Political science professor Jennifer McCoy joins us in this episode to discuss the effects of political polarization on American society and democracy, and what it might take to set us on a different course.
Jul 22, 2020
27 min
How did fatherhood come to be — and how has the role been shaped by societies and through time? In this episode, anthropology professor Frank L’Engle Williams discusses the history and evolutionary impact of dads.
Jun 16, 2020
20 min
For social workers, nurses, EMTs and those in other caring professions, trauma can be an occupational hazard. Brian Bride, director of the School of Social Work, discusses his research on secondary traumatic stress among care providers.
May 27, 2020
14 min
In this episode, Christina Fuller, an environmental epidemiologist and assistant professor in the School of Public Health, discusses her research on ultrafine particles in metro Atlanta and the role that trees may play in protecting urban residents.
Apr 14, 2020
18 min
For years, the fight against child trafficking has relied heavily on the criminal justice system, but Jonathan Todres, distinguished university professor in the Georgia State University College of Law, has a different idea. Here, he discusses why he believes we need to focus less on punishment and more on prevention.
Mar 3, 2020
16 min
In this episode, anthropologist Kathryn Kozaitis, author of the new book “Indebted: An Ethnography of Despair and Resilience in Greece’s […]
Feb 4, 2020
15 min
In this episode, we talk to Dawn Aycock, associate professor in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, about why more young adults are having strokes and what she’s doing to help young people understand and reduce their risk.
Jan 14, 2020
17 min
In this episode, we chat with Mary Helen O’Connor, assistant professor of English at Perimeter College and director of the Center for Community Engagement, about refugee health and the university’s new Prevention Research Center in Clarkston, Ga., a resettlement hub for refugees outside Atlanta.
Dec 3, 2019
22 min
In this episode, we chat with Dominic Parrott, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Research on Interpersonal Violence, about the relationship between alcohol and assault.
Oct 9, 2019
18 min
In this episode, we chat with Cynthia Cornelissen, professor of biomedical sciences, about the threat of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea and her work to develop the world’s first vaccine.
Aug 29, 2019
25 min
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