The Accidental Geographer: A Podcast with Vincent Del Casino, SJSU Provost

About The Accidental Geographer: A Podcast with Vincent Del Casino, SJSU Provost

This podcast introduces you to the expertise of the faculty at San José State University, whose research, teaching, and commitments to community engagement bring life to this cutting-edge university. The "accidental geographer" is a play on words, an attempt to demonstrate that even for these accomplished scholars, life often creates opportunity out of “the accident.”

Publisher

SJSU Podcasts

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Oct 2020

Latest episode

30 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Apr 2025

   The Accidental Geographer S5E3 Jorjeta Jetcheva, Professor of Computer Engineering

   The latest episode of the Accidental Geographer is with Dr. Jorjeta Jetcheva, a professor of mechanical engineering at San José State University. We touch on Artificial Intelligence, the future of human-computer interactions and how robotics will continue to serve larger roles in our daily lives.

2. 

   5 Mar 2025

   The Accidental Geographer S5E2 Lin Jiang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

   The latest episode of the Accidental Geographer is with Dr. Lin Jiang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. We'll touch on her pivot from aerospace to mechanical engineering and the revolutionary work she and medical collaborators around the world are doing to improve the child care industry.

3. 

   7 Oct 2024

   The Accidental Geographer S5 E1 Jon Rawski, Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Language Development

   The latest episode of the Accidental Geographer is with Dr. Jon Rawski, an assistant professor in the department of Linguistics and Language Development. We'll touch on topics of the intersection of math and language, the future of natural language processing, and how we think about our relationship to everyday language and computational thinking.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,623,885

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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