Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree

Jeff Crane
Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree

A podcast that explores the liberal arts as an educational system emphasizing inquiry, personal development and innovation that is foundational to a healthy, inclusive, and progressive society. Cal Poly Humboldt College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Dean and environmental historian Jeff Crane, hosts a wide range of guests whose experiences as students of the liberal arts have shaped their lives in school, as professionals, and in their lives outside of their careers. Presented by Cal Poly Humboldt's College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

  1. 12/11/2024

    Episode 49: Dr. Neil Kraus: A Close Look at The Attention Economy

    Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#@*ing job with a Liberal Arts Degree. This week's episode features a conversation with Dr. Neil Kraus who is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He teaches several courses in American politics and public policy, and specializes in urban politics and policies.  And he is the author three books  Majoritarian Cities: Policy Making and Inequality in Urban Politics (2013, University of Michigan Press), Race, Neighborhoods, and Community Power: Buffalo Politics, 1934-1997 (2000, State University of New York Press), and The Fantasy Economy: Neoliberalism, Inequality, and the Education Reform Movement (2023, Temple University Press. We invited Neil on the show because his work, research and The Fantasy Economy were suggested to us by previous guest David C. K. Curry , who was featured on episode 36 of the show.  This conversation is ever relevant as we head into a time of potential upheaval in policy around education. The Attention Economy and Dr. Kraus's research are so well laid out to explain the role that higher education should play within society, and how that has been weaponized by groups interested in diminishing it's value. This conversation is sobering and necessary as we look ahead to what's next. A description from Temple University Press of The Fantasy Economy: "The Fantasy Economy challenges the basic assumptions of the education reform movement of the last few decades. Kraus insists that education cannot control the labor market and unreliable corporate narratives fuel this misinformation. Moreover, misguided public policies, such as accountability and school choice, along with an emphasis on workforce development and STEM over broad-based liberal arts education, have only produced greater inequality." Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod Purchase ⁠The Fantasy Economy here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

    58 min

  2. 16/10/2024

    Episode 48: Jennifer Berkshire and The Education Wars

    ⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. For this week's episode Jennifer Berkshire is back on the show to discuss her co-authored and recently released book The Education Wars. Jennifer is a teacher in the Boston college Prison Education Program. She is also a a journalist and the co-host, alongside Jack Schneider, of the Have You Heard podcast, which is about education policy. Her work explores the intersection of public education and politics and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Nation, the New Republic and many other publications. She was first featured on Episode 27 of our podcast, and it was a great conversation, go back and listen to it if you haven’t already! Jennifer and Jeff discuss the The Education Wars and some hopeful stories from her research on and experience from the education policy world! Follow Jennifer on X ⁠⁠@BisforBerkshire⁠⁠ Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod Purchase The Education Wars here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

    42 min

  3. 08/10/2024

    Episode 47: Alternative Research Practices in Geography with Dr. Dylan Harris

    ⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. This week's guest is Dr. Dylan Harris, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Dylan is a broadly trained nature-society geographer with concentrations in political ecology, climate politics, energy politics, critical folklore studies, experimental methods, and environmental/climate justice. He considers himself to be a synergistic scholar and enjoys the creative process of working across and combining insights from multiple disciplines, connecting seemingly disparate threads of thought and bringing them forward in his research and teaching.  It is important to him that his work extends beyond the university through sustained community partnerships, accessible writing, and collaborative research projects. Dylan was introduced to us by Dr. Alex Moulton, a guest on episode 42 and a fellow geographer. This conversation touches on a lot, including Jeff and Dylan's shared connection to Mississippi, how living in many different places has informed Dylan's work, and the creation of new structures for research in the field of geography. This is an interesting conversation for those inside and outside of academia! Follow the show and Dr. Harris on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@dylanmattharris Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

    44 min

  4. 02/10/2024

    Episode 46: Higher Ed Amid Protests with Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique

    ⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique⁠ is back on the show today! Asheesh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an historian of early America, early modern Europe, and the British empire whose research and pedagogy explores the role of collecting, managing, and using knowledge to the history of state formation and governance.  He received his PhD from Columbia University, his Master’s from the University of Oxford and his Bachelor’s from Princeton University. His work has been featured in many scholarly publications and he has also written for public facing outlets such as The Daily Beast, Inside Higher Ed, and Teen Vogue.  Asheesh was first featured on Episode 21 of the show.  This conversation reflects on the widespread college campus protests in the Spring of 2024 and how administrative forces working against the stated purpose of higher education. Follow the show and Dr. Siddique on X: ⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@AsheeshKSi⁠ Instagram: @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

