This week on the Huskie Conversation Cafe, your host J Pappas (they/them) is joined by the director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Professor of History at Grand View University, and author of Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto, Kevin Gannon (he/him).

In part one of this episode series, J and Kevin discuss the process of writing from blog to book, what it was like to write this book during this current sociopolitical climate, and the importance of diversity and inclusion in higher education.

On Radical Hope:

“From the publisher: Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of employment in college teaching, and political hostility to the entire enterprise of education have made for an increasingly fraught landscape. Radical Hope is an ambitious response to this state of affairs, at once political and practical—the work of an activist, teacher, and public intellectual grappling with some of the most pressing topics at the intersection of higher education and social justice.” -West Virginia University Press

Find more Kevin Gannon here: https://thetattooedprof.com/

Twitter & Instagram– @thetattooedprof

Find Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto here: https://thetattooedprof.com/radical-hope/

Find other programming from Academic Diversity Equity, and Inclusion here: https://go.niu.edu/sjeregistration

Register for a CODE workshop here: https://www.niu.edu/diversity/education-training/code-workshops/index.shtml

Music:
Many thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the use of his music as the intro and outro of this podcast.

Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/