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Lori Clune
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Exploring new research in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Fresno State.

Episodes

  1. Jun 11

    Episode 3: Jennifer Randles

    Jennifer Randles, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean in the College of Social Sciences here at Fresno State has joined us to discuss her research, which concerns social and economic inequities that affect American family life.  We discuss her first two book projects -- Proposing Prosperity? Marriage Education Policy and Inequality in America (Columbia, 2017) and Essential Dads: The Inequities and Politics of Fathering (UC Press, 2020), which served as building blocks for her most recent work -- Living Diaper to Diaper: The Hidden Crisis of Poverty and Motherhood (UC Press, 2026). "An urgent spotlight on a dire injustice." ― Publisher's Weekly

    1h 8m

  2. May 31

    Episode 2: Hanayo Oya

    Hanayo Oya, Assistant Professor in Media, Communications, and Journalism in the College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State joins host Lori Clune to discuss her work as a documentary filmmaker, specifically as producer/director of the critically-acclaimed Boy Soldiers: The Secret War in Okinawa (2018) and co-producer on Netflix's Emmy-nominated documentary series, Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024).

    46 min

  3. May 30

    David Low, Transgressive Humor in Classrooms

    David E. Low, Professor, Department of Teacher Preparation, Kremen School of Education, Fresno State, joins host Lori Clune to discuss his book, Transgressive Humor in Classrooms:  Punching Up, Punching Down, and Critical Literacy Practices (Routledge, 2024).

    37 min
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Exploring new research in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Fresno State.

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    Lori Clune
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