TheProfPodquest
Join us on an inspiring journey through higher education innovation. A search and celebration of game-changing educators in every corner of the country. This is the Prof Podquest, hosted by lifelong learner and journalist Sara Shookman. From Sixth City Marketing.
Episodes
Dr. Beth Thomas is teaching her students at Cleveland State University to put ethics into their social media decision-making. She works with nearby businesses of all sizes to find real-world applications for her senior public relations students. We talk about how she's helping brands and soon-to-be professionals embrace near-constant change online.
Beth Thomas and her students run the CSU School of Communication account on Inst...
Dr. Craig Froehle takes an engineering approach to making business better, creating modeling, and research that provides tangible answers and improvements as professor of Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems at the University of Cincinnati. He unpacks how artificial intelligence will continue to impact us all.
Much of Dr. Froehle’s research is online on Google Scholar. You can also follow his posts on Medium,...
Dr. Jenny King is a trauma and nervous system-informed social worker, therapist, and educator determined to help us slow down, check in, and understand ourselves a bit more. In this chaotic, post-pandemic world, she shares her techniques with us all on social media and inside the Center on Trauma and Adversity at Case Western Reserve University.
You can find out more about Dr. King and explore some of her shared resources on her we...
As a fashion designer, Trista L. Greider has sketched Wrangler jeans and costume ball gowns. Now a senior lecturer at Kent State University’s School of Fashion, Mrs. G - as she's called - focuses her courses on computer-aided design. She's also the study away coordinator. Her own international career puts her in a unique position to advise students as they study fashion across the globe.
Brenda Sarmiento-Quezada can share her love for tacos in two languages, as the Netflix-featured Purdue professor uses food and bilingual education to honor her background as a native of Mexico City who moved to the U.S. as a teen. Her focus is on creating a new generation of educators who celebrate bilingualism, impacting the lives of their students and communities.
You can find Brenda on Instagram @doctorabrendasq. In San Antonio,...
Today on our program, meet professors Melissa Dreisbach and Heather Pollock. These two professors, with very different backgrounds, are intent on collaboration and innovation at the University of Akron. They’re experimenting with an "[Un]class" on social justice in sports - examining how athletes shape our views - to engage students in action-oriented solutions.
True Jeopardy! fans might already know his name. They seem to know everything else. Professor Emeritus Daniel Melia still drives the Corvette he won as a five-time Jeopardy! champion. He was married on the set! His day job focused on Rhetoric and Celtic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Daniel Melia is enjoying retirement, but is still active with UC Berkeley. You can find him on LinkedIn.
On today’s show, we talk to the viral sensation known as Prof Tato. University of Michigan Ross School of Business professor Dr. Ryan T. Ball is known for his humorous and relatable teaching techniques, used to bring accounting to life.
Follow 'Prof Tato' on Tiktok @prof.tato
Get a taste of Ryan Ball's teaching style here:
Today on our program, meet Dr. Elizabeth Scala – or as most of her fans call her, 'Swiftie Prof.' The English literature expert and professor at University of Texas at Austin has dedicated a class to the lyrical stylings and songbook of Taylor Swift.
Follow 'Swiftie Prof' on Instagram @swiftieprof
Dr. Scala is hosting a The Taylor Swift Songbook mini course online this fall. You can learn more about it on ...
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