Open Stacks: A Podcast of the James E. Walker Library

On this episode, we are joined by professor of political science and dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University John Vile. John earned his BA from the College of William and Mary and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, both in government. He taught at McNeese State University where he headed the Department of Social Sciences before coming to MTSU where he served from 1989 to 2008 as Chair of the Department of Political Science and since 2008 as Dean of the University Honors College.  Vile has written and edited more than 40 books dealing with the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, the U.S. Constitution, the constitutional amending process, historic American documents, and leading American symbols such as the U.S. Flag, the Liberty Bell, and the National Anthem (forthcoming). His most recent book is The Bible in American Law and Politics: A Reference Guide.  Vile has a personal library of several thousand books and collects political memorabilia and American historical prints.  His wife is an active volunteer at Murfreesboro’s Linebaugh Library [https://rclstn.org/]. Books, articles, authors. and media mentioned * The Bible in American Law and Politics: A Reference Guide [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538141670/The-Bible-in-American-Law-and-Politics-A-Reference-Guide] * Deism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism] * The Jefferson Bible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible] * The Gospel in Briefby Leo Tolstoy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_in_Brief] * Kanye West's Presidential Platform [https://kanye2020.country/] * Jesus untangled: Crucifying Our Politics to Pledge Allegiance to the Lambby Keith Giles [https://www.worldcat.org/title/jesus-untangled-crucifying-our-politics-to-pledge-allegiance-to-the-lamb/oclc/994642977] * The War Prayerby Mark Twain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Prayer] * Primitive Baptist Universalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_Baptist_Universalist] * Bowling alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Communityby Robert Putnam [https://www.worldcat.org/title/bowling-alone-the-collapse-and-revival-of-american-community/oclc/1105948387] Music: "God Bless America [https://youtu.be/hYLH6LfIQ7s]" by Irving Berlin. This constitutes a fair use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107].

This episode's guest is associate professor in the school of journalism and strategic media, Dr. Ken Blake. Ken is a native of Huntington, W.Va., and he holds bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Marshall University and a doctorate in mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ken joined the faculty of MTSU's School of Journalism and Strategic Media in 1996 and has taught undergraduate courses in writing and reporting as well as graduate courses in media theory and empirical research methodology. He heads the College of Media and Entertainment's Office of Communication Research, where Ken and his since-retired colleague Dr. Bob Wyatt co-founded the MTSU Poll, a twice-annual, statewide, scientifically valid telephone poll of Tennessee adults that ran from 1998 to 2016. His most recent scholarly project is a book, co-authored with colleague Dr. Jason Reineke, titled, Data Skills for Media Professionals. Before he earned his doctorate and joined MTSU's faculty, Ken worked as a reporter for The Herald-Dispatch, the Gannett-owned daily newspaper in Huntington. His wife, Amy, works as an inclusion teacher at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Smyrna, and they have two sons, one a senior in high school and the other a junior in video and film production at MTSU. Books, articles, authors. and media mentioned * Ken's website [https://drkblake.com/] * Data Skills for Media Professionalsby Ken Blake and Jason Reineke [https://www.worldcat.org/title/data-skills-for-media-professionals-a-basic-guide/oclc/1151073807] * Precision Journalismby Phil Meyer [https://www.worldcat.org/title/precision-journalism-a-reporters-introduction-to-social-science-methods/oclc/779865330] * Texas Tribune Data [https://www.texastribune.org/series/news-apps-graphics-databases/] * GDELT Project [https://www.gdeltproject.org/] * How to Lie with Statisticsby Darrell Huff [https://www.worldcat.org/title/how-to-lie-with-statistics/oclc/1014298802] Music: "Spreading the Disease [https://youtu.be/d9Xuo4PNfR4]" by Anthrax. This constitutes a fair use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107].

Our guest in this episode is Professor of Music History at Middle Tennessee State University and Director of the university’s Center for Popular Music, one of the premier American music research archives, Dr. Greg Reish. Greg holds a MA and Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in musicology and a BA in studio music and jazz from the University of Miami. He is active as a scholar and performer of old-time country, bluegrass, and American folk music, with interests in conjunto music from South Texas and son jarocho from Veracruz. He has released a duo album with fiddler Matt Brown (Speed of the Plow [https://open.spotify.com/album/5fdZL4bamgmfT47uLOZmkW?si=LnmH1zY2TbGT9MTRYPlpHQ]), produced various albums for Spring Fed Records, written and edited books, book chapters, and articles on a wide range of musical topics. A former Fulbright scholar to Italy, he is also one of the world’s leading experts on Italian avant-garde music of the twentieth century. A singer and multi-instrumentalist, Reish plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, ukulele, and harmonica, as well as the bajo sexto and requinto jarocho. Greg is also the weekly host of Lost Sounds on Roots Radio WMOT [https://www.wmot.org/#stream/0]. Books, articles, authors. and media mentioned * Center for Popular Music [https://www.mtsu.edu/popmusic/index.php] * Austin Derryberry & Trenton "Tater" Caruthers - Tennessee Breakdown [https://secure.touchnet.com/C20134_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=912] * Spring Fed Records [https://www.springfedrecords.com/] * Greetings from the Land of Blue Suede Shoes [https://bittersoutherner.com/greetings-from-the-land-of-blue-suede-shoes] * Flatt & Scruggs Ballad of Jed Clampett [https://youtu.be/uK8fpXckwjo] and Foggy Mountain Breakdown [https://youtu.be/aNuqKB6H3Iw] * Remastered: The Lion's Share [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReMastered:_The_Lion%27s_Share] * Elvis Presley Blue Moon of Kentucky [https://youtu.be/uJq3AZ4uXqE] * Bill Monroe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe] * The Nashville Sound [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound] Music: "Speed of the Plow [https://youtu.be/diAacIkcd6o]" by Matt Brown & Greg Reish. This constitutes a fair use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107].

