Conceptually Speaking

Sara Hildreth Talks Public Reading & Digital Literary Criticism

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Sara Hildreth, a former high school English teacher and the writer behind FictionMatters, a reading community de

Christian Moore-Anderson Talks Teaching Meaning & Cognitive Science

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Christian Moore Anderson — veteran biology teacher and author of Teaching Meaning: What Works When Telling Isn’t

Dr. Joseph Allen Boone Talks The Melville Effect, Aesthetic Hybridity, & Renewing Literary Tradition

Episode Description: In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Joseph Allen Boone, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Southern Califo

Drs. Karis Jones, Sarah Jerasa, & Rabani Garg Talk Teaching Digital Texts With #HackYourStack

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Karis Jones, Sarah Jerasa, and Rabani Garg, friends of the show and the team behind the award-winning #HackYourS

Dr. Al Filreis Talks Pedagogy, Poetry, and the Promise of Digital Community

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Al Filreis, the Kelly Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty director of the Kelly Writers Hou

Dr. Alexander Manshel Talks High School English & the Making of American Readers

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Alexander Manshel, English professor at McGill University and author of Writing Backwards: Historical Fictio

Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence Talks Public Humanities & the Substack Literary Scene

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence, professor of 20th and 21st century American and Latin American literature at Rutgers Unive

Drs. Dan Sinykin & Johanna Winant Talk Close Reading for the 21st Century

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Dan Sinykin and Dr. Johanna Winant, editors of the new publication Close Reading for the 21st Century. While close reading is a foundat

Dr. Susan Blum Talks Schoolishness, Alienated Education, & the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Susan D. Blum, a cultural, linguistic, and psychological anthropologist and author of Schoolishness: Alienat

Dr. Rachel Horst Talks Entanglement and Literacy in the Age of AI

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I explore the complex and contested terrain of AI literacy with Dr. Rachel Horst, a digital literacy and arts-based scholar whos

Marcus Luther Talks Leading and Learning in the Digital Teacher's Lounge

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Marcus Luther, a 13th-year high school English teacher and co-host of The Broken Copier podcast. After spending

Dr. Matt Seybold Talks Public Humanities & Podcasting

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Matt Seybold, host of the American Vandal podcast and scholar at the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira

Dr. Remi Kalir Talks Annotation and Re/Marks on Power

In this thought-provoking episode, I sit down with Dr. Remi Kalir,  the Associate Director of Faculty Development and Applied Research with Learning Innovation and Lifeti

Drs. Jacy Ippolito, Christina Dobbs, & Megin Charner-Laird Talk Disciplinary Literacy

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I explore the evolving landscape of disciplinary literacy with three distinguished professors and teacher educators: Dr. Jacy Ip

Dr. Annie Abrams Talks Literature, Liberal Arts Education, and the College Board

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr. Annie Abrams, author of Short Changed: How Advanced Placement Cheats American Students, to explore the compl

Rod Naquin Talks Large Language Models & Dialogic Computing

For this episode I'm joined by friend of the show Rod Naquin, a Louisiana based education leader and doctoral student whose research and writing explores the interse

Dr. Ashely Rogers Berner Talks Educational Pluralism & Democracy

To say we’re living through a moment of education polarization would be a mild understatement. Considering the digital echo chambers we all find ourselves in, I believe i

Dr. Andrea Gambino Talks Critical Media Literacy

One of the best things about attending conferences is the conversations, connections, and collaborations that emerge after the sessions are over. Last year, I was lucky t

Dr. J Palmeri Talks Multimodality & New Media Pedagogies

The emergence of ChatGPT has sent shockwaves through many secondary and post-secondary English departments. There’s no shortage of doomsaying and prognosticating about th

Dr. Sheena Mason Talks Raceless Antiracism & Literary Studies

For anyone who’s been tuned into Conceptually Speaking for a while, you know I love finding new approaches, perspectives, and frames to tackle complex issues. Despite the