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…
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In Conversation w/Nuria Godón: “Counterhegemonic voices: Dulce Dueño by Emilia Pardo Bazán and beyond”
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Dr. Nuria Godón about her most recent co-edited book, Dulce Dueño [ Sweet Master ] (Stockcero, 2025), and the importance of offering an accessible, critical, and annotated Spanish edition of the last novel by Spanish-Galician writer Emilia Pardo Bazán. The conversation highlights the novel's interpretation as a female Bildungsroman , moving beyond Pardo…
In Conversation w/Nuria Godón: “Counterhegemonic voices: Dulce Dueño by Emilia Pardo Bazán and beyond”
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Dr. Nuria Godón about her most recent co-edited book, Dulce Dueño [ Sweet Master ] (Stockcero, 2025), and the importance of offering an accessible, critical, and annotated Spanish edition of the last novel by Spanish-Galician writer Emilia Pardo Bazán. The conversation highlights the novel's interpretation as a female Bildungsroman , moving beyond Pardo…
In Conversation w/Rachel Harris: Beyond the Battlefield
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Rachel Harris about her recent research on the IDF archive and the early formation of Israeli film culture. Their conversation moves beyond the finished article to the process itself: what it means to actually undertake archival research, to work inside military and state archives, and to piece together a history from fragmentary, uneven, and sometimes…
In Conversation w/Rachel Harris: Beyond the Battlefield
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Rachel Harris about her recent research on the IDF archive and the early formation of Israeli film culture. Their conversation moves beyond the finished article to the process itself: what it means to actually undertake archival research, to work inside military and state archives, and to piece together a history from fragmentary, uneven, and sometimes…
In Conversation: The Power of Chatbots to Control Human Knowledge
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Susan Schneider, as they discuss her book, Artificial You: AI And The Future of Your Mind and the subject of Alien Intelligence and A.I. Dr. Susan Schneider is a philosopher and cognitive scientist whose work focuses on AI consciousness, the simulation hypothesis, and the future of intelligence. Her recent research spans questions such as whether advanced…
In Conversation: The Power of Chatbots to Control Human Knowledge
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Susan Schneider, as they discuss her book, Artificial You: AI And The Future of Your Mind and the subject of Alien Intelligence and A.I. Dr. Susan Schneider is a philosopher and cognitive scientist whose work focuses on AI consciousness, the simulation hypothesis, and the future of intelligence. Her recent research spans questions such as whether advanced…
In Conversation: Regenerative Agriculture And America's Food System
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Stephanie Anderson about the many challenges within America's food and farming system, and how regenerative agriculture, female leadership, and consumer support can help address them. Bio: Stephanie Anderson is the author of From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture (The New Press, 2024). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus,…
In Conversation: Regenerative Agriculture And America's Food System
In this episode, Dean Horswell chats with Stephanie Anderson about the many challenges within America's food and farming system, and how regenerative agriculture, female leadership, and consumer support can help address them. Bio: Stephanie Anderson is the author of From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture (The New Press, 2024). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus,…
In Conversation: South Florida's Affordable Housing Crisis (Full Podcast)
Philip Lewin is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department. His current research focuses on housing insecurity in South Florida. He recently completed an Emergency Housing Study and Policy Response Analysis for the City of Lake Worth Beach, which examined the scope, causes, and consequences of housing distress across the city; analyzed the impacts of recent state legislation on local…
In Conversation: South Florida's Affordable Housing Crisis
Philip Lewin is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department. His current research focuses on housing insecurity in South Florida. He recently completed an Emergency Housing Study and Policy Response Analysis for the City of Lake Worth Beach, which examined the scope, causes, and consequences of housing distress across the city; analyzed the impacts of recent state legislation on local…