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Annual Reviews hosts Against the Grain - The Podcast, a education show with 328 episodes published.
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Georgios Papadopoulos , Chairman and Founder, Atypon. Georgios was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and says he started
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Russell Michalak , Library Director, Goldey-Beacom College, and Founding Partner, Inclusive Knowledge Solutions. Rus
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Orland Hoeber , Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science, at University of Regina; Founder, Dilex Search.
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Steve Smith , AI Gateway and MCP Pilot Advisory for Scholarly Publishers. Steve has enjoyed a wide-ranging academic
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Ben Lee , Assistant Professor, University of Washington Information School. Ben initially trained as an astrophysici
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Zakayo Kjellstrom , Investigator, Swedish Agency for the Media, which " works to promote freedom of expression and d
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Jon Brassey , Founder, Trip Database. J on says he doesn't consider himself to be an entrepreneur, but a problem sol
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Gary Price , Editor, LJ's InfoDOCKET and ARL Day in Review. Gary, a very well-known figure across the scholarly publ
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Allison Belan , Director for Strategic Innovation, Duke University Press. Allison has a background in English and Ph
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Helen Bischoff , Coordinator of Liaison Services, University of Kentucky Libraries. In this conversation, Helen talk
The following interview is part of the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. In this series, we sit down with leaders and innovators who are making a real difference in scholarly publishing, libraries,
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with John Unsworth, Library Dean, English Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia. John is a distinguished humanities
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Stacey Greenwell, Librarian, Author and Instructional Designer. Stacey has authored and co-authored several books on
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Rachel Caldwell, Academic Engagement, University of Massachusetts, Amhurst, and Robin Sinn, Director of Collections
The following interview is part of the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. In this series, we sit down with leaders and innovators who are making a real difference in scholarly publishing, libraries,
The following interview is part of the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. In this series, we sit down with leaders and innovators who are making a real difference in scholarly publishing, libraries,
The following interview is part of the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. In this series, we sit down with leaders and innovators who are making a real difference in scholarly publishing, libraries,
The following interview is part of the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. In this series, we sit down with leaders and innovators who are making a real difference in scholarly publishing, libraries,
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Ciaran Talbot, Director: AI and Ideas Adoption, The University of Manchester Library. Ciaran studied computing and b
Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Thorsten Fröhlich, Professor of IT Management and Big Data at IU International University of Applied Sciences. Thors
Paul Rosenzweig
Principal · Red Branch Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Rob Johnson
Head of Digital and Content · Institute for New Economic Thinking
1 appearance on this show
Michael Upshall
Charleston Briefings
1 appearance on this show
Russell Michalak
Goldey-Beacom College
1 appearance on this show
Ben Lee
University of Washington Information School
1 appearance on this show
Zakayo Kjellstrom
Swedish Agency for the Media
1 appearance on this show
Jon Brassey
Trip Database
1 appearance on this show
Frances Pinter
Central European University Press
1 appearance on this show
John Unsworth
University of Virginia
1 appearance on this show
Rachel Caldwell
University of Massachusetts, Amhurst
1 appearance on this show
Robin Sinn
Iowa State University
1 appearance on this show
Erin Gallagher
University of Florida
2 appearances on this show
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