Today's guest is a professor in the School of Journalism & Strategic Media Dr. Katie Foss, where she teaches courses in media studies, health communication, and research methods Dr. Katie Foss. Dr. Foss is the author of Constructing the Outbreak: Epidemics in Media and Collective Memory [https://www.worldcat.org/title/constructing-the-outbreak-epidemics-in-media-and-collective-memory/oclc/1154538189] (2020), Breastfeeding and Media: Exploring Conflicting Discourses That Threaten Public Health [https://www.worldcat.org/title/breastfeeding-and-media-exploring-conflicting-discourses-that-threaten-public-health/oclc/1065238547] (2017) and Television and Health Responsibility in an Age of Individualism [https://www.worldcat.org/title/television-and-health-responsibility-in-an-age-of-individualism/oclc/1062362600] (2014) and the editor of The Graduate Student Guidebook: From Orientation to Tenure Track [https://www.worldcat.org/title/graduate-student-guidebook-from-orientation-to-tenure-track/oclc/1149185866] (2020), Beyond Princess Culture: Gender and Children’s Marketing [https://www.worldcat.org/title/beyond-princess-culture-gender-and-childrens-marketing/oclc/1089324209] (2019) and Demystifying the Big House: Exploring Prison Experience and Media Representations [https://www.worldcat.org/title/demystifying-the-big-house-exploring-prison-experience-and-media-representations/oclc/1043613357] (2018). She has a BA in Communication from Gustavus Adolphus College and a MA and Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Minnesota and has taught at MTSU since 2008. Books, articles, authors. and media mentioned * Katie's books are linked in her bio above. * Katie's website [http://website%20https//profkatiefoss.com/] * Laurie Halse Anderson Fever 1793 [https://www.worldcat.org/title/fever-1793/oclc/236371457] * Ken Blake's website [https://drkblake.com/] * The Rookie (TV Show) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rookie_(TV_series)] * Batman (TV Show) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(TV_series)] * Dragnet (TV Show) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1967_TV_series)] Music: "Dr. Feelgood [https://youtu.be/trGX3ET3jTQ]" by Motley Crue. This constitutes a fair use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107].

Jason is joined on today’s episode by lecturer in the Department of English at Middle Tennessee State University and affiliated faculty member of the Women’s and Gender Studies program Dr. Shane McCoy (they/them/theirs). Dr. McCoy teaches undergraduate courses that focus on first-year composition (ENGL 1010/2020), African American Literature (ENGL 2020), and Gay and Lesbian Literature (ENGL 2020). Dr. McCoy earned their bachelor’s degree in English and a Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies at MTSU and completed their Ph.D. at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. McCoy’s research interests include instructional scaffolding and curriculum design, feminist affect studies, Africana women’s literature, cognitive literary studies, the sociology of education, and social and emotional learning. In 2018-2019, Dr. McCoy received the designation of Faculty Fellow after completing the Faculty Fellows Program offered by the Lucinda Taylor Lea Learning, Teaching, and Innovative Technologies Center at MTSU. Dr. McCoy is also certified in MTSU’s SafeZone Training, a program designed to support LGBTQ+ students, and is certified in Mental Health First Aid. Dr. McCoy currently serves as an advisory board member for the 2020 LGBT+ College Conference at MTSU. Books, articles, and authors mentioned * Shane's website [http://www.thefeministpedagogue.com/] * Brene Brown [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABrown%2C+Brene%CC%81%2C&qt=hot_author] * Pema Chodron [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ACho%CC%88dro%CC%88n%2C+Pema.&qt=hot_author] * Kristen Neff [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ANeff%2C+Kristin%2C&qt=hot_author] * Patricia Jennings and Daniel SiegelThe trauma-sensitive classroom: building resilience with compassionate teaching [https://www.worldcat.org/title/trauma-sensitive-classroom-building-resilience-with-compassionate-teaching/oclc/1099733583] Music: "We Know Who U R [https://youtu.be/o4WL9VtimLk]" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. This constitutes a fair use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107].