The Modern Scholar Podcast

Michael Cannell is a journalist and author who has also served as an editor for The New York Times. His writing includes numerous stories on sports and design, as well as four books, which include The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit and A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc . He is also the author of Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bombe...

Dr. Grant T. Harward is a native of southern California. He completed his BA in history at Brigham Young University in 2009, his MSc in the Second World War in Europe at the University of Edinburgh in 2010, and his PhD in history at Texas A&M University in 2018. He is a former Auschwitz Jewish Center fellow, a former Fulbright scholar to Romania, and a former Mandel Center fellow at the U.S. H...

Mario Daniels is the DAAD Fachlektor at the Duitsland Instituut at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the history of the political economy of sharing (and denying) knowledge in the field of high technology in the international relations since World War I. Specifically, Daniels works on a political history of economic espionage in the United States and Germany in the 20th century....

Joyce Harrison is editor in chief at the University Press of Kansas , where she acquires books in military and intelligence studies and general-interest books about Kansas and the surrounding region. She has worked at several university presses during her career in publishing, acquiring in anthropology, religious studies, folklore, Black studies, German studies, and Appalachian studies, among othe...

Dr. Edward A. Kaplan is Dean of the School of Strategic Landpower at the U.S. Army War College. In this role, he is responsible for facilitating the education of senior officers in the Army, other services, partner nations, and senior civilians. Dr. Kaplan is a 1994 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. After being awarded his master’s degree in History at the University of Calgary in 1997, Dr....

Hello and welcome back to The Modern Scholar Podcast —I’m glad you’re here and I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday season. Welcome to SEASON THREE of the show! It’s hard to believe we are here already, and to kick things off I have a wonderful and inspiring episode to share with you today, featuring my new friend Steve Hughes! Steve Hughes is a sought-after speaker and consultant who helps...

Our guest today is Dr. Michael W. Hankins . Dr. Hankins is the Curator for US Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps post-World War II Aviation at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. He is also an Assistant Editor of From Balloons to Drones , a scholarly web journal for the study of air power, and host of the From Balloons to Drones Podcast. He is a former Assistant Professor of Strategy a...

Dr. Nicholas Mays is an Assistant Professor of History at Baldwin Wallace University. After growing up on the west side of Cleveland, Mays earned a bachelor’s degree from Baldwin Wallace and then a master’s and his PhD in history from Kent State University – which is where we crossed paths – we were both in a post-colonial seminar there taught by Dr. Shane Strate. Dr. Mays’ chief scholarly interes...

Dr. Samuel J. Redman is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research focuses on studies American social, cultural, and intellectual history, and he received his B.A. in anthropology and history from the University of Minnesota at Morris and an M.A. and Ph. D. in American history since 1607 at the University of...

Jasmine Zandi is a Canadian native who has called Arkansas home since 2011. She graduated from Hendrix College with a dual B.A. in French, and International Development and Sustainability. Throughout her undergraduate studies, Jasmine completed internships with No Kid Hungry, the Smithsonian Institute, and the Toledo Museum of Art. Post-graduation, Jasmine served a year-long service term as an Ame...

Dr. Laura Portwood-Stacer is a publishing consultant and developmental editor who helps academic authors at all career stages navigate the book publishing process. Her company Manuscript Works offers regular workshops and online programs to assist writers in drafting book proposals and connecting with scholarly publishers. She is the author of The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors...

Dr. Margaret Sankey earned a PhD at Auburn University in European military history, and taught military history, security studies and political science at Minnesota State Moorhead before joining the staff at the U.S. Air Force Air War College as the director of research and electives. Currently, she is Air University’s research coordinator in the Office of Sponsored Programs matching and supportin...

Christopher DeCristofaro received his master’s degree in Library Science in 2001. He is currently the Head of Digital Services (which encompasses Information Technology and Studio makerspaces) at the Sachem Library in Suffolk County New York. He is also past President and current member at large on the Computer and Technical Services Division of the Suffolk County Library Association. Previously,...

Dr. Susan Colbourn is the Associate Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS) , based at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. A diplomatic and international historian, she is interested in questions of strategy and security in the atomic age. She specializes in the history of the Cold War with a focus on NATO, the politics of European security, and the role...

Dr. Jonathan Rees is a Professor of History at Colorado State University – Pueblo, where he has received the University Award for Faculty Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activity and been recognized as an Outstanding Faculty Member in the College of Humanities and Social Science. He is the author of numerous books, including Representation and Rebellion: The Rockefeller Plan at the Colorado F...

Dr. Adam Seipp is Associate Dean of the Graduate and Professional School at Texas A&M University and is a member of the history faculty there, where he also serves as a Faculty Affiliate of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy. Dr. Seipp’s bachelors, masters, and PhD were all completed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as Visiting Faculty before moving on t...

Today's episode is a very special one, as I recently had the opportunity to visit with Alycia Asai. Alycia is the host, researcher and producer of the weekly podcast Civics & Coffee . She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in History from Sonoma State University where she is returning to pursue graduate work. She fell in love with history at a young age thanks to a teacher who pointed out the beauti...

Dr. John Delury is a professor of Chinese studies at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies and Underwood International College in Seoul, South Korea. A historian of modern China, he is the author of Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century (Random House, 2013), with Orville Schell, which was translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. He follows...

Dr. Margaret O’Mara is the Howard & Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History at the University of Washington. She writes and teaches about the growth of the high-tech economy, the history of U.S. politics, and the connections between the two. She is also Distinguished Lecturer of the Organization of American Historians and a past fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sci...

Dr. John Gans is the Managing Director of Executive Communications and Strategic Engagement at the Rockefeller Foundation . In addition, Gans teaches graduate and undergraduate classes on the international order, the politics and process of American foreign policy, and national security. He is also a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House, a fellow at the German Marshall Fund...

Ana Niño is the Librarian at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas , located at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in Fort Worth, Texas . Ana joined the team there in November 2021, and is responsible for managing the library, archival, and art collections. Ana attended Cornell University, where she studied Science & Technology Studies, and later earned her Master’s in Library and Information S...

Ray Tyler is the owner of Rose Creek Farms in Selmer, TN, which is a no-till, organic diversified vegetable farm growing and harvesting fresh produce 52 weeks a year which they sell direct to consumer as well as wholesale to numerous grocery stores in the area. Just to make things crystal clear – Ray and his family preside over a thriving farm that brings in almost half a million dollars every yea...

My guest today is Dr. David Bath . Dr. Bath is an Assistant Professor of History and Faculty Advisor for the Student Veteran Association at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma. He received his Bachelor’s in History from Texas A&M – Commerce and his Master’s in History from the University of North Dakota, and completed a Master’s in Strategic Intelligence at the National Intelligence...

Dr. David Vaught is a professor of history at Texas A&M University. He is the author of five books: two on agricultural history in California in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; one on teaching large lecture classes; another on baseball in rural America; and, forthcoming with Texas A&M University Press this summer, Spitter: Baseball’s Notorious Gaylord Perry . The latter...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Modern Scholar podcast! It's hard to believe that we are here already - thank you all for being part of this wonderful journey so far! I have two very special guests today from the U.S. Naval Institute Press, an academic publisher with hundreds of exciting and important titles, including my forthcoming book, Rise of the Mavericks , hitting shelves in just a few months. A...