Voices of Excellence

Voices of Excellence


Latest Episodes

Alex Thompson Looks at How Climate Change Agreements Have Evolved
March 16, 2022

Alexander Thompson, Professor of Political Science and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, conducts research in international relations with an emphasis on

How Have Haitian Authors Hacked Classical Forms? Tom Hawkins Tells All
March 09, 2022

Tom Hawkins, Associate Professor of Classics, looks at the ways that societies create social hierarchies and how the lower ends of those hierarchies interact with the higher. His forthcoming book expl

How have Haitian authors hacked classical forms? Tom Hawkins tells all
March 09, 2022

Tom Hawkins, associate professor of classics, loo…

Sarah-Grace Heller Answers “What Was Shopping Like in Medieval Paris?”
February 24, 2022

Sarah-Grace Heller, Associate Professor of French, specializes in medieval French and Occitan literature, language, and material culture. Her most recent book is a cultural history of fashion in a med

A Passage Through India: How Scott Levi’s Study Abroad Trip Led to a Career Studying Central Asia
February 23, 2022

Scott Levi, Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Interim Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, specializes in the social and economic history of Central Asia.

Bruce Weinberg, Professor of Economics, Studies the Economics of Innovation and Creativity
February 16, 2022

Bruce Weinberg, Professor of Economics, studies the economics of innovation and creativity. In this area, potentially small numbers of individuals can have a large impact on how our understanding and

Gregory Jusdanis Looks at the Poet C. P. Cavafy and Blossoming in Middle Age
February 09, 2022

Gregory Jusdanis, Humanities Distinguished Professor of Classics, researches modern Greek literature and culture, including the poet C. P. Cavafy. His recent work has been a biography of Cavafy, co-wr

The Metaverse is Not Just For Marvel, Says Kevin Richards
February 02, 2022

Kevin Richards, Lecturer and Outreach Coordinator in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, defines the “metaverse” as the embodied Internet. His research follows the work of John Dewey

What Kind of Animals Are Those? Questions of Art With Michael Mercil
January 26, 2022

Michael Mercil, Emeritus Professor of Art, has created sculpture, drawing, painting, landscape architecture, film, and performance for regional and national exhibitions. His installations at Ohio Stat

The Importance of Vision for Emotions to Michelangelo: Christian Kleinbub
January 19, 2022

Christian Kleinbub, Professor of History of Art, studies the arts of the Italian Renaissance, with particular focus on issues of image theory, naturalism, the body, and period conceptions of vision an