Resources for Teachers and Students

Maggie Haberman:

The Current Political Landscape
September 9, 2020
7:00 p.m. • Virtual Event

Interviews/Articles:

• The Spectrum: “The Spectrum’s Exclusive Interview with the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman https://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2019/11/the-spectrums-exclusive-interview-with-the-new-york-times-maggie-haberman
• WBUR: “White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman On Trump’s Responses To Protests, COVID-19, 2020 Campaign” https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/29/maggie-haberman-coronavirus-trump-economy
• The New York Times: “Maggie Haberman on Her Hardest Interview and Predictions for 2018” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/insider/maggie-haberman-q-and-a-hardest-interview-2018-predictions.html
• NY1: “Maggie Haberman: From City Hall to Trump in the White House” (Podcast) https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/you-decide-with-errol-louis/2019/01/23/maggie-haberman-career-from-city-hall-to-trump-white-house-you-decide-with-errol-louis
• The New Yorker: “A Conversation with Maggie Haberman, Trump’s Favorite Foe” https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-conversation-with-maggie-haberman-trumps-favorite-foe
• Vanity Fair: “Is Trump-Whisperer Maggie Haberman Changing The New York Times?” https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/is-trump-whisperer-maggie-haberman-changing-the-new-york-times

Current Journalism:

• The New York Times: Maggie Haberman https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman

Carol Anderson

“One Person, No Vote”
September 30, 2020
7:00 p.m. • Virtual Event

Interviews:

• Electorette: Interview with Carol Anderson, author of White Rage andOne Person, No Vote (Podcast) https://www.electorette.com/carol-anderson
• Democracy Now!: “Our System Is Corroded: Carol Anderson on Rampant Police Violence and Assault on Voting Rights” (Podcast/video w/transcript) https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/5/new_evidence_ahmaud_arbery_case
• The Players’ Tribune: “8 Questions with Dr. Carol Anderson” https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/harrison-barnes-carol-anderson-interview
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: “Carol Anderson: ‘One Person, No Vote’ & the Impact of Voter Suppression - Extended Interview” http://www.cc.com/video-clips/as2u3q/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-carol-anderson----one-person--no-vote----the-impact-of-voter-suppression---extended-interview

Public Scholarship:

• The Guardian: “In 1919, the state failed to protect black Americans. A century later, it’s still failing” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2020/jun/02/in-1919-the-state-failed-to-protect-black-americans-a-century-later-its-still-failing
• The Guardian: “The era of ‘whites-only’ elections in America has returned” https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/feb/25/south-carolina-primary-elections-race-black-voters
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: “Carol Anderson: ‘One Person, No Vote’ & the Impact of Voter Suppression - Extended Interview” http://www.cc.com/video-clips/as2u3q/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-carol-anderson----one-person--no-vote----the-impact-of-voter-suppression---extended-interview

Reviews:

• The New York Times: “Whose Votes Really Count?” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/books/review-one-person-no-vote-carol-anderson.html
• Star Tribune: “Review: ‘One Person, No Vote’ by Carol Anderson” https://www.startribune.com/review-one-person-no-vote-by-carol-anderson/492648911/
• The Washington Post: “Is white rage driving our racial divide?” (Paywall) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-white-rage-driving-our-racial-divide/2016/06/22/fbeec9fc-22a8-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html
• The New York Times: “White Rage, Carol Anderson” (Paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/books/review/white-rage-by-carol-anderson.html

Book Excerpt:

• Excerpt from One Person, No Vote: https://www.lennyletter.com/story/one-person-no-vote

M Jackson

The Secret Lives of Glaciers
October 7, 2020
7:00 p.m. • Virtual Event

Interviews:

• Green Dreamer: “The multifaceted stories of our glaciers and the people who live alongside them (Interview with glaciologist M Jackson)” (Podcast w/pull quotes) https://greendreamer.com/podcast/dr-m-jackson-glaciologist
• National Geographic Expeditions: “An Interview with M Jackson, Glaciologist & National Geographic Expert” https://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.eu/news/interview-m-jackson-glaciologist-national-geographic-expert-eu/
• Earth Talk: “Glaciologist M Jackson On Feminist Climate Research” (Podcast) https://earthtalk.org/m-jackson/
• National Geographic: “Can Glaciers Change Cultures? Researcher M Jackson Seeks Scientific Proof in Iceland” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions/get-inspired/stories-from-the-road/m-jackson-interview-how-climate-change-affects-iceland-it-cultures/

Videos:

• TED Archive: “How glaciers impact community” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFNzKPVirt4
• TED-Ed: “How to grow a glacier” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlppif9IJzI
• TED-x: “Glaciers, Gender, and Science: We Need More Stories of Ice” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4R5-y0Dc1s

Reviews:

• The Reykjavik Grapevine: “Feminist Glaciology: M Jackson on Ice, Climate, Culture, and Gender” https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/literature-and-poetry/book-review/2019/01/30/feminist-glaciology-the-secret-lives-of-glacers-explores-climate-culture-gender/
• Kendal Mountain Festival: “The Secret Lives of Glaciers” https://www.kendalmountainfestival.com/literature-art/book-reviews/the-secret-lives-of-glaciers
• Foreword Reviews: “The Secret Lives of Glaciers” https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-secret-lives-of-glaciers/

Excerpt:

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/12/glaciers-disappear-melting-ice-impacts-human-culture-history/

Bridgett M. Davis

"The World According to Fannie Davis”
October 21, 2020
7:00 p.m. • Virtual Events

Interviews:

