Vision Podcast

Vision Podcast

By Mississippi State University College of Arts & Sciences, Karyn Brown, John BurrowEducationSelf-ImprovementCourses
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Vision Podcast episodes

  • Vision Podcast 104 - Kelli Anthony and the University push for ADA compliance
    In this episode, we’re joined by Kelli Anthony, Instructor II in the Department of Communication, Media & Theatre, as well as a communication specialist and graphic designer for the College of Arts & Sciences. She is one of many people on campus leading the charge to get online content ADA compliant. We wanted to have Kelli on the tell us why online accessibility has become a university priority, how the university is responding to new requirements, and what this transition means for faculty and students moving forward.
    25 min
  • Vision Podcast 103 - Dr. Shannon Harmon, The Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence (CITE), and AI on campus
    In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Shannon Harmon, the Instructional Support Specialist at the Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence (CITE) at Mississippi State University. Shannon has created a number of AI initiatives to support teachers, including several successful AI workshops. We wanted to have her on to talk about AI on campus and the resources available from CITE to help all of us navigate this emerging technology.
    26 min
  • Vision Podcast 102 - Dr. Keith Moser on his recent article and the summer horror blockbusters
    In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Keith Moser, professor in the Department of Classical & Modern Languages and Literatures. Dr. Moser researches all types of cool stuff; including 20th and 21st century French and Francophone literature, social and ecological justice, globalization, ecocriticism, and environmental philosophy, among many other important topics. As part of his research, Dr. Moser has become an expert in monster studies. This episode highlights his recent article “Capitalism’s Haunted Screens: The Hyperreal Spectacle in Dawn of the Dead and Thanksgiving” as well as the summer’s recent horror movie releases.
    27 min
  • Vision Podcast 101 - Dr. Bonnie O’Neill and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

    In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Bonnie O’Neill, Professor in the Department of English. Dr. O’Neill is an expert in early American literature. As July 4th is just around the corner, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we have Dr. O'Neill on to talk about just that. Most Americans know the highlights—"We hold these truths to be self-evident...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"—but fewer know that those famous words were revised, debated, and edited by committee before they ever reached the page. Join us as we examine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of writing: How was it crafted? Why has it endured? And what happens when later generations return to it to challenge America to live up to its own ideals?  

     

    Declaration of Independence: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

     

    Declaration of Sentiments: https://www.cas.msstate.edu/sites/www.cas.msstate.edu/files/2026-07/Declaration%20of%20Sentiments%20%281%29.pdf

     

    What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?: https://www.cas.msstate.edu/sites/www.cas.msstate.edu/files/2026-07/Douglass_speech_abridged_med%20%281%29.pdf

     

    Gettysburg Address: https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm

    40 min
  • Vision Podcast 100 - Drs. Tom Carskadon, John Forde, and Mary Celeste Reese on their time at MSU

    Vision Podcast is celebrating with this special 100th episode! What better way to celebrate than with faculty who are special to so many of us? With us today are three Robert Wolverton, Sr. Legacy Award recipients who are well-known and loved on campus. We discuss their time at MSU, the legacies they have built, as well as all the other exceptional teachers they've worked with along the way.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Vision Podcast 99 - Dr. Laura Boltz, Dr. Arazais Oliveros, and Kristina Schoenthaler on the new child advocacy minor
    In this episode, we’re joined by a team that has taken on the important challenge of expanding the university’s child advocacy certificate into a much more robust and interdisciplinary minor. The team consists of Dr. Laura Boltz, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, who is the principal investigator on a Child Advocacy Studies Expansion grant, as well as Dr. Arazais Oliveros, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, and Kristina Schoenthaler, Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychology.
    35 min
  • Vision Podcast 97 - Dr. Dana Dillard and National Social Work Month

    In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Dana Dillard, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and director of the bachelor’s of social work program at MSU. Dana and the Department of Sociology are celebrating Social Work Month with a student-focused event this week, Wednesday, March 18th, from 9:30 to 11:30 am in Bowen Hall 260. The event is open to social work students, faculty, alumni and anyone interested in learning more about the profession. In honor of National Social Work Month, I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight social work, which is often misunderstood and overlooked. 

    31 min

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