An interview with Dr. Lisa Brooks, Dean of the Jordan College of the Arts and Professor of Violin at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lisa is an active performer and is the principal second violin of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. We discuss her views on Butler's role in the community, turning student artists into good citizens, reforming curriculum in a large institution, and her own journey as a player and a leader.

Highlights

• Dr. Lisa’s childhood - 6:56
• Using sports metaphors in her teaching - 11:33
• You have to choose one sport and do it - 12:29
• We need better citizens - 15:55
• The notion of diversity - 19:22
• The dance program - 24:23
• What’s the biggest tension? - 25:12
• Getting engaged with the community - 34:32
• A direct impact in the community - 37:23
• Everybody needs to be welcomed - 44:35
• Losing students - 49:22
• Being a teaching artist - 55:45
• Arts integration - 56:16
• Having an academic spirit - 1:01:23
• The stronger characteristic of this job - 1:04:12
• Dr. Lisa’s recommendations - 1:07:20

Episode Resources

• Connect with Robert Hunt Simonds:
• roberthuntsimonds@gmail.com 
• http://roberthuntsimonds.com/
• Performing Labor's music: http://craigwagnermusic.blogspot.com 
• Writing mentioned in the intro:
• Washington Examiner: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/for-tens-of-thousands-trump-was-just-something-to-believe-in 
• "On Thinking Institutionally" by Hugh Hello: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Institutionally-Politics-Hugh-Heclo/dp/0199946000 
• "These Truths" by Jill Lepore: https://www.amazon.com/These-Truths-History-United-States-ebook/dp/B07BLKWBYT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YHAZNRI4T53D&dchild=1&keywords=these+truths+jill+lepore&qid=1610147660&s=books&sprefix=these+tr%2Cstripbooks%2C166&sr=1-1 
• Connect with Dr. Lisa Brooks:
• Lisa's bio: https://www.butler.edu/directory/user/lbrooks 
• Butler University Jordan College of the Arts: https://www.butler.edu/jca 
• Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra: https://www.icomusic.org 
• Lisa's Recommendation:
• The Departed: https://decider.com/movie/the-departed/ 
• Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TSDI0E/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 
• Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland: https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Whiteness-Politics-Resentment-Heartland-ebook/dp/B07F669F71/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZU8DS3H7GERY&dchild=1&keywords=dying+of+whiteness&qid=1610147403&s=digital-text&sprefix=dying+of+wh%2Cdigital-text%2C178&sr=1-1
• The Queen's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrieqwSdgI