SUMMARY

In this episode, Pam and D.J. talk with author and professor Clarissa Cló about her award-winning book, This Is What I Live For, as well as hip-hop, the humanities, and the importance of international immigration to American universities. 25 minute episode, with 8 minutes of outtakes (mostly inspiration, but also lots of laughing).

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Guest:

Dr. Clarissa Cló (she/her) is Professor of Italian and Chair of the Department of European Studies at San Diego State University. Her research interests include postcolonial, migration and diaspora studies, contemporary literature, film, music, popular culture, and transmedia storytelling in Italian and Italian American Studies.

Full bio: https://www.sdsu.edu/experts-directory/clarissa-clo

For more on Cló’s book and awards, see these links: https://cal.sdsu.edu/news/clo-award, https://www.mla.org/Resources/Career/MLA-Grants-and-Awards/Winners-of-MLA-Prizes/Biennial-Prize-and-Award-Winners/Lois-Roth-Award-for-a-Translation-of-a-Literary-Work-WinnersHosts:

Dr. D.J. Hopkins (he/him) is a professor at San Diego State University where he serves as Co-Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. His publications have focused on Shakespeare in performance and theatre in urban contexts. His current research includes immersive theatre and virtual reality. https://ctl.sdsu.edu/ https://go.shr.lc/4gKxC0w

Dr. Pamella Lach (she/her) is the Digital Humanities Librarian at San Diego State University and Director of the SDSU Library’s Digital Humanities Center, a values-oriented space designed to blur and disrupt disciplinary boundaries. She is co-director of SDSU’s Digital Humanities Initiative: https://library.sdsu.edu/dh https://dh.sdsu.edu/

In this season of Faculty Futures Lab, we’re talking about “Moving Theory into Practice” in higher education. In Episode 2, Pam and D.J. talk with Dr. Erlinde Cornelis about teaching sustainability in a B School, and the importance of education to addressing the climate crisis and economic inequality.

Season five of Faculty Futures Lab is all about “Moving Theory into Practice.” We’re talking to people whose professional activity is explicitly about blurring the already permeable boundary between theory and practice. In episode one, we’re talking to Dr. Thais Alves about “Socially responsive” engineering, gender in the workplace, hope for the future, and her favorite topic: teaching. 25 min. episode, with 10 mins of bonus content.