In Conversation
In Conversation is a podcast that features faculty from Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, talking with Dean Michael Horswell, Ph.D., about research and creative activity that spans the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Each episode spotlights a professor whose scholarly work is affecting the world in a significant way. Listeners will not only learn of the latest developments in the many academic disciplines of the college, but will gain insight into the creative and critical processes our scholars and artists brings to their projects. In Conversation is a production of Dr. Kevin Petrich and journalism students in FAU’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies.
Episodes
79 episodes
Taking the Pulse of Public Opinion and Politics -FAU PolCom Lab
In this edition of In Conversation, Dr. Michael Horswell engages with Professors Dr. Carol Bishop Mills & Dr. Kevin Wagner, Co-Directors of the PolCom Lab in the College of Arts & Letters at Florida Atlantic University. The PolCom Lab i...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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39:35
Taking the Pulse of Public Opinion and Politics -FAU PolCom Lab
In this edition of In Conversation, Dr. Michael Horswell engages with Professors Dr. Carol Bishop Mills & Dr. Kevin Wagner, Co-Directors of the PolCom Lab in the College of Arts & Letters at Florida Atlantic University. The PolCom Lab i...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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1:24
In Conversation: Understanding Biodiversity as a Political Project
Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. Annette LaRocco, an associate professor in FAU’s Department of Political Science. In this upcoming episode, Dr. LaRocco discusses several topics, including conservation politics, how s...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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34:54
In Conversation: Understanding Biodiversity as a Political Project
Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. Annette LaRocco, an associate professor in FAU’s Department of Political Science. In this upcoming episode, Dr. LaRocco discusses several topics, including conservation politics, how s...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:03
In Conversation: "Rhapsody in Code: Rhapsody in Blue at 100
Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. Kyle Prescott, a Professor of Music and a Conductor at Florida Atlantic University. In this upcoming episode, Dr. Prescott talks about his recent experience conducting the iconic Rhap...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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30:55
In Conversation: "Rhapsody in Code: Rhapsody in Blue at 100
Dr. Michael Horswell engages in conversation with Dr. Kyle Prescott, a Professor of Music and a Conductor at Florida Atlantic University. In this upcoming episode, Dr. Prescott talks about his recent experience conducting the iconic Rhap...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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0:55
Pursuing Racial Justice in 19th Century America: The Story of John Albion Andrew
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 int...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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33:26
Pursuing Racial Justice in 19th Century America: The Story of John Albion Andrew
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 int...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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0:56
Between Bronze and Oblivion: Heroism and Afro-descendants in Colombia, Brazil and Cuba Share Episode Stats
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 ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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31:17
Between Bronze and Oblivion: Heroism and Afro-descendants in Colombia, Brazil and Cuba
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 ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:14
What Languages Do the Subalterns Speak? Comparing Coloniality’s Unexpected Sites and Sights
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 Rom...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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44:16
What Languages Do the Subalterns Speak? Comparing Coloniality’s Unexpected Sites and Sights
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 Rom...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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1:04
Chemistry and the Emergence of Life, with Marina Banchetti, Ph.D.
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' perceptio...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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29:13
Chemistry and the Emergence of Life, with Marina Banchetti, Ph.D.
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' perceptio...
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Season 6
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0:54
Travel Journalism's Aspirational Practices and Products with Ivy Ashe, Ph.D
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 discip...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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23:04
Upcoming: Travel Journalism's Aspirational Practices and Products with Ivy Ashe, Ph.D
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 discip...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:09
How Drawing Sustains Our Humanity with Professor Amy Broderick
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 Brode...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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19:11
Literacy Locked Up with Wendy Hinshaw, Ph.D.
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, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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27:10
Marching Forth: Creativity & Musicianship on the Football Field with Marc Decker, Ph.D.
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 arrange...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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25:28
Reclaiming and Reconstructing Philosophy with Clevis Headley, Ph.D.
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 ph...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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26:18
The #MeToo Movement and How Gender Manifests in Different Areas of Our Life, with Lotus Seeley, Ph.D.
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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26:04
Teaching Italian Culture Through Music with Ilaria Serra, Ph.D
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 immigrat...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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33:53
The Rhetorical Politics of Personhood with Marek Muller, Ph.D.
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 criticis...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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33:27
Choreographing fight scenes in theater with Professor Lee Soroko.
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, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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34:13
Narrating Extraction in the Global South with Stacey Balkan, Ph.D.
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 boo...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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45:33