Zet Forward

Podcast 11: “Medievalisms In A Global Age,” with Dr. Angela Weisl and Professor Rachael Warmington

We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled: Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: “Medievalisms In A Global Age,” (Cambridge, England: Boydell & Brewer, 2024) features an interview with Dr. Angela Weisl, Professor and Chair of the Department of English and Professor Rachael Warmington, Head of the Digital Humanities Faculty Learning Community which is part of the Center for Faculty Development at Seton Hall University. Each discusses their respective research and writing process along with related perspectives on this recently published title.

Publication Website (Boydell & Brewer)

Dr. Angela Weisl - Faculty Profile Page

Professor Rachael Warmington - Faculty Profile Page

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Episode 10: Front Office Fantasies with Dr. Branden Buehler

Our guest for this episode is Dr. Branden Buehler. Dr. Buehler is in the Department of Communication, Media, and Arts at Seton Hall University, where he is an Associate Professor of Visual and Sound Media.

Branden Buehler is a media studies scholar who received his Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His research centers around sports media, with a particular focus on sports television and sports media industries. His book Front Office Fantasies: The Rise of Managerial Sports Media, which examines the ubiquity of sports media texts focused on administrative figures and bureaucratic duties, was published by University of Illinois Press in 2023. We will be discussing Front Office Fantasies on this episode. 

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Episode 9: All American Boys with Brendan Kiely

Our guest for this episode is Professor Brendan Kiely. Professor Kiely is a Writer-in- Residence in the English Department at Seton Hall University, where he teaches about fiction writing. He is The New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys (with Jason Reynolds), Tradition, The Last True Love Story, and The Gospel of Winter. His most recent book is The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege. His work has been published in over a dozen languages, and has received the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, the Walter Dean Meyers Award, and ALA’s Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults. 

In this episode, we discuss his New York Times Best Seller All American Boys. The New York Public Library has selected All-American Boys for its Teen Banned Book Club. The novel, tells the story of two teens—one Black, one white—grappling with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country divided by racial tension.

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Episode 8: Seton Hall University: A History, 1856-2006 with Dr. Dermot Quinn

We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled: Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: “Seton Hall University: A History, 1856-2006," features an interview with Dr. Dermot Quinn from the Department of History. He discusses the research and writing process associated with this recently published book. 

Quinn, Dermot. Seton Hall University: A History, 1856-2006. Rutgers University Press, 2023. 

Publication Website (Rutgers University Press)

Dr. Dermot Quinn - Faculty Profile Page

 

Episode 7: Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition with Dr. James Daniel

In this episode we discuss Dr. James Daniel's book "Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition." The book argues that capitalism is responsible for the entangled catastrophes of the twenty-first century, and that it must accordingly become a central focus in the teaching of writing. Daniel calls for an ambitious re-imagining of composition as a discipline opposed to capitalism's excesses.

Dr. Daniel is an Assistant Professor of English and Director of Basic Writing and Assessment in the English Department at Seton Hall University. His research theorizes how the writing classroom can valuably explore issues of precarity, economic inequality, and workers’ rights.

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Episode 6: The Republic of the Church with Dr. Bill Connell

Dr. Bill Connell discusses "The Republic of the Church," the first history of the Catholic Church written by a layperson. All of the early histories of the church from the three hundreds up until this writer, in 1541, were written by priests. According to Dr. Connell, it can be called the first modern history of the church. Dr. Connell is Seton Hall's La Motta Chair of Italian Studies and specializes in medieval and early modern intellectual history.

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Episode 5: Podcast on Historical Scholarship on Brazil and Japan – Dr. Anne Giblin Gedacht & Dr. Kirsten Schultz

We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled: Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: “Historical Scholarship on Brazil and Japan,” features an interview with with Dr. Anne Giblin Gedacht and Dr. Kirsten Schultz from the Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences at Seton Hall University. Each discusses their respective research and writing process along with related perspectives on their recently published books.

Gedacht, Anne Giblin. Tōhoku Unbounded: Regional Identity and the Mobile Subject in Prewar Japan. Brill, 2023.

Publication Website (Brill)

Dr. Anne Giblin Gedacht - Faculty Profile Page

Schultz, Kirsten. From Conquest to Colony: Empire, Wealth, and Difference in Eighteenth-Century Brazil. Yale University Press, 2023.

Publication Website (Yale University Press)

Dr. Kirsten Schultz - Faculty Profile Page

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Episode 4: Social Media, Religion, and Feminism with Dr. Ruth Tsuria

If you are interested in the varied aspects that comprise Digital Scholarship from a Communications, Religious, Feminist, and Social Sciences perspective, this podcast will provide an overview of the latest scholarship in this field. Join the University Libraries as we welcome the insights provided by Dr. Ruth Tsuria who co-edited a work with Dr. Heidi Campbell (Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University) entitled: Digital Religion, Understanding Religious Practice in Digital Media, 2^nd ed. (Routledge, 2021)

Digital Religion, Understanding Religious Practice (Publishers Site)

Dr. Ruth Tsuria Profile Page

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Episode 3: American Catholicism with Dr. Margaret McGuinness and Dr. Tom Rzeznik

If you are interested in the varied aspects that comprise the American Catholic experience especially in both a historical and contemporary context, this podcast will provide an overview of the latest scholarship in this field. Join University Libraries as we interview insights are provided by Dr. Margaret McGuiness and Dr. Tom Rzeznik who co-edited their latest work entitled: The Cambridge Companion of American Catholicism (Cambridge University, 2021).

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Cambridge Companion of American Catholicism

Dr. Thomas Rzeznik - Profile Page, Seton Hall University

Dr. Margaret McGuinness - Profile Page

Episode 2: School Reform with Dr. Christopher Tienken

If you are interested in school reform issues like high stakes standardized testing, the influence of curriculum quality on student outcomes, and charter schools, this podcast will help you put these issues in better context. Please join us for an enlightening conversation with Dr. Christopher Tienken, an associate professor of Education Leadership, Management, and Policy at Seton Hall University in the College of Education and Human Services. The interview covers Dr. Tienkens's book The School Reform Landscape Reloaded: More Fraud, Myths, and Lies and his new book, with Carol Mullen, The Risky Business of Education Policy.

You can find Dr. Tienken on Twitter @ChrisTienken and also at his website.

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