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The Everyday Scholar

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How does arts and humanities impact our everyday living? American Public University brings you The Everyday Scholar, a podcast featuring conversations with experts about the importance of cultural awareness and exposure, how skills from the arts and humanities can assist career progression, and a lot more. To learn more, visit StudyatAPU.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Bridge Between the Classroom and Global Experiences 15.11.2019 26:04

American Public University Program Director and faculty member Dr. Jennifer Cramer and Dr. Bjorn Mercer discuss the bridge between the online classroom with global experiences. Dr. Cramer talks about how she got into anthropology, why she studies savanna monkeys throughout Africa and how actively working in the discipline while also teaching online helps keeps course discussions and topics relevan...

Labor Day, Religion and American Prosperity 17.10.2019 27:16

American Public University faculty member Robert King and Dr. Bjorn Mercer discuss Labor Day, religion, and American prosperity. Robert King goes over the 1891 Catholic papal encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII, the Pullman Railroad Strike of 1894, and how ethnic classifications were used to manipulate, control, divide, and ultimately exploit workers at Pullman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Truth, Lies and Fake News 16.09.2019 28:55

American Public University philosophy faculty member Lynn Mardon and Dr. Bjorn Mercer discuss truth, lies, and fake news. Lynn Mardon discussed what fake news is, why it is important for all of us to be better consumers of information, what could happen if we no longer trust the news media, and how to become better critical thinkers to combat fake news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Women and War: Understanding the Nexus of Gender and Conflict 28.08.2019 28:09

Security studies scholarship and research too often overlooks how conflict impacts women and diverse gender identities differently. In this podcast, American Public University Doctoral Faculty Dr. Elise Carlson-Rainer and Seattle University Professor Dr. Serena Cosgrove examine how women experience conflict differently. Throughout the discussion they analyze how discrimination, poverty and sociali...

APUS - Why Learning Foreign Languages is Important for Personal and Career Development 08.08.2019 21:12

American Public University faculty member Dr. Karolina Kopczynski and Dr. Bjorn Mercer discuss what it is like to learn a foreign language. Dr. Kopczynski has a long and successful career learning and teaching multiple languages and discusses what it takes to learn a foreign language, how long it takes to become proficient, what career fields benefit from knowing a second language, and the practic...

Ethics in Social Media 15.07.2019 26:47

American Public University faculty member Dr. Jonathan Surovell and Dr. Bjorn Mercer discuss ethics in social media. Dr. Surovell analyzes the claim that social media use is bad for us, why we should deactivate our social media accounts, if social media makes us happy, and the complicated mental health aspects of social media overuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.