Office Hours by the Interdisciplinary Initiative

About Office Hours by the Interdisciplinary Initiative

Office Hours is all about what happens when different minds come together. In each episode, two professors from different disciplines have a conversation about their areas of expertise and their journeys. Office Hours is presented to you by the Interdisciplinary Initiative (Int-Init), a group of students at Carnegie Mellon University who want to disrupt academic silos and support our peers in pursuing interests beyond traditional fields of inquiries. Cover art by Adhiti Chundur Funded by the BXA Intercollege Program and the Fifth Year Scholarship program (Carnegie Mellon).

Publisher

The Interdisciplinary Initiative

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Mar 2020

Latest episode

4 May 2020

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 May 2020

   Nica Ross and Jay Aronson

   Professor Nica Ross (Drama, Video and Media Design) and Professor Jay Aronson (Department of History, Center for Human Rights Science) discuss the history of the panopticon, the art of un-learning, and the politics of care.

2. 

   28 Apr 2020

   Susan Finger and William Alba

   Professor Susan Finger (Civil and Environmental Engineering, IDeATe) and Professor William Alba (Chemistry, Science and Humanities Scholars program) reflect on the magic of curiosity, the art of overcoming the "outsider" feeling in academic and social spheres, and the current challenges with online learning.

3. 

   31 Mar 2020

   David Danks and Alessandro Acquisti

   Professor David Danks (Professor of Philosophy and Psychology) and Professor Alessandro Acquisti (Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at the Heinz College) discuss their professional journeys, the problem of privacy in the digital age, and other social issues related to technology.

4. 

   31 Mar 2020

   Molly Steenson and Rebecca Taylor

   Professor Molly Steenson and Professor Rebecca Taylor discuss design, nano technology, PhD’s in engineering and the arts, being multilingual, their dream conference, among many other things. Have fun!

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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