Into the COLAverse – Episode 28: Art Markman

Into the COLA-verse: Office Hours Session II: Why Comics Matter

Join Dan Oppenheimer of the latest “Into the COLAverse: Office Hours” who talks with Professor Aldama about his comic book odyssey, including his recently published Pyroclast and forthcoming Through Fences, The Absolutely (Almost) True Adventures of Max Rodriguez, and The Steampunkera Chronicles.

Into the COLAverse – Episode 28: Art Markman

Art Markman, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing, shares his journey first finding his way to a cognitive science degree at Brown, a PhD at University of Illinois, the publishing of numerous books and innovating new cross-disciplinary learning spaces within and outside the classroom. […]

Into the COLAverse – Episode 27: Faegheh Shirazi

Faegheh Shirazi, professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, shares her journey from Iran to the US and the path that led to her research and teaching on the policing, marketing, and creative consumption of clothing, textiles, and food within and beyond Muslim societies.

Into the COLAverse – Episode 26: Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, director of the Center for Mexican American Studies, professor in the School of Journalism, and founder of Voces Oral History Center, shares her journey from growing up in Devine, Texas, to earning journalism BA and MA degrees at UT Austin, as well as a PhD from UNC, Chapel Hill. These and years of […]

Into the COLAverse – Episode 25: Jo Hsu

Jo Hsu, professor in the Rhetoric and Writing, shares their journey from a love of storytelling and fiction reading as a child to an MFA in writing and PhD in Rhetoric at Penn State. Along the way we learn of the power of story to open us to new ways of seeing and experiencing the world—to […]