Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Associate Professor of History, Jason Sharples, Ph.D., and they discuss how looking to the past can bring clarity to the present. Dr. Jason Sharples is a historian, author and Associate Professor of American History and World Civilizations in Florida Atlantic University's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of History. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-That-Fear-Made-Conspiracy/dp/0812252195/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=">The World That Fear Made: Slave Revolts and Conspiracy Scares in Early America (Early American Studies)</a>

Slavery and Fear in Early America, Jason Sharples, Ph.D.

In Conversation is a podcast that features faculty from Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, talking with Dean Michael Horswell, Ph.D., about research and creative activity that spans the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Each episode spotlights a professor whose scholarly work is affecting the world in a significant way. Listeners will not only learn of the latest developments in the many academic disciplines of the college, but will gain insight into the creative and critical processes our scholars and artists brings to their projects. In Conversation is a production of Dr. Kevin Petrich and journalism students in FAU’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies.