Trinity College has partnered with Stanford Digital Education to launch a new book talk series, Academic Innovation for the Public Good, which will foster discussion about how to make higher education’s future more equitable and accessible.
Each hour-long Zoom interview features the author of a recently published book exploring the role of colleges and universities in addressing society’s most pressing problems and the potential for innovation to address those challenges. An expert in the author’s field will conduct the interview, followed by questions from the audience.
The free and open-to-the-public series began in January with Trinity’s Davarian Baldwin, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies, discussing his recent book, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities. Baldwin was interviewed by Michael Kahan, co-director of Stanford University’s Program on Urban Studies.
Trinity Vice President for Library and Information Technology Services Kristen Eshleman said that the LITS team at Trinity is excited to co-create this interview series with Stanford. “Academics have done the deepest research on higher education and the public good, and we all benefit from more exposure to their work,” Eshleman said. “With this web-based model of book talks, we aim to support academic authors and help turn what would be small-scale local conversations into more impactful national ones.”
For more information, including a complete list of remaining talks, or to register for an event, please visit https://trincoll.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZIw6bYRYTEaRdEp88l6lGg
To learn more about the motivation for this series, go to Inside Higher Ed for a Q&A with Eshleman and Stanford’s Matthew Rascoff.