The Public Scholar

Tea for Teaching by John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare

Apr 29, 202643:35Education

The incentives of academia tend to focus faculty discussions within their narrow disciplinary fields. In this episode, David M. Perry joins us to discuss how faculty expertise can be used to enhance public discussions an...

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