American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of higher education
Episodes
124 episodes
Hands Off Higher Ed: May Day 2026 with Anne Balay
Find May Day events near you in the resources below:Higher Education Labor United websiteHELU May Day events mapMay Day S...
Culture wars come for French universities (Part 2)
This is Part I of a conversation with Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Eléana Sanchez, and Jonathan Hauser. Listen to Part I here.References and suggested readings:<...
Culture wars come for French universities (Part 1)
This is Part I of a conversation with Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Eléana Sanchez, and Jonathan Hauser. Stay tuned for Part II next.References and suggested readings:Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer. 2025.
Higher ed in the 21st century economy with What Works podcast
I know, I know, it’s Frankenstein’s monster…Thanks to Tara McMullin for inviting me to talk about 21st century higher education on the What Works podcast.Follow along with What Work...
Young Americans for Freedom with Daniel Ruggles
On YAF, the male loneliness epidemic, evangelicals v. trad Caths, and much more.References and suggested readings:
Blame the Intern with Alexandre Frenette
Colleges really come out on top in the education-industrial complex.References and suggested readings:Alexandre Frenette. 2026. Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking Int...
Made up college rankings with Jonathan Beecher Field
Create your own college ranking list! The parameters are totally up to you. Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. JBF will pick the winner of MANY FREE BOOKS!References and suggested readings:
Sex testing and the path to transvestigating college athletes with Johanna Mellis
The International Olympic Committee’s decision to sex test professional athletes, and what that means for college sports. References and suggested readings:Johanna Mellis
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 H...
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
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. O...
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 ...
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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...
Why white nationalists love Plato with Curtis Dozier
Plus! Voltaire, antisemitism, the West as a concept, and the Great Replacement theoryReferences and suggested readings:Curtis Dozier. 2026. The White Pedestal: How Whi...
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.
L. Brent Bozell, trad Cath intellectual with Joshua Tait
References and suggested readings:Joshua Tait. January 12, 2026. “Stitching Banners to an E...
Why is there an American university in Beirut? with Betty S. Anderson
Imperialism! Protestantism! Liberal Pragmatism!References and suggested readings:Betty S. Anderson. 2011. The American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liber...
Academics in the Epstein files with Andy Hines
References and suggested readings: Alan Blinder. February 16, 2026. Epstein’s Ties With Academics Show the Seedy Side of Colleg...
Do we still have race conscious admissions after SFA v. Harvard? with Julie J. Park
Sort of.References and suggested readings:Julie J. Park. 2026. Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era. Harvard Educatio...
Progressive origins of eugenics with Mark Torres
A homegrown science.References and suggested readings:Mark A. Torres. 2025. Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance. The Histo...
TurningPointUSA after Charlie Kirk with Hope Pisoni
References and suggested readings:Hope Pisoni. February 18, 2026.
On reconstructing Cherokee education with Julie L. Reed
References and suggested readings:Julie L. Reed. 2026. Land, Language, and Women: A Cherokee and American Educational History. University of North Carolina ...
Black college women after emancipation with Linda Perkins
References and suggested readings:Linda M. Perkins. 2024. To Advance the Race: Black Women's Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s. Universi...
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