The Institute Podcast

Constitutional Law Professor Michael Gerhardt talks about the 2016 Elections and the federal lawsuit against NC over the passing of HB2.

Susan Harbage Page, Artist and Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, talks about photography and her artistic process.

Chancellor Emeritus James Moeser speaks with us on music, teaching, and accepting the role as IAH Acting Director for the 2016-2017 Academic year.

Kathleen DuVal talks about her award-winning book Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution.

English Professors Jordynn Jack and Jane Thrailkill define health humanities and describe the work they are doing with HHIVE (Health Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Venue for Exploration) to unite professors, students, and clinicians across UNC's campus.

Episode 16: Suzanne Gulledge on Education and Academic Leadership by Institute for the Arts and Humanities (UNC-CH)

Associate Professor Michele Berger interviews Professor Kim Strom-Gottfried on her 8 years as Director of the IAH's Academic Leadership Program

IAH Director and Professor of Music Mark Katz sits with Melissa Clay to discuss his cultural diplomacy program Next Level as well as his class on the figure of the Hip-Hop DJ. IAH Theme: "60 Seconds" by Stephen Anderson's 360° Jazz Initiative

Associate Professor of Spanish discusses his love of literature and teaching as well as the challenges of the writing process!

We speak with Glenn Hinson, Associate Professor of Folklore and Anthropology, on the life and poetry of Horace Williams. Dr. Hinson retells a transformative moment in which Mr. Williams recites a poem on his witnessing a public lynching as a child in the 1930s.

Episode 11: Rob Kramer On Mindfulness In Leadership by Institute for the Arts and Humanities (UNC-CH)

Nichola Lowe, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning and a recipient of the 2016-2017 Academic Excellence Award, discusses her research on skill and labor practices, especially regarding the Latino workforce. She also speaks to her renewed passion for novels and her foray into alternative sleep patterns.

Stephanie Schrader, PhD, delivers the 22nd Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies entitled Appropriating Asia: The Depiction of the Exotic in European Art. In this special episode, she reveals the inspiration for this lecture and gives a preview of what appropriation and exotification might mean in the historical context of trade and religion in Europe and Asia. In telling this...

Misha Becker, Associate Professor of Linguistics, and Kristen Lindquist, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, speak with us on being the first recipients of the FIRE grant. They speak to their collaborative research on childhood development regarding their understanding of emotions. Dr. Lindquist also gives us a psychologist's view on the representation of emotions in the Disney Pix...

Professor of Chemistry Mark Schoenfisch speaks with us on how his research on Nitric Oxide (NO) can save lives and the way in which he engages his chemistry students by allowing them to make mistakes.

Susan Harbage Page, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, speaks with Philip on her photography project inspired by found objects on the US-Mexico Border. She also describes her role in her academic department and her experience as a Fall 2015 IAH Faculty Fellow.

In part 2 of our conversation with Associate Professor Jennifer Ho, we learn about Professor Ho's most inspiring moments in her classroom. She speaks to her methods for creating an open and honest classroom culture and offers a great book recommendation.

In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Ho, Associate Professor of English and new Associate Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. She speaks about her career path that led to her new appointment as well as the role of mentors for university faculty and her goals as the Associate Director of the IAH.

IAH Public Communications Specialist Melissa Clay speaks with Music Professor and Jazz Studies director Jim Ketch, the first endowed Faculty Fellow here at the institute for the Arts and Humanities in 1992.

In the second part of our conversation with Patricia Parker, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, Philip Hollingsworth asks about the Ella Baker Women's Center and its role in reigniting Dr. Parker's passion for teaching. She also speaks to her sources of inspiration and making time for her research and writing despite her new duties as Chair of a department.

In this episode, Philip Hollingsworth speaks with Patricia Parker, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication. In part one of our conversation with Dr. Parker, she discusses her new role as department chair, her academic research and its connection to her current position, and her experience in founding the Ella Baker Women’s Center.