Going Public: Reimagining the PhD

Ep. 11: Stephen Groening, "Now That I’ve Had Three Sips of a Beer: Graduate Education and the Formation of Publics"

In this episode of Going Public, Professor Stephen Groening (Cinema & Media Studies, University of Washington, Seattle) examines the utility of theoretically grounding publicly-engaged work, the necessary transformation of doctoral training environments, and the importance of informal spaces of exchange both in the cultivation of new publics and the training of publicly engaged scholars.

Episode Transcript, Sample Syllabi, and the Going Public Archive:

  • https://simpsoncenter.org/podcasts/ep-11-stephen-groening-now-ive-had-three-sips-beer

View Groening's Seminar and Syllabus for "Public Spheres, Public Media":

  • https://simpsoncenter.org/reimagining-phd-seminar/public-spheres-public-media