This is the first part of a two-part series on native languages. In this episode, Carmen Sanchez Garcia and Joe Moody speak with Dr. Daniel Valle Arevalo, Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics, on research he did in Peru relating to the Harákmbut and Kakataibo languages. This semester, Dr. Valle Arevalo will be teaching “Indigenous languages” and “History of the Spanish language” through the Department of Modern Languages.

Carmen Sanchez and Lauren Rogers talk to the UM Libraries' own education librarian, Ally Watkins, about her research on young adult literature and whether the protagonists in these stories are becoming older on average with time.

Brian Corrigan interviews Joe Moody and Judy Cox Andrews about the Charlie Cox Collection of glass plate negatives.

To browse the Charlie Cox Collection online, visit https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ccox/index.15.html

For details about the SouthTalks lecture by Joe Moody and Judy Cox Andrews scheduled for September 17, 2025, visit https://eventcalendar.olemiss.edu/event/southtalks-the-charlie-cox-collection

And be sure to check out Joe Moody's exhibit of photos from the collection at the Gammill Gallery in Barnard Observatory, starting September 11, 2025.

Roundabout Oxford is a production of the University of Mississippi Libraries. This episode was created by Brian Corrigan, Joe Moody, Lauren Rogers, Carmen Sanchez-Garcia and Alex Watson, with musical contributions from Brian Corrigan and Gail Herrera. The program was originally developed by Brian Corrigan, Taylor Fields, Gail Herrera, Alan Munshower, Abbie Norris-Davdson, Christina Streeter and Alex Watson. The podcast is produced through the University of Mississippi Libraries.

Michael Carelse interviews Success Coach Anna Lauren Heavener about her role helping students succeed at the University of Mississippi. Read more about the University of Mississippi's Center for Student Success and First-Year Experience here: https://olemiss.edu/cssfye

In this episode, audio-visual librarian Joe Moody speaks with instructors in the Department of Political Science who recently taught a class focusing on war crimes and acts of terrorism. The interviewees are Dr. Timothy Nordstrom, an affiliate professor at the law school and a full professor in the Department of Political Science, and Chris Engels, an international lawyer that focuses on investigations of war crimes and other atrocity crimes in conflict zones.

Michael Carelse interviews nutrition professor Dr. David Holben about LEARN Science, a nutrition science reading program for public libraries in Mississippi, designed to help improve science knowledge among children in kindergarten through second grade.

Read more about LEARN Science here: https://dev.learn-science.org.

Carmen Sanchez Garcia interviews Dr. Sarah Wellman about her research interests and their applications in the classroom.

Joe Moody speaks with University of Mississippi faculty about their use of the mapping platform HuMap, and its implications for history and the digital humanities. Join us to find out how HuMap has been used in class by Dr. Noelle Wilson and Dr. Douglas Sullivan-Gonzales with the help of librarian Adam Clemons.

The J.D. Williams Library isn't just a place for researchers to get information. Our librarians are researchers in their own right, too! This episode features interviews with three library faculty members who have published their work this year.

Think that our library staff ONLY likes books? Think again! Our hearts have room for reading, yes, but also so much more, and on this episode of Roundabout Oxford, our team is opening up about their happy places. Five mini-interviews from across the library will show the astonishing breadth and depth of the things we are passionate about, and perhaps forever transform your ideas of what a library staff is like!