Hosted by Lauren Lassabe Shepherd · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 139 episodes
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a social and political history of higher education
Lauren Lassabe Shepherd hosts American Campus Podcast, a history show with 139 episodes published.
References and suggested readings: Alexander D. Hyres. 2026. Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville’s Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School . University of Georgia Press. Alex Hyres’s faculty p
On the student life apparatus. References and suggested readings: Chad Wellmon. 2026. After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work . Johns Hopkins University Press. Paul Reitter and Chad Wel
On age, class, and jobs. References and suggested readings: Samuel Moyn. 2026. Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It . Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Samuel Moyn. April 23
Speaking to the dead, academically. References and suggested readings: Jesse Bering. 2026. The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson: One Scientist's Epic Quest for Evidence of Reincarnation, Apparitions, Poltergeists,
A nice companion episode to last week's on The West with Curtis Dozier . References and suggested readings: Emmaia Gelman. 2026. The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State . University of California Press. Alice Spe
Athens, Jerusalem, and sometimes Rome. References and suggested readings: Curtis Dozier. 2026. The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate . Yale University Press. Why white nat
A small question! References and suggested readings: Marc Spooner and James McNinch, eds. 2026. Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities . University of Regina Press. Marc Spooner and James McNich, eds.
References and suggested readings: The Wild Robot Hoppers Jonathan Hauser’s website and LinkedIn Text the show here! Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf
On all things AKA References and suggested readings: Deborah E. Whaley. 2010. Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities . SUNY Press. Twenty Pearls: The St
References and suggested readings: Emma Taylor. 2026. An Elite Education: How Privilege Is Produced in a Private School . Princeton University Press. Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison. 2020. The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays
On good cheese and how the career services office destroyed the American economy References and suggested readings: Dylan Gottlieb. 2026. Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York . Har
Ready to feel old? References and suggested readings: Austin McCoy. 2026. Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made . Simon and Schuster. De La Soul. 1989. Me, Myself, and I . Flo Rida ft.
References and suggested readings: AJA Woods. 2026. The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West . Verso Books. Paul Hanebrink. 2020. A Specter Haunting Europe: T
And why the IRB exempts humanities research. References and suggested readings: Marco Ramos’s faculty page Community Histories Lab Yale University Lab Laura Stark. 2012. Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Makings of Ethic
No gatekeeping. References and suggested readings: David M. Perry. 2026. The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook . Johns Hopkins University Press. Follow David on Bluesky @lollardfish.bsky.social Read David at The Minne
References and suggested readings: Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, eds. 2025. Mastery and Drift: Professional-Class Liberals since the 1960s . University of Chicago Press. Brent Cebul. 2026. Illusions of Progress: Business
Is grade inflation real, who cares, and why? References and suggested readings: Lisa M. Di Bartolomeo and Kevin M. Gannon, eds. 2026. The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategies and Solidarity for the Rest of Us . SUNY Press.
Explaining the show's new art and how Mick Jagger "failed democracy and impoverished the souls" of students before 1987. References and suggested readings: God and Man at Yale episode with Sam Tanenhaus Why white nationa
Find May Day events near you in the resources below: Higher Education Labor United website HELU May Day events map May Day Strong website Anne Balay. 2020. Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers . Univer
This is Part I of a conversation with Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Eléana Sanchez, and Jonathan Hauser. Listen to Part I here . References and suggested readings: Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer. 2025. By the Power Vested
Emma Taylor
Partner and Head of Family Department · GoodLaw Solicitors LLP
1 appearance on this show
Dylan Gottlieb
author of Yuppies
1 appearance on this show
Curtis Dozier
Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College
1 appearance on this show
Jesse Jackson
civil rights icon, pastor, activist, presidential candidate, founder of Rainbow PUSH Coalition · Rainbow PUSH Coalition
1 appearance on this show
Andy Hines
Assistant Professor and Program Director of the graduate program in foresight at The University of Houston · Andy Hines Futurist | Hinesight
3 appearances on this show
Mark Torres
head coach · Hays Consolidated Hawks
1 appearance on this show
Bryan Alexander
author of 'Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis' · Georgetown University
3 appearances on this show
Laura K. Field
political theorist and author
1 appearance on this show
Naomi Oreskes
Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science · Harvard University
1 appearance on this show
Mary Anne Franks
legal scholar and cyber civil rights advocate
1 appearance on this show
Rachel Morgan
retail sales consultant
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Matthew Boedy
Author of The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy, Thoughtful Chronicler of Christian Nationalism
1 appearance on this show
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