The Everyday Scholar

The Everyday Scholar

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The Everyday Scholar episodes

  • Developing Skills Needed to Succeed in the Workplace | EP21
    Building and sharpening your skillset is critical for professional success. In this episode, APU business professor Dr. Kandis Wyatt talks to Tamera Wells-Lee about the most important skills she learned in her academic and professional career that contributed the most to her leadership development. While it’s important to develop hard skills, learn why it’s also critical to develop soft skills like empathy, creativity, interpersonal skills, and work ethic to make you a strong and compassionate leader.

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    27 min
  • COVID and the Ethics of School Reopening
    What are the primary factors driving the decision about how to reopen schools in the fall? In this episode, Dr. Bjorn Mercer talks to Dr. Wally Boston, President Emeritus at American Public University System, about the health risks to students, faculty and staff as well as the economic impact on institutions of higher learning. Learn why so many colleges and universities are at great risk of closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    39 min
  • What is the Path to Leading an Ethical Life?
    Understanding ethics and the logic people use to guide them in ethical decision-making is extremely complicated. In this episode, Dr. Bjorn Mercer investigates ethics with Dr. Gary Deel to better understand the circumstances and challenges that surround ethics. Listen to learn more about how ethical standards have changed over time, how ethical standards may differ in a person’s professional and personal life, and why adages like the “golden rule” cannot provide ethical reliability.

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    46 min
  • Healthcare During COVID-19 and Healthcare Experiences in the Hispanic Community | EP 18
    COVID-19 has highlighted the major healthcare disparities present in minority communities. In this episode, Dr. Bjorn Mercer talks to Dr. Ginger Raya about her experience as a Hispanic woman living in El Paso, Texas. Learn about issues of diversity in healthcare, how COVID-19 has complicated access to healthcare, prohibitive cost issues to receiving healthcare, and more. Dr. Raya also talks about ways to address such disparity including the need for people to recognize their own privilege and biases, how to recognize and address microaggressions, and how to improve your emotional intelligence.

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    32 min
  • Actionable Steps to Improve Race Relations in the U.S.
    What can people do to educate themselves and their children to better understand how people of color feel and experience living in the United States? In this episode, Dr. Bjorn Mercer talks to Dr. Kristin Washington about how to have tough conversations with children and what historic events should be taught in schools. Also learn how economic disparities have contributed to inequality and what more needs to happen to address racism in the U.S.

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    38 min
  • An American Indian Perspective on History Today
    On this episode of The Everyday Scholar, Dr. Bjorn Mercer talks to APU professor Nicole Nesberg about her indigenous upbringing as an American Indian woman. Learn about how her tribal lineage connects her to other people of color in protesting racial oppression in the United States and her perspective on what can be done to rectify racial injustices in order to bring positive change to the nation. 

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    30 min
  • The Sociology of Death and Dying
    Thinking about death and dying can actually help people live a more meaningful life. In this episode of The Everyday Scholar, Dr. Bjorn Mercer talks with Dr. Kasia Polanska about her experience working with dying patients as a hospice volunteer. This work inspired Dr. Polanksa to investigate the sociology of death and dying, which eventually led to her to develop a class on the topic. Learn how her research and examination of death and dying can inspire clarity and meaning in life.

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    24 min
  • Innovation in Education: Collaborating Across Disciplines | EP14

    Innovation within Arts and Humanities requires collaboration across disciplines in order to create new ways of thinking, learning, and teaching. In this episode of The Everyday Scholar, hear from Dr. Grace Glass, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at American Public University (APU), about how her department is collaborating with faculty in other disciplines like STEM to create new and innovative courses.

    Focusing on innovation is especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic as many brick-and-mortar institutions of higher learning are trying to figure out how to deliver remote education. Learn how APU, which has been a 100-percent online university for three decades, has integrated innovation into its course structure and addressed the complexities that go along with delivering distance education.

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    23 min
  • An American Living and Teaching in the Middle East
    Picking up and moving to the Middle East to teach would likely be far beyond most people’s comfort zone. Dr. Jaclyn Fowler thought it was beyond hers too until her children encouraged her to take the chance. Together they moved to Dubai where she spent four years teaching. Listen to this episode of The Everyday Scholar to learn more about her experience learning Arabic, teaching a diverse group of students, understanding cultural differences including gender issues, and how it changed her and her children’s outlook on the world forever.

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    31 min
  • Changing Careers From Music to Law

    Balancing multiple professional careers can be incredibly difficult, but also very rewarding. In this episode of The Everyday Scholar, Dr. Bjorn Mercer talks with Dr. Trevor Reed about finding balance while pursuing two very different and demanding professional passions: lawyer and musician.

     

    Listen to this podcast to learn how Dr. Reed, a law professor at Arizona State University, draws on his experiences as a musician, composer, and performer in his role as a legal academic and Indigenous rights advocate. He offers advice on how to change careers, apply skills from each to benefit the other, and, most importantly, have patience with oneself during times of transition. Dr. Reed also discusses how his Native American background as a member of the Hopi Tribe has influenced both his musical and legal career.

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    31 min

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How does arts and humanities impact our everyday living? American Public University brings you The Everyday Scholar, a podcast featuring conversations with experts about the importance of cultural…