Hosted by Jay Howard · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 53 episodes
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Hello and welcome to the Humanities District. I'm Jay Howard in Springfield, Missouri. I talk to people in the arts, social sciences, and humanities about their work in the community.
Jay Howard hosts The Humanities District, a society show with 53 episodes published.
Happy December, everybody! In this episode we get a visit from the Dean. Dr. Wahl and I discuss building projects happening on campus at Missouri State University. We talk about new academic programs, the phases of the a
Shannon Cay is a visual journalist with The Daily Citizen. We talk about the making of her recent short documentary "Beyond the Veil: Exploring the psychic community in Springfield." We also discuss the Daily Citizen, ho
Dr. Suzanne E. Walker-Pacheco is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Gerontology at Missouri State University. She stopped by the Humanities District to share the inside story of Paws to the Poll
**Interested in the Humanities District Fall Book Club? Click here!** ~ My guest this month is Andrew Crocker, an Instructor of Political Science at Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) and the co-advisor for a stude
**Check out the Humanities District Book Club!** > The Last Human Job by Allison Pugh ~ My guest today is Dr. Leslie Baynes, Associate Professor in the department of languages cultures and religions at MSU. She teaches m
Today's guest is Gemma Campanini, poetry event facilitator extraordinaire. If you've ever felt like poetry made more sense out loud and in person than it did on the page, you're in good company with Gemma. We talk about
Today we welcome Jennifer Murvin back to the podcast. Jennifer is assistant professor of English at Missouri State and owner of Pagination Bookshop in Springfield. The shop is celebrating its 5th birthday this year! We t
Today's guest is Dr. Jonathan Groves, Professor of Communication and Department Chair of Communication at Drury University. In today's conversation we talk about Jonathan's class, "Communication and Civic Engagement." We
What is a pedagogy of truth? Read a transcript of this episode on Substack here. Heather Walters is a senior instructor of Communication. Today we talk about two of her books: Understanding Argumentation in a Post-Truth
Stop the presses! A conversation with professor Mike Czyzniejewski. Read a transcript of this episode on Substack here. Our topic today: The ongoing plagiarism scandal that hit literary magazines around the country. To l
Episode transcripts are now available on Substack! Tracie Gieselman France is an archivist at Meyer Library University Archives and Special Collections. In this conversation, Tracie sheds light on the marvelous surprises
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Tessa Cooper is a freelance lifestyle writer. Her work appears in places such as 417 Magazine (Sign up for Tessa’s Table Talk Newsletter!), Apartment Therapy, and The Spruce. Tessa and I discussed our top picks for our
Introducing Dr. Bajalan Dr. Djene Bajalan is associate professor of history at Missouri State University. ~ Talking History Djene is co-host of Talking History, a radio program and podcast created by KSMU. Each month, Dr
Today’s guest is Greta Cross, 2023 Missouri Press Association Young Journalist of the Year. A graduate of MSU’s journalism program, Greta was the editor-in-chief of the Standard during her time at Missouri State, and is
Today’s guest is Jack Diamond, senior instructor in the CMJF department and advisor of the student newspaper, the Standard. Check out the Standard’s website here --> https://www.the-standard.org/ Note especially their em
Happy Halloween! In honor of spooky season, our topic today is horror. American horror fiction, that is! ENG 355 is a variable topics class in the English department, and it's one of the classes taught by today's guest -
Dr. Stephen Berkwitz is department head of the Languages, Cultures and Religions at Missouri State. He is also an expert in religious studies with a special focus on South Asian religions. He teaches classes including Bu
To those of you listening from the MSU campus community, happy Midterm!! We have Thursday and Friday off this week for Fall Break. The podcast will be taking time off for fall break too, so we’ll be back Monday the 23rd
Today’s guest is Dr. Amy Knowles, assistant clinical professor in the department of English and the interim director of English education. Amy works with preservice teachers, which are students studying education in a co
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