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Episode 025: Fatoumata Seck
Dr. Fatoumata Seck of Stanford University is a literary scholar who studies African literature, including Senegalese graphic comics. As a multilinguist, she offers insights into the importance of cultural translation at a time of increasing xenophobia, and the power of satire in the face of hegemonic economic policies.
Episode 011: Ellen Bialystok
Prof. Ellen Bialystok is a psychologist who studies the bilingual brain. Her work traces the development of the brain from infancy to old age, looking at the effect of bilingualism on our ability to pay attention to things. Her work has tremendous implications for public policy in an age of increasing immigration and increasing xenophobia.
Episode 008: Christine Cooper
Prof. Christine Cooper is a critical accounting scholar whose research helps us understand how accounting is used to govern the neoliberal state.