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  1. 4D AGO

     Behind the Curtain with Professor EJ Westlake 

    EJ Westlake, Professor and Chair of Theatre, Film and Media Arts, shares insights into her vast and varied work with plays, which includes her experiences directing, writing, and conducting research. She discusses her award-winning play about Amelia Earhart’s life, exploits, and ultimate tragedy. She also speaks on her many research and academic interests, including historical pageants, […]

    33 min

  2. OCT 29

    Sarah Neville: Exploring the Bounds of Book History

    Sarah Neville, Associate Professor of English and Theater, Film, and Media Arts, discusses her role as a book historian, editorial theorist, and creative director of Lord Denney’s Players. Neville emphasizes the importance of the materiality of books, not just as containers for text, but as objects that hold meaning and historical significance. Neville also elaborates […]

    33 min

  3. OCT 22

    Kym McDaniel: Artist, Educator, Intuitive Filmmaker

    Kym McDaniel, Assistant Professor of Dance, shares her wide range of experiences with experimental filmmaking, dance, writing, interdisciplinary art, choreography, education, and the world of disability studies. She talks about her body of work, which is often informed by personal and perceived experiences of disability, injury, and trauma, with her recent film Document with No […]

    32 min

  4. OCT 8

    John Herbert: Not All Science is Going to Take Us to the Moon – And That’s Okay

    John Herbert, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, discusses his work in computational molecular quantum mechanics and quantum chemistry with host David Staley. Herbert describes machine learning, cost-effective training data for AI models and the need for low-cost computational methods, which he calls “computing for the proletariat”. Professor Herbert also shares his insights on the culture […]

    23 min

  5. OCT 1

    Nyama McCarthy-Brown: Everybody is a Dancer

    Nyama McCarthy-Brown, Associate Professor of Dance Pedagogy through Community Engagement, discusses her work and achievements in dance pedagogy and community engagement. She also talks about the Ohio State Artist Laureate program, and her experience as the inaugural Laureate in 2023. Dr. Brown talks with host David Staley about her book, Skin Colored Pointes, which explores […]

    30 min

  6. SEP 18

    Adam Fromme: Designing the Future

    Adam Fromme, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Design and contributor to the College of Nursing’s Master of Healthcare Innovation Program, discusses his podcast, Thinking Through Design, which explores the process and mindset behind design work. With host David Staley, he discusses the origins and target audience of the podcast, the importance of […]

    30 min

  7. SEP 10

    Catalina Iannone: Iberian Urban Explorer

    My way of making a more specific entry into that conversation is to focus on urban environments, to focus on cities. I am interested in the interplay between the way that we talk about spaces, the way that we talk about cities, neighborhoods, the people that inhabit them, and how that actually has an impact in the way that these areas develop

    34 min

  8. SEP 3

    Bryan Carstens: How AI Can Predict Undescribed Mammals

    Bryan Carstens, Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, discusses his research on phylogeography, molecular ecology, and systematics. Carstens’ lab uses genetic data to understand the evolutionary history of animals. A bat biologist by training, he delves into fieldwork processes, the importance of museum collections, and technological advancements like DNA sequencing and AI in his […]

    29 min
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