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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 15: Academics

July 22, 2021 by Chris Becker in Podcast

Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” continues with episode 15: Academics. How have the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice affected academia, and how might they force a reimagination of the role of television studies inside and outside the academy?

Host: Joseph Clark (Simon Fraser University)
Guest Scholars: Lisa Guerrero (Washington State University), Lauren Herold (Beloit College), Victoria Johnson (University of California—Irvine), Andrew Owens (University of Iowa), Sharon Shahaf (Academic Writers Unblock)

For more on the participants and on this special series, click here.