In Conversation

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...

Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Mehmet Gurses as they discuss the complex nature of armed conflict and how wartime experience can bring about trauma and growth. Mehmet Gurses (Ph. D. in Political Science, University of North Texas, 2007) is a professor in the Department of Political Science, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University....

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Mehmet Gurses as they discuss the complex nature of armed conflict and how wartime experience can bring about trauma and growth. Mehmet Gurses (Ph. D. in Political Science, University of North Texas, 2007) is a professor in the Department of Political Science, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. His rese...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric Berlatsky as they discuss their co-edited collection, Mixed-Race Superheroes, the intersectionality between Superheroes, racial identity, and racial politics in American popular culture. Sika Dagbovie-Mullins is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at Florida Atlantic Universit...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Sika Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric Berlatsky as they discuss their co-edited collection, Mixed-Race Superheroes, the intersectionality between Superheroes, racial identity, and racial politics in American popular culture. Sika Dagbovie-Mullins is an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at Florida Atlantic Universit...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Jeffrey E. Huber, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, MLA Interim Director and Associate Professor for the School of Architecture, as they discuss landscapes that flow with nature and not against it. Jeff Huber is an Associate Professor and Director of MetroLAB in the School of Architecture at FAU where he teaches upper-division architecture studios. Huber also teaches...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Jeffrey E. Huber, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, MLA Interim Director and Associate Professor for the School of Architecture, as they discuss landscapes that flow with nature and not against it. Jeff Huber is an Associate Professor and Director of MetroLAB in the School of Architecture at FAU where he teaches upper-division architecture studios. Huber also teaches...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Alejandro Sánchez–Samper, Professor of Music, as they discuss honoring and bringing new life to Columbian Andean regional music. Professor Sánchez–Samper is the Assistant Director of Commercial Music in the Department of Music, in the School of the Arts, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Alejandro Sánc...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Alejandro Sánchez–Samper, Professor of Music, as they discuss honoring and bringing new life to Columbian Andean regional music.  Professor Sánchez–Samper is the Assistant Director of Commercial Music in the Department of Music, in the School of the Arts, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. Alejandro Sán...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Joey Bargsten, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, as they discuss how Dr. Bargsten combines digital art, film, video games, interactivity, music, and performances from actors to create immersive storytelling through virtual reality. Dr. Bargsten is an Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, in the School of Communication and Mul...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Joey Bargsten, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, as they discuss how Dr. Bargsten combines digital art, film, video games, interactivity, music, and performances from actors to create immersive storytelling through virtual reality.  Dr. Bargsten is an Associate Professor of Interactive Multimedia, in the School of Communication and Mu...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Becka McKay, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Translation and Creative Writing, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing, as they discuss her passion for the written word, what inspires her to write, and her process on how she constructs her own poetry. Dr. McKay is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College o...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Becka McKay, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Translation and Creative Writing, and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing, as they discuss her passion for the written word, what inspires her to write, and her process on how she constructs her own poetry. Dr. McKay is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College o...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Chris Robé, Professor of Film Studies, and Stephen Charbonneau, Associate Professor of Film Studies and they discuss their new book InsUrgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader . Dr. Robe is a Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies (SCMS), for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters,...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Chris Robé, Professor of Film Studies, and Stephen Charbonneau, Associate Professor of Film Studies and they discuss their new book InsUrgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader . Dr. Robe is a Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies (SCMS), for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters,...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Thomas Stollar, Ph. D. and they discuss ceramics as a medium and how it can also archive a civilization. Dr. Stollar is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics, in the Department of Visual Arts & Art History, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. He is also the creator of th...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Thomas Stollar, Ph. D. and they discuss ceramics as a medium and how it can also archive a civilization. Dr. Stollar is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics, in the Department of Visual Arts & Art History, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University. He is also the creator of th...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Multimedia Studies, Nicole Morse, as they discuss the cultural phenomenon of the Selfie. Nicole Erin Morse is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University and Director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research has been published in Jump Cut ,...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Multimedia Studies, Nicole Morse, as they discuss the cultural phenomenon of the Selfie. Nicole Erin Morse is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University and Director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research has been published in Jump Cut ,...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Professor of Philosophy, Susan Schneider, Ph. D. and they discuss Artificial Intelligence and its implications for the future. Dr. Schneider is the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Mind at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, with a joint appointment in the Brain Institute. She will also be the founding director...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Professor of Philosophy, Susan Schneider, Ph. D. and they discuss Artificial Intelligence and its implications for the future. Dr. Schneider is the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Mind at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, with a joint appointment in the Brain Institute. She will also be the founding director...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Affiliate Associate Professor, Peter Cruise, Ph. D., and they discuss using the FAU Ethics Academy model to educate and engage. Dr. Peter Cruise is an Affiliate Associate Professor and the Executive Director of the LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy for the School of Public Administration in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Affiliate Associate Professor, Peter Cruise, Ph. D., and they discuss using the FAU Ethics Academy model to educate and engage. Dr. Peter Cruise is an Affiliate Associate Professor and the Executive Director of the LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy for the School of Public Administration in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Associate Professor of History, Jason Sharples, Ph. D., and they discuss how looking to the past can bring clarity to the present. Dr. Jason Sharples is a historian, author and Associate Professor of American History and World Civilizations in Florida Atlantic University's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of History. The Worl...

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Associate Professor of History, Jason Sharples, Ph. D., and they discuss how looking to the past can bring clarity to the present. Dr. Jason Sharples is a historian, author and Associate Professor of American History and World Civilizations in Florida Atlantic University's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of History. The Worl...