3. Of Swamps and Sailors: Race-Making and Filipino Histories in New Orleans with Michael Salgarolo

4. Better Together: Collective Charisma and Indigenous Interdependence with Sarah Winstein-Hibbs and John Favini

In episode four, we sit down with Sarah Winstein-Hibbs [https://english.la.psu.edu/directory/sbw5719/] and John Favini [https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/johnathan-favini-0], two recent PhD graduates in English and anthropology from the University of Virginia. They also happen to be married to each other. After defending her dissertation entitled “American Charisma: Race, Leadership, and Collectivity in U.S. Literature, 1960-2018,” Sarah began a position as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Penn State University’s Department of English. After defending his dissertation entitled, “Fugitive Ecologies: Maroonage, Indigeneity, and Nature Conservation in Jamaica,” John began a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies & Sciences, International Relations at Bucknell University. We ask them about their teaching philosophies, living and working in Jamaica, and what it’s like to navigate the academic world together. Follow us on Instagram @ntkodpodcast and Twitter @NTKODPodcast or send us an email at notthatkindofdoctor@gmail.com. Music in this episode is "Awakening Instrumental" by ItsWatR [https://pixabay.com/music/beats-awakening-instrumental-1165/]. Find our episode show notes, additional credits, and transcript here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/17PNgDET-kHP4n-x6mgC7f74-09zxN_L0ATOHLlcvg6U/edit?usp=sharing].

3. Of Swamps and Sailors: Race-Making and Filipino Histories in New Orleans with Michael Salgarolo

In our third episode, we chat with Michael Salgarolo [https://www.michaelsalgarolo.com/], a doctoral candidate in the History Department at New York University. His dissertation project, “Manila Bayou: Race, Property, and Empire in Filipino Louisiana” tells the story of Filipino communities in Louisiana from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. He is currently a doctoral fellow at the NYU Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Public Humanities Initiative. As part of this fellowship, he works as the Archivist and Research Coordinator of the Black Gotham Experience, a visual storytelling project based in New York City. Follow us on Instagram @ntkodpodcast and Twitter @NTKODPodcast or send us an email at notthatkindofdoctor@gmail.com. Music in this episode is "Awakening Instrumental" by ItsWatR [https://pixabay.com/music/beats-awakening-instrumental-1165/]. Find our episode show notes, additional credits, and transcript here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EfzEuAWnsgZPcu0wseLSW0TLtajFkmJWlaOUWM-Cenw/edit?usp=sharing].

2. Not Past It: Gender, Migration, and Revolution with Sarah Sklaw

In our second episode, we talk to Dr. Sarah Sklaw [https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=2435], PhD graduate of the NYU History department, where she studies US empire, gender, and international development between the US and Central America. Sarah’s dissertation “Tell your Mama to Surrender: Gender, Revolution, and Development in Nicaragua 1974-1992,” analyzes the impact of imperial, revolutionary, and neoliberal development strategies on gender and family relations. Sarah is also involved in the immigrant justice movement, and her work highlights the influence of US imperialism on migration. She is a proud member of NYU’s grad student union, GSOC-UAW 2110. Find Sarah on Twitter @NotSklawface and read more of her work at womenalsoknowhistory.com [https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=2435]. Follow us on Instagram @ntkodpodcast and Twitter @NTKODPodcast or send us an email at notthatkindofdoctor@gmail.com. Music in this episode is “Awakening Instrumental” by ItsWatR [https://pixabay.com/music/beats-awakening-instrumental-1165/]. Find our episode show notes, additional credits, and transcript here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uZXhNWjw_obEhN4goG3De3gFU8Rrfvqw9xq8yLkEwEQ/edit?usp=sharing].

1. Making It: Endurance and Care with Erin Jordan

In our very first episode, we interview Erin Jordan [https://anthropology.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/2546], a cultural anthropology PhD candidate at the University of Virginia. Erin completed her bachelor's degree in anthropology at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and finished her masters in anthropology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Erin’s work is located in northern Tanzania, where she works primarily with women and families and their relationships with endurance, aspiration, craft, and each other. Tune in to hear Erin tell us about her creative writing process, the complexities of graduate student life, and what it’s like navigating being both a researcher and a friend. Check out more of Erin’s work on Instagram @ejordan312. Follow us on Instagram @ntkodpodcast and Twitter @NTKODPodcast or send us an email at notthatkindofdoctor@gmail.com [notthatkindofdoctor@gmail.com]. Music in this episode is “Awakening Instrumental” by ItsWatR [https://pixabay.com/music/beats-awakening-instrumental-1165/]. Find our episode show notes, additional credits, and transcript here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gHCvgIocQqnN_xxyS0RYddi4FGURVfVvQh2AgCpsrnc/edit?usp=sharing].