American Campus Podcast

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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a social and political history of higher education

  1. 3D AGO

    The history of college learning disability accommodations with Scott Gelber

    References and suggested readings: Scott M. Gelber. 2024. From Compensation to Accommodation: The History of Learning Disabilities in American Higher Education. History of Education Quarterly.Scott M. Gelber. 2020. Grading the College: A History of Evaluating Teaching and Learning. Johns Hopkins University Press.Scott M. Gelber. 2015. Courtrooms and Classrooms: A Legal History of American College Access, 1860-1960. Johns Hopkins University Press.Scott M. Gelber. 2011. The University and the People: Envisioning American Higher Education in an Era of Populist Protest. University of Wisconsin Press.Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    19 min

  2. 5D AGO

    India's pipeline to Silicon Valley with Dwaipayan Banerjee

    It only flows one way. References and suggested readings: Dwaipayan Banerjee. 2026. Computing in the Age of Decolonization: India’s Lost Technological Revolution. Princeton University Press. Dwai Banerjee’s faculty page@dwai_banerjee on X, @dwaibanerjee on Instagram Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    52 min

  3. MAR 25

    Publishing your academic book after leaving academia with Danielle Casarez Lemi

    References and suggested readings: Danielle Casarez Lemi. 2026. Doing Identity Labor: How Mixed-Race Politicians Disrupt Descriptive Representation. Oxford University Press.Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Casarez Lemi. 2021. Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites. Oxford University Press.Kelly Clancy’s Epilogue EditingMaria Ressa. 2023. How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future. Harper Perennial.Real Housewives on Bravo90 Day Fiance on TLC GoDanielle Casarez Lemi’s website, LinkedIn, and consulting Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    16 min
  4. Pioneer Fund, the dark money trust that won't let race science die with John P. Jackson Jr.

    MAR 22

    Pioneer Fund, the dark money trust that won't let race science die with John P. Jackson Jr.

    References and suggested readings: John P. Jackson, Jr. 2005. Science for Segregation: Race, Law, and the Case Against Brown V. Board of Education. New York University Press. John P. Jackson, Jr. 2001. Social Scientists for Social Justice: Making the Case Against Segregation. New York University Press.John P. Jackson, Jr. books on bookshop.orgJohn P. Jackson, Jr. websiteSupport the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    33 min

  5. MAR 18

    China and the decline of American universities with Mark S. Ferrara

    References and suggested readings: Mark S. Ferrara. 2015. Palace of Ashes: China and the Decline of American Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. Tessa Hulls. 2025. Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Novel. Picador. Olga Tokarczuk. 2025. House of Day, House of Night. Riverhead Books. Daniel Biebuyck. 2021. The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga. The University of California Press. Mark Ferrara’s faculty pageSupport the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    31 min

  6. MAR 15

    Why white nationalists love Plato with Curtis Dozier

    Plus! Voltaire, antisemitism, the West as a concept, and the Great Replacement theory References and suggested readings: Curtis Dozier. 2026. The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate. Yale University Press. Dozier’s website, Pharos: Doing Justice to the ClassicsDan-el Padilla Peralta. 2025. Classicism and Other Phobias. Princeton University Press.Jack Jenkins. 2021.American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country. HarperCollins.The X Files, HuluCurtis Dozier on BlueSky: @curtisdozier.bsky.socialPharos on FacebookSupport the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    45 min
  7. Jesse Jackson and “Western Culture” at Stanford with John K. Wilson

    MAR 11

    Jesse Jackson and “Western Culture” at Stanford with John K. Wilson

    "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Western Culture's got to go!" References and suggested readings: John K. Wilson. February 19, 2026. Jesse Jackson and the Myth of the Stanford Chant. Inside Higher Ed.John K. Wilson. 1995. The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education. Duke University Press.Brian Soucek. 2026. The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education. University of Chicago Press.John Tomasi and Bernard Schweizer, eds. 2026. Viewpoint Diversity: What It Is, Why We Need It, and How to Get It. Heresy Press.John K. Wilson’s columns in Inside Higher EdJohn K. Wilson on TwitterImage credit: “Jesse Jackson and students protest Western Culture program on Palm Drive, photograph, 1987,” Stanford Stories From the Archives, Stanford University Libraries online exhibit. Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    23 min

  8. MAR 8

    L. Brent Bozell, trad Cath intellectual with Joshua Tait

    References and suggested readings: Joshua Tait. January 12, 2026. “Stitching Banners to an Exiled King”: Triumph, Radical Traditionalism, and the Temptation of Despair. To Live is to Maneuver.Daniel J. Flynn. 2025. The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer. Encounter Books.Tait’s To Live is To Maneuver newsletterThe Associated Press. May 17, 2024. Conservative activist’s son sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for ‘relentless’ attack on Capitol. POLITICO. Darrin M. McMahon. 2002. Enemies of the Enlightenment: The French Counter-Enlightenment and the Making of Modernity. Oxford University Press.Midge Decter. 2001. An Old Wife’s Tale: My Seven Decades in Love and War. William Morrow.Isaac Asimov. 1991. Foundation. Spectra.Arkady Martine. 2020. A Memory Called Empire. Tor Books.Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.

    31 min
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a social and political history of higher education

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  • Creator
    Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    116
  • Rating
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    © 2026 American Campus Podcast
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