Vision Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by the Annes and Emmetts of Theatre MSU's upcoming "Anne and Emmett." Dates for the performance are found at https://msstate.universitytickets.com

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Julia Osman, Director for the College of Arts & Sciences' Institute for the Humanitites. She is going to explain what the Institute is, what challenges it has faced, how it met those challenges, and what it has planned for this academic year.

In this episode of the Vision Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Cliff Story, Director of University Health Services to discuss how MSU is fairing with COVID-19 and what efforts the University Health Service is pursuing.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Giselle Thibaudeau, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Arts & Sciences and Sam Kealhofer, an intern with the A&S Research Support Team to talk about faculty research during the pandemic and to discuss a new research initiative named "Research in the Headlines" as they seek to highlight the research of A&S faculty.

We are joined by Dr. Donald Shaffer-an associate professor at Mississippi State University with a joint appointment in the Department of English and the African American Studies Program where he serves as director. His research examines the social and historical construction of race in African American and Southern literature. His scholarship attempts to make critical linkages between authors whose literary works engage racial and identity politics in American culture. He discusses how the high-profile killings of Black Americans precipitated a national reckoning about race in America and the role research at MSU has on these events.

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Leah Pylate, the Director of Health Promotion and Wellness for Mississippi State University Health Services. She has led the Healthy Behaviors Work Group for the university and is here to help us navigate MSU’s Cowbell Well program.

In this fourth episode of the Vision Podcast, we host Dr. Michael Nadorff, an associate professor in MSU’s Department of Psychology. Dr. Nadorff directs the Mississippi State University Sleep, Suicide and Aging Laboratory, and leads the department’s clinical Ph.D. program. His research specializes in behavioral sleep issues. In this episode, he discusses the effects of the current pandemic on our well-being and how to handle its effects.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Athena Owen Nagel-an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Geosciences who has been teaching classes online for 11 years, has published articles on teaching geographic information systems via distance learning, using Google Earth in online classrooms and is the recipient of 2020 Mississippi State University Center for Distance Education Online Teaching Award. Dr. Owen Nagel. We sat down with Dr. Nagel to discuss the best ways to create a great online class.

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In our first episode, we sit down and interview Dr. Rick Travis, Dean of Mississippi State University's College of Arts & Sciences to discuss the future of the college and how the college and university are handling the COVID-19 crisis.

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