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Season 2, Episode 5: Etown College Alumnus Spotlight: W. Miller Barbour \u2732, Civil Rights Leader
No full textIn celebration of Black History Month, this episode spotlights a notable, African American Etown College alumnus, W. Miller Barbour (also known as William Miller Barbour). Hailing from nearby Middletown, PA, Barbour was one of the college’s first African American graduates, studying in the liberal arts program and graduating in 1932. He then went on to pursue a Master’s degree in social work at the University of Pennsylvania before embarking on a career as a scholar and activist, fighting for African American rights around housing and employment through leadership positions at the National Urban League.
A group of Etown faculty, staff, and recent alums are working together on a research project about Barbour’s life, work, and legacy. Librarian Josh Cohen speaks with some of the team, including Jean-Paul Benowitz, director of prestigious scholarships and Public Heritage Studies; Peter Depuydt, a retired librarian and archivist; Abigail Sholes \u2723, a History and Social Studies Education major who graduated in December; and a returning guest to the podcast, Eric Schubert \u2723, who has been working as a forensic genetic genealogist for the company Othram Incorporated since graduating last May.
It was a pleasure to be able to talk with them about their research, which they hope to publish prior to the college’s 125th anniversary celebration in the Fall 2024
American Political Culture in Transition: The Erosion of Consensus and Democratic Norms
No full textThis article identifies and examines the major characteristics, trends, and tendencies in American political culture and political performance that have been evolving in recent years, for a comprehensive picture of how Americans perceive and believe about their country and its political system. The analysis places the findings in a comparative perspective, provides relevant insights from other Western democracies, and discusses the implications of the findings for American democracy. Many links to high-quality, cost-free online sources are offered to facilitate further study of relevant aspects of the contemporary situation of the United States. (https://www.opeu.org.br/2024/02/29/american-political-culture-in-transition-the-erosion-of-consensus-and-democratic-norms/
Season 2, Episode 6: Creating an LGBTQ+ Dictionary in Arabic with Samhar Almomani \u2724
No full textIn the March episode of the library podcast, we welcome graduating senior, Samhar Almomani, to discuss his work creating an LGBTQ+ dictionary in Arabic. The dictionary includes both terminology and spotlights notable figures and events in LGBTQ+ history in the Middle East.
Samhar is a public health major at Etown College with a special interest in addressing healthcare disparities. He recently presented on his dictionary project at the American Public Health Association conference
Season 2, Episode 4: On Race and Racial Equity in Higher Education with Dr. Kesha Morant Williams
No full textThis episode features a conversation with Dr. Kesha Morant Williams, Etown College’s Senior Advisor for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging. We discuss Dr. Williams’ 2021 essay, “I Can Breathe,” published in Survive and Thrive: A Journal for the Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine. In the essay, she reflects on a racist hate crime she experienced on the campus of Penn State Berks when she worked there in 2020. We also discuss other topics around race in the United States, including the concept of “Black respectability,” the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in higher education, and her work promoting diversity, equity, and belonging at Elizabethtown College
Season 2, Episode 7: Novelist Curtis Smith On His Latest Book, The Lost and the Blind
No full textCurtis Smith is a novelist and essayist who works at Etown College as the Assistant Director of Academic Advising and teaches in the English department and the First Year Seminar program. In this final episode of Season 2, Smith returns to the podcast to discuss his sixth novel, The Lost and the Blind. The novel centers on a 17-year-old boy named Mark Hayes who lives in a highly unstable family situation with a drug-addicted single mother who is often absent for long stretches of time, leaving Mark to fend for himself without many resources and very limited guidance. Some of Smith\u27s other recent publications include the novels The Magpie\u27s Return and Lovepain as well as the essay collection Communion.
If you are interested in purchasing The Lost and the Blind, you can find a copy in print, ebook format, or as an audiobook from most online booksellers, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop. You can also find a copy at the High Library
Season 2, Episode 3: Directing Julia Cho’s play The Language Archive : A Conversation with Bruce Walsh
No full textIn this episode of the podcast, Bruce Walsh, who teaches playwriting and acting at Elizabethtown College, talks about directing Julia Cho’s 2012 play, The Language Archive. The play focuses on the character of George, a linguist who studies and tries to preserve dying languages. Although language is his field of study, he struggles to communicate with other people, particularly with his wife, Mary, who leaves him at the start of the play
Season 2, Episode 2: Music Therapy for Veterans: A Conversation with Nicole Pinnella and Emily Frantz
No full textIn this conversation, recorded earlier this summer, Etown music therapy student Nicole Pinnella discusses her summer research project on the benefits of providing music therapy for veterans. She is joined by her professor and faculty mentor, Emily Frantz, who serves as Etown College\u27s director of the music therapy program. For those listeners unfamiliar with the profession of music therapy, you will learn more about what music therapy is and how it can impact people\u27s lives. Plus, Nicole will also discuss her passion for music therapy, how she decided on this career, and how she developed an interest in working with veterans
Season 1, Episode 9: Using Archival Materials in Pre-service Teacher Education: A Conversation with Rachel Grove Rohrbaugh and Brian Booker
No full textIn this archives-focused episode, host Josh Cohen got the opportunity to talk with High Library archivist, Rachel Grove Rohrbaugh, and Education faculty member, Brian Booker, about their collaboration for Education students in Brian\u27s Social Studies Methods course. Rachel and Brian worked together to create an assignment requiring the students to use archival resources to create a short K-12 social studies lesson. In the January/February issue of the publication Archival Outlook, Rachel published an article about this project, titled, “Make an Impact with Archival Outreach to Preservice Teachers: Instructing Students to Teach with Primary Sources.” We discuss that collaboration and its goals and how K-12 social studies teachers can benefit from incorporating primary source materials into their instruction. Plus, we highlight the High Library\u27s Hess Archives collections which feature materials related to the Church of the Brethren, the Elizabethtown College archives, and collections related to Anabaptist and Pietist groups. For archivists and others interested in Rachel\u27s work with Brian\u27s class, here is a link to the href= https://libraryguides.etown.edu/socialstudies\u3elibrary guide that Rachel created and which we reference in the episode
Season 1, Episode 7: The Amish Response to COVID Vaccines with Alexander Waskiewicz and Dr. Steven Nolt
No full textAre you interested in how the Amish population in the U. S. responded to the COVID vaccine in 2021? In this JayPod episode, host Josh Cohen spoke with Etown College student Alexander Waskiewicz, who recently completed a research project to try to understand how Old Order Amish populations reacted to news of the vaccine and how public health outreach efforts might be improved to better communicate with these populations. He completed his research in consultation with Etown College Professor of History and Anabaptist Studies, Dr. Steven Nolt. We discuss what Alex discovered as well as how some Old Order Amish communities tend to approach health care decisions and illness more broadly. It was a fascinating conversation on a topic that host Josh Cohen was eager to learn more about. Alex is a junior at Etown, majoring in political science and public health. Dr. Nolt is a nationally recognized scholar on Anabaptist and Pietist Groups and has published many books on the Amish, Mennonites, and on Pennsylvania German history and culture. Some of his books include The Amish: A Concise Introduction and A History of the Amish