• NPR: “Daughter of a Numbers Runner Witnessed An Underground Economy in Action” (Podcast w/transcript) https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/807799177/daughter-of-a-numbers-runner-witnessed-an-underground-economy-in-action
• Mosaic Magazine: “Bridgett M. Davis: Interview” https://mosaicmagazine.org/bridgett-m-davis-interview/#.XzGP6_hKiw4
• Entertainment Weekly: “Bridgett M. Davis’ memoir of her mother is a vital exploration of the American dream” https://ew.com/author-interviews/2019/01/28/the-world-according-to-fannie-davis-memoir-interview/
• Long Reads: “‘I Inherited Luck’: Bridgett M. Davis on Her Family’s Life in the Numbers” https://longreads.com/2019/01/31/i-inherited-luck-bridgett-m-davis-on-her-familys-life-in-the-numbers/

Public Scholarship:

• The Los Angeles Times: “Blocked by racism from earning a good living, my mother ‘made a way out of no way’” https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-08-09/op-ed-blocked-by-racism-from-earning-a-good-living-my-mother-made-a-way-out-of-no-way
• Detroit Free Press: “Will legalization redeem lives ruined by war on marijuana?” https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/2019/03/23/underground-economy-race/3250863002/

Reviews:

• The New York Times: “Mama Was a Numbers Runner” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/books/review/world-according-fannie-davis-bridgett-davis.html
• NPR: “Who Ran The Numbers Racket? Mom” https://www.npr.org/2019/01/26/688818257/who-ran-the-numbers-racket-mom
• Nashville Scene: “The World According to Fannie Davis Is Full of History, Luck and Love” https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/books/article/21049742/the-world-according-to-fannie-davis-is-full-of-history-luck-and-love

Excerpt:

• https://www.bookbrowse.com/excerpts/index.cfm/book_number/3871/page_number/1/the-world-according-to-fannie-davis#excerpt

Stephan Wolfert

Cry Havoc! Screening & Discussion
November 4, 2020
7:00 p.m. • Virtual Event

Interviews:

• Sciendo: “Theatre Strikes Back in the Digital Age: An Interview with Stephan Wolfert” https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mstap/20/1/article-p37.xml
• The Folger Spotlight: “Interview with Stephan Wolfert of Cry “Havoc!” at the Folger” https://spotlight.folger.edu/2014/10/22/cry-havoc-at-the-folger/
• Psychotherapy Networker: “Point of View: Theater as Therapy: Can Shakespeare Heal the Trauma of War?”  https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2340/point-of-view

Reviews/Articles:

• Mad in America: “Veterans Find A Path to Healing Through Shakespeare” https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/10/veterans-find-path-to-healing-through-shakespeare/
• Saskatoon Star Phoenix: “Healing words: Shakespeare triggers radical change in veterans with PTSD” https://thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/local-arts/ch
• The New York Times: “Using Shakespeare to Ease the Trauma of War” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/theater/shakespeare-military-stephan-wolfert-cry-havoc.html
• The New York Times: “Review: A Warrior, Leaning on Shakespeare, in ‘Cry Havoc!’” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/theater/cry-havoc-review.html
• TheaterMania: “Cry Havoc!” https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/cry-havoc-bedlam-new-ohio-theatre_80419.html
• The Boston Globe: “A reckoning with the toll of war, on and off the battlefield, in Shakespeare & Company’s ‘Cry “Havoc”!’” https://www.decruit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Cry-Havoc-Review-Boston-Globe.pdf

Videos:

• GoldLab Symposium: “Stephan Wolfert: GoldLab Symposium 2018” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbrPCtv7QhA
• Cry“Havoc!” ($15 to stream on Vimeo) https://vimeo.com/ondemand/cryhavoc
• Pach NYU: “How Shakespeare, Theatre, and Veterans will Save the World” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9rH732uPrI

Michael Murphy

Architecture, Justice, and Beauty
November 12, 2020
7:00 p.m. • Virtual Event

Interviews:

• designboom: “designboom interviews michael murphy, co-founder of MASS design group” https://www.designboom.com/architecture/michael-murphy-mass-design-group-interview-05-26-2015/
• Arch Daily: “Michael Murphy of MASS Design Group on Social and Political Implications of Architecture” (Podcast w/pull quotes) https://www.archdaily.com/925859/michael-murphy-of-mass-design-group-on-social-and-political-implications-of-architecture
• The Architectural League NY: “Interview: MASS Design Group” https://archleague.org/article/mass-design-group/
• WBUR: “Architecture and Design After The COVID-19 Pandemic” (Radio) https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2020/04/13/architecture-covid-pandemic
• Men’s Journal: “How Michael Murphy Is Saving Lives Through Better Buildings” https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/michael-murphy-saving-lives-better-buildings/

Articles/Public Scholarship:

• The New York Times: “Dignifying Design”  https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/opinion/sunday/dignifying-design.html
• UChicago Magazine: “Social constructs” https://mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-society/social-constructs
• “An Interview with Claudia Rankine”
  https://www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue-150/interview-claudia-rankine
• The Boston Globe: “The role of architecture in fighting a pandemic” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/06/opinion/role-architecture-fighting-pandemic/
• Common Edge: “How Architects and Designers Can Respond to COVID-19” https://commonedge.org/how-architects-and-designers-can-respond-to-covid-19/

Videos:

• TED: “Architecture that’s built to heal” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvXZzKZ3JYQ
• Harvard Graduate School of Design: “Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks of MASS Group Design” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUCPnZR1GSU