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Rating British Departments (JP Pardo-Guerra)

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Rating British Departments (JP Pardo-Guerra)
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In this episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, we discuss the British system of evaluating departments’ scholarly productivity with JP Pardo-Guerra from the University of California, San Diego. JP recently authored “Research Metrics, Labor Markets, and Epistimc Change: Evidence from Britain, 1970 – 2018“. Pardo-Guerra explains how the system works, and how it shapes intellectual production. Special guest co-host Charles Gomez (CUNY Queens College).

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New Digital Inequalities (Matt Rafalow)

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New Digital Inequalities (Matt Rafalow)
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Today, The Annex talks to Matt Rafalow (Google) about how social inequalities in education and technology persist after all students gain access to devices and the Internet. His new book, Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era (University of Chicago) presents the results of an ethnographic study that investigates how teachers encourage different kinds of digital engagement to the children of different social classes and races. Guest hosts Ellen Meiser (University of Hawaii) and Nga Than (CUNY Graduate Center).

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Succeeding in Online Learning

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Succeeding in Online Learning
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COVID19 has pushed school online, and learning online is a new experience for a lot of students. In today’s episode of the QC Pod, we talk to Queens College’s educational technology gurus — Eva Fernandez and Michelle Fraboni — to discuss how students succeed while studying online.

Eva Fernandez is Queens College’s Associate Provost for Innovation and Student Success, and a Professor of Linguistics and Communications. Michelle Fraboni is an Assistant Professor of Education at Queens College. They are, respectively, the former and current Directors of Queens College’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

For more tips and information on College resources, visit Queens College’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

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The Challenge of Chairing (Wynn, Besen-Cassino and Weeden)

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The Challenge of Chairing (Wynn, Besen-Cassino and Weeden)
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Today, The Annex is pleased to present a very special episode assembled by Jonathan Wynn from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on the challenges of chairing sociology departments in the face of COVID19 and the many other challenges society faces. He is joined by two experienced departmental leaders, Yasemin Bessen-Cassino (Montclair State) and Kim Weeden (Cornell University).

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Teaching During COVID

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Teaching During COVID
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In today’s episode of the QC Pod, we talk to Eva Fernandez and Michelle Fraboni, two of Queens College’s teaching and technologies gurus, about how to serve our students while COVID19 forces us online. Eva Fernandez is Queens College’s Associate Provost for Innovation and Student Success, and a Professor of Linguistics and Communications. Michelle Fraboni is an Assistant Professor of Education at Queens College. They are, respectively, the former and current Directors of Queens College’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

For more tips and information on College resources, visit Queens College’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

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Vocational Training and Working Class Colleges

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Vocational Training and Working Class Colleges
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We discuss whether working class students are served well by a higher ed curriculum that eschews vocational training.

Recently, Albert Fu (Kutztown) pushed back on those who oppose fielding curricula with vocational focuses.

I teach at a school that serves working class students, and this view struck a chord with me. I assembled a panel of faculty teaching at colleges who teach at colleges that serve the working class to discuss the role of vocational training in higher ed.

Albert Fu is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Kutztown University.

Michelle Corbin is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Worcester State University.

Colby King is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, Upstate.

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Financialization of Higher Education (Charlie Eaton)

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Financialization of Higher Education (Charlie Eaton)
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We meet with Charlie Eaton (University of California, Merced) to discuss the increasing role of finance in higher education. Charlie was recently the lead author of “The Financialization of U.S. Higher Education” in Socio-Economic Review. 

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Valuing Public Scholarship (Marybeth Stalp)

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Valuing Public Scholarship (Marybeth Stalp)
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In this episode, we discuss #scicomm, its role in academic work, and its intersection with gender in the academic workplace. What is the value of a scholar’s production on new media?

Our guest today is Marybeth Stalp from the University of Northern Iowa. We are also joined by special guest host Sarah Patterson from the University of Michigan.

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Reactions to Perceived Shortages in Marriageable Men

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Reactions to Perceived Shortages in Marriageable Men
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In a previous episode, we discussed research claiming to identify perceptions that there are shortages of marriageable men for women with college degrees. Today, we discuss popular reactions to this perceived shortage.

Our guest is Eric Schwartz, Editorial Director at Columbia University Press.

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Chinese Students in U.S. Schools (Yingyi Ma)

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Chinese Students in U.S. Schools (Yingyi Ma)
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Today, we meet Yingyi Ma from Syracuse University. Yingyi recently published Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education with Columbia University Press. We discuss the challenges facing college students from China, and how to create learning environments that can help them succeed.