    52 min

  5. 24/09/2024

    Episode 45: Dr. Rosemary Sherriff and the Dendroecology Lab at Cal Poly Humboldt

    Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. Our guest for this episode is Dr. Rosemary Sherriff, Professor of Geography at Cal Poly Humboldt. We are always excited to feature professors that call our school home. There is a lot of exciting work being done at Humboldt and speaking with faculty about their research and areas of interest is a great reminder of that. Rosemary started at Humboldt in 2009 after completing her PhD and Masters in Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since then, research in her Dendroecology Lab has included western forests ranging from Alaska, the Rockies, to northern California. Recent research themes include stand dynamics and tree-growth response to climate, disturbance and forest management practices in redwood, oak and mixed conifer forests of northwest California; climate and spruce beetle effects across white spruce ecosystems near the North American boreal-tundra margin in southwest Alaska; and mixed-severity fire regimes in Montane forests of the Colorado wildland-urban interface and the broader western U.S. She has a lot on her plate and had just returned from a trip when we had the chance to sit down with her. As an environmental historian who focuses on the areas of climate change, thrivance and food security, Jeff had a lot of questions for Rosemary about her research and the future of Humboldt county. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

    50 min

  6. 17/09/2024

    Episode 44: Dr. Brad Vivian Decodes Anti Higher Ed Language

    Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. And we have a great, helpful and sobering episode for you today. Dr. Bradford Vivian is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. His research and teaching focuses on theories of rhetoric (or the art of persuasion) and public controversies over collective memories of past events. Vivian is the author of four books;  Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education, Commonplace Witnessing: Rhetorical Invention, Historical Remembrance and Public Culture, Public Forgetting: The Rhetoric and Politics of Beginning Again and Being Made Strange: Rhetoric beyond Representation. He is on the show today to discuss his article recently published on Inside Higher Ed entitled The Roots of Anti-University Rhetoric. This conversation focuses on current events and movements in relationship to higher education and the current narratives that are weaponized against it. Follow Brad on X @BVivian14 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

    53 min

  7. 10/09/2024

    Episode 43: Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray on Doom, Hope and Navigating the World As It Is

    Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. This week's guest is Cal Poly Humboldt's own Dr. Sarah Ray. Sarah has been Program Leader of the Environmental Studies Program here at Humboldt since 2013. She received her PhD in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy, with a focal department of English, from the University of Oregon in 2009. She also holds a BA in Religious Studies from Swarthmore College and a MA in American Studies from UT-Austin. In addition to having edited three collections of environmental studies writing, her first book, The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture, published in 2013, explores the ways that environmental discourse often reinforces existing social hierarchies, drawing on a legacy of nativist, racial, and ableist exclusion in environmental history. Her current work is on the role of emotions, mindsets, and collective wisdom in climate justice activism, especially among younger generations. This shift in focus was motivated by the despair she started observing in her students about a decade ago. Focusing on the role of emotions in climate justice advocacy, Ray now teaches, researches, writes, and facilitates workshops and mindfulness courses on the interplay of inner resilience and collective action. Her book on this topic, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet (California, 2020), was written to serve as an existential toolkit for the climate generation. Training this focus on students' emotional engagement with climate justice, she turned her attention to considering how climate education can better meet students' distress and passions about climate injustice. This work has resulted in an international network of educators that crowdsourced an open-access database of "existential tools", and another co-edited volume, both called An Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators (2024). She teaches and advises in the Environmental Studies BA Program and the Environment and Community Master's program. Whew! This conversation is a lot and has it all; it is light and heavy, grounded in reality while being aspirational, flirting with optimism while confronting and anticipating pain and trauma, all surrounding the climate crisis. Let us know what you think of these ideas and read more about Sarah's books here. The Essential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators can be purchased here. A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety can be purchased here. Follow Sarah on X ⁠⁠@sjaquetteray the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

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  8. 03/09/2024

    Episode 42: Dr. Alex Moulton Understands Place Through History

    Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. This week's episode features a conversation with⁠ Dr. Alex Moulton⁠, who is an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Hunter College. Alex is our first geographer on the show, which is exciting! He earned his PhD in Geography from Clark University, with an MS in Geography from East Carolina University and a BSc in Geography and Geology from the University of the West Indies, Mona. His research examines Black geographical epistemologies and history, ecological justice, community resource governance, landscape legacies of colonization, and political ecology of environmental change. Working at the intersection of critical social science, the environmental humanities, and physical geography, his research draws on a range of methodologies and epistemologies. The show focuses on Alex's experience in academia as a student and now a professor, his specific areas of research within geography and how he understands histories and place through the lens of his work. This is a really interesting conversation, where specificity is a real strength. Follow Alex on X ⁠@AMoulton876⁠ the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson

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A podcast that explores the liberal arts as an educational system emphasizing inquiry, personal development and innovation that is foundational to a healthy, inclusive, and progressive society. Cal Poly Humboldt College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Dean and environmental historian Jeff Crane, hosts a wide range of guests whose experiences as students of the liberal arts have shaped their lives in school, as professionals, and in their lives outside of their careers. Presented by Cal Poly Humboldt's College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

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