Part activist, part administrator, and part academic,” Anna Sims Bartel earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Cornell University. She runs her own consulting firm and enjoys doing public humanities work as well helps drive the  development of community-engagement centers in higher ed. She is someone who became a fast friend when I moved to Ithaca in July 2023.
Anna enjoys the things that support chronic hope: the chaos of her young family; being in, on, or near moving water; the smell of dirt and the good things that grow in it.
Pick up "The Scholar as Human" which Anna co-edited with Debra A. Castillo too.

Here I give a glimpse into what is coming up next. I talk about my confusing fall birding migration in a new region and FUNGI.
My next guest will be Dr. Anna Bartel.

A meditation on grief and nature on a day of sorrow.

My Global Big Day! Tap in!

In this episode I share a precious moment with the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and my emotional farewell.

Meet one of my sweetest Feminist Geographer friends, Dr. Molana!

Ruddy Turnstones, Gulls, Brown Pelicans.
Also grief.

In today's minisode we hear from three of my friends in this order: 

Dr. Kate Malaia, 

Dr. Claire Jimenez, 

Dr. Matt Cohen.

They share their most random/unusual/incredible nature moment.

Check out their works!

Recent article from Malaia: Transforming the Architecture of Food: From the Soviet to the Post-Soviet Apartmenthttps://online.ucpress.edu/jsah/article/80/4/460/119541/Transforming-the-Architecture-of-FoodFrom-the

Jimenez's latest book: What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez?
https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/claire-jimenez/what-happened-to-ruthy-ramirez/9781538725986/

Cohen's latest Book: The Silence of the Miskito Prince
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-silence-of-the-miskito-prince

I talk with Dr. Randal Jelks, PhD and he gives us a glimpse of many travels he has had from Louisiana to the Dakotas and beyond.

Letters to Martin, Dr. Jelks latest book! Get it here:
https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/letters-to-martin-products-9781641606035.php

I talk to Ed Baptist, PhD. We speak on Durham, NC, small scale farming, and hawks! I also discuss some challenges with grief. To that end consider this a content warning on profound sadness.