In the Classroom: Dr. Margaret Fink, Director, UIC Disability Cultural Center

Topics: Disability vocabulary, reclaiming "crip", disability justice, disability cultural centers, non-apparent disabilities, ADHD, improving accessibility in the classroom

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Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music:  Gotcha! by Avocado Junkie

Photo description: Margaret, a white woman with brown hair and brown tortoise shell glasses, smiles at the camera while taking a selfie. Margaret is wearing a blue and white patterned blouse and a navy blue cardigan. Behind her are the bright green leaves of the trees outside the BSB building on UIC's campus.

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This is a re-release of an episode of The International Classroom, a live studio precursor of this podcast. The episode originally aired on UIC Radio in 2019.

In the Classroom: 2019 UICUF President Janet Smith & Executive Vice President Aaron Krall

Topics: Union contracts; bargaining units; tenure-track v. non-tenure track; university budgeting

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Photo credit: UIC United Faculty

Intro & Outro music: "Three Goddesses" by Third Age

Transition music: "Truffle Shuffle" and "Hotpants" by Tiger Gang

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In the Classroom: UICUF organizers Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney and Jeff Edwards; UICUF President and bargaining co-chair Aaron Krall

Topics: Union organizing; strike planning; forming a bargaining team; working with management; demonstrating power through mobilization; short tribute to Janet Smith

Transcript coming soon

Photo credit: Charitianne Williams

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Happy Claps and Whistle by Amir Madani Rascado via Soundstripe

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In The Classroom: Professor Nicole A. Perez, Bridge to Faculty Scholar, Department of Medical Education, UIC

Topics: Medical education; medical racism; winding career paths; social and cultural capital; community cultural wealth; first generation student success

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: The Sheriff is in Town by Adam Saban

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In the Classroom: UIC History Professor Robert D. Johnston

Topics: Professors with teacher parents; union stewards; teaching aspiring teachers; the Omaha Platform of the People's Party (1892); not populism but populisms; conspiracy theories; nativism; US Founders

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Strikken by Tiger Gang

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In The Classroom: I have the joy and privilege of speaking with many UIC faculty and students about what makes UIC special, and why they've chosen to make it home. Thank you to all who participated in the episode. I look forward to many more episodes in 2023!

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Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: You Cool! by Ends of the Earth

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In the Classroom: Ryan Hurley, Regional Director for the Illinois Senate Democratic Fund

Topics: Nov. 8 election; election day for a campaign staffer; paying campaign staff; post-Covid campaigning; the power of texting

Photo by Andrew Adams on Unsplash

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Viral by Sweet Sammy

In the Classroom: Professor emeritus Chris Mooney, UIC Political Science

Topics: November 8 election; election judging; ranked choice voting; ballot initiatives around the country; effects of redistricting overreach; billionaires playing politics in Illinois

Photo by Niranjan _ Photographs on Unsplash

Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition music: Truffle Shuffle by Tiger Gang

Podcast website: www.thepoliticsclassroom.org

Brief explanation for why there is no full episode this week.

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Bits and pieces of previously unaired interview fragments, strangely stitched together with spooky results.

In the Classroom: Professors Cedric Johnson & Juan Albarracín and student panelists Hiba, Olivia, Meghna, and Sam

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transitions by Soundstripe

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Full episode with Professor Johnson

Full episode with Professor Albarracín

Full episode with student panel