Discussions with thought-leaders about the future of higher education
Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From t
In Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life (Duke University Press, 2024
Using techniques garnered from startups and quickly evolving technology companies, in The Experiment
Today’s book is: Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History (Universit
Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel talks with writer and editor John Warner, who taught writing at
How can traditional academic scholarship be disrupted by activist academics? How can we make space f
Academic libraries are changing in the face of information technologies, economic pressures, and glo
Today’s book is: Is Grad School for Me? Demystifying the Application Process for First-Gen BIPOC Stu
In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century
Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this
Dreams of Flight: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West (Duke UP, 2021) explores the signi
How do art schools influence music? In No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Pu
Steven D. Levitt (Freakonomics co-author and University of Chicago Economics Professor) joins the po
In response to student demands reflecting the urgency of societal and ecological problems, universit
In Who Owns Religion?: Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century (U Chicago Press, 20
Finishing off our series on freedom of speech, renowned historian Niall Ferguson discusses ideologic
Mimi Khúc is a PhD, writer, scholar, and teacher of things unwell. She is currently the Co-Editor of
Are you facing writing roadblocks? There are many guides on how to make your writing match academic
Authorship represents a new area of policy-related work within higher education research administrat
Carla Chamberlin and Mak Khan speak with Ingrid Piller about linguistic diversity and social justice
