a professor of English, which for him has always meant a language of freedom, as opposed to the wooden lingo of political dogma and...

Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Marina Banchetti, Ph. D., a professor of philosophy in FAU’s Department of Philosophy.  They discuss Dr. Banchetti's expertise in the philosophy of science and how humans'  perception of nature and the universe has evolved over time. We invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at the science and history of philosophy. Professor B...

Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Marina Banchetti, Ph. D., a professor of philosophy in FAU’s Department of Philosophy.  They discuss Dr. Banchetti's expertise in the philosophy of science and how humans'  perception of nature and the universe has evolved over time. We invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at the science and history of philosophy. Professor B...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Ivy Ashe, Ph. D., an assistant professor of multimedia journalism at FAU’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies. They discuss the mystique of an often overlooked yet fascinating discipline of journalism: travel journalism.   We invite you to join us as we journey to exotic destinations and experience nature’s stories told through the len...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Ivy Ashe, Ph. D., an assistant professor of multimedia journalism at FAU’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies. They discuss the mystique of an often overlooked yet fascinating discipline of journalism: travel journalism.   We invite you to join us as we journey to exotic destinations and experience nature’s stories told through the len...

Associate Dean Barclay Barrios fills in for regular host Dean Michael Horswell, and engages In Conversation with Amy Broderick, MFA, Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting in FAU's Department of Visual Arts and Art History. Professor Broderick's creative practice encompasses artmaking, art writing, teaching and mentorship. In her studio work, she uses the processes of drawing, photo...

Associate Dean Barclay Barrios fills in for regular host Dean Michael Horswell, and engages In Conversation with Wendy Hinshaw, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Writing Programs for the English Department. Dr. Hinshaw teaches courses in rhetoric, literacy, women's literature and prison writing, with articles on representations of trauma with regard to art and writing by prisoners. She is workin...

Associate Dean Barclay Barrios, fills in for regular host Dean Michael Horswell, and engages In Conversation with Marc Decker, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands. Dr. Decker is an active arranger, drill writer, guest conductor and adjudicator. He has also published journal articles and presented at national conferences one a variety of subjects, i...

Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Clevis Headley, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Philosophy. Dr. Headley specializes in Africana philosophy, critical race theory, epistemology, analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mathematics. He has co-edited three books, George Yancy: A Critical Introduction (2021), Haiti and the Americas (2013) , and Shifting the Geogr...

Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Lotus Seeley, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Sociology. Following  the #MeToo movement, Dr. Seeley discusses how gender manifests in different areas of our lives and how people balance work and life in the same place, with many working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. She is currently researching the experiences of women workers in the gig...

Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Ilaria Serra, Ph. D., Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies, whose areas of expertise include Italian cinema, popular song and cultural studies, as well as the history of Italian immigration. Dr. Serra also discusses her latest book, "Italia Cantata: A Culture and Language Textbook."

Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Marek Muller, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Rhetorical Studies in the Communication and Multimedia Studies Department. Dr.  Muller's specializations include rhetorical theory and criticism, critical-cultural communication studies, legal studies and critical animal studies. She is a rhetorician interested in human rights, nonhuman animal righ...

Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Lee Soroko, Assistant Professor of Movement at FAU's Theater and Dance Department. He is a fight director and instructor who insures the safety of actors during fight scenes on stage. In 2022, Professor Soroko will be choreographing the violence scenes for "Carmen" at the Palm Beach Opera. 

Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Stacey Balkan, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English and Environmental Humanities at Florida Atlantic University, who has been researching how the past can predict our future. Her upcoming book, "Rogues in the Postcolony: Narrating Extraction and Itinerancy in India," includes an investigation of new extra-activist frontiers, including...

Dean Michael Horswell engages In Conversation with Stacey Balkan, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English and Environmental Humanities at Florida Atlantic University, who has been researching how the past can predict our future. Her upcoming book, "Rogues in the Postcolony: Narrating Extraction and Itinerancy in India," includes an investigation of new extra-activist frontiers, including...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with ethnomusicologist, percussionist, composer and FAU music professor Andres Espinoza, Ph. D. about his upcoming book , Una Sola Casa: Salsa Consciente and the Poetics of the Meta-barrio , his analysis of the impact of Salsa music as an forging element of social and political identity within Latino and Latin American communities.  He also speaks abou...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with  FAU's  Associate Professor of American History, Adrian Finucane, PhD on her upcoming book Captive Exchanges: Prisoners of War and the Trade in Secrets, 1700-1760 ,  which addresses themes of warfare and incarceration as well as empire and cultural contact in the 18th-century Atlantic world. 

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with  FAU's  Associate Professor of American History, Adrian Finucane, PhD on her upcoming book Captive Exchanges: Prisoners of War and the Trade in Secrets, 1700-1760 ,  which addresses themes of warfare and incarceration as well as empire and cultural contact in the 18th-century Atlantic world. The work argues that prisoners of war acted as cruc...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Daniel Bolojan as they discuss innovation in deep learning, through the project Deep Himmelb(l)au, and how it can impact the future of Architecture. Deep learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) function that imitates the workings of the human brain in processing data and creating patterns for use in decision making.  Daniel Bolojan is an Assis...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Daniel Bolojan as they discuss innovation in deep learning, through the project Deep Himmelb(l)au, and how it can impact the future of Architecture. Deep learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) function that imitates the workings of the human brain in processing data and creating patterns for use in decision making.  Daniel Bolojan is an Assis...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Marquese McFerguson, Ph. D., as they discuss navigating race, culture, and gender with poetry and spoken word. Marquese McFerguson is an Assistant Professor of Intercultural Communication, in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. His work explores...