
ISA - The Teaching Curve
The Teaching Curve is a podcast exploring the teaching and learning of global issues. The Teaching Curve can be contacted on Twitter at @TeachingCurve or by email at TeachingCurve@isanet.org.
Episodes
34 episodes
Teaching Curve 34 Jessica Auchter on Balancing Emotions and Learning Tools in IR Education
This month’s episode is with Dr. Jessica Auchter, Full Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Université Laval in Quebec, Canada. Jessica moved to her current role after 10 years teaching at the University of Tennessee Cha...
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32:00

Teaching Curve 33 Phi Su, Liz Gallerani, and Christine Menard on Faculty/Staff Collaboration for Innovative Engagement
This episode is with three scholar/teachers from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in the US. Phi Su is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Williams. Liz Gallerani is Curator of Mellon Academic Programs at the Williams College ...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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29:27

Teaching Curve 32 James Der Derian and Jayson Waters on Teaching Quantum IR
This month’s episode is with Dr. James Der Derian, Michael Hintze Chair of International Security Studies and Director of the Centre for International Security Studies, and Dr. Jayson Waters, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for I...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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30:23

Teaching Curve 31 Anahita Arian on Teaching Non-Western IR Theory
This month’s episode is with Dr. Anahita Arian, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Geopolitics and a College Research Associate at King’s College at Cambridge University in the UK. Among other positions in Europe, Latin America...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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29:56

Teaching Curve 30 Misbah Hyder on Trauma-informed Teaching in IR
Dr. Misbah Hyder, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Teaching Excellence Center at the United States Naval War College in Rhode Island in the US. She consults with faculty there and trains instructors in trauma-informed teaching in professio...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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27:11

Teaching Curve 29 Jochen Kleinschmidt and Margaryta Rymarenko on Teachers from the Global North Teaching IR in the Global South
This episode is a conversation with Jochen Kleinschmidt, a Research Associate and Coordinator of the Center for Latin American Studies (ZILAS) at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany, and Margaryta Rymarenko who has degrees fr...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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29:22

Teaching Curve 28 Luba Levin-Banchik on Active and Collaborative Learning Techniques
This episode’s conversation is with Dr. Luba Levin-Banchik, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Cal State University San Bernadino and the 2023 recipient of the International Studies Association’s Deborah Gerner Award for Innovative Tea...
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24:55

Teaching Curve 27 Charity Butcher and Alasdair Blair on Publishing your Teaching Scholarship
Charity Butcher is the Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development, and a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University in Georgia in the US. Alasdair Blair is Associate P...
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24:56

Teaching Curve 26 Alex Cromwell on Integrating International Video Interactions into IR Courses
Dr. Alexander Cromwell is a Professorial Lecturer and the Associate Director of the Dean’s Scholars and Experiential Learning program at the Elliott School of international affairs at George Washington University in Washington, DC in the United...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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24:44

Teaching Curve 25 Mark Harvey, James Fielder, and Ryan Gibb on Integrating Games into International Studies Courses
Dr. Mark Harvey is an Associate Professor and Director of the Masters of Business Administration Program at St. Mary University in Kansas in the United States. He teaches courses on global management, international political economy, internatio...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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29:41

Teaching Curve 24 Anna Meier and Liam Midzain-Gobin on Decolonizing Syllabi, Curricula and Attitudes
Dr. Anna Meier is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Her research concerns terrorism, white supremacist violence, and racism in national security institutions an...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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25:05

Teaching Curve 23 Naeem Inayatullah on What it Means to Teach
Dr. Naeem Inayatullah is a Professor of Politics at Ithaca College in New York in the US. He has invested significant energy in thinking about how students learn global politics and how to create environments where that can happen. The most rec...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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24:29

Teaching Curve 22 Maïka Sondarjee on Our Agency as Teachers of IR
This episode is with Dr. Maïka Sondarjee, Assistant Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa in Canada. Maïka’s research investigates multilateralism and international organizations, th...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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25:22

Teaching Curve 21 Jenny Lobasz on the Transparency Necessary for Building Learning Communities
Today’s conversation is with Dr. Jenny Lobasz, Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Delaware in the United States. Jenny teaches courses and researches on feminist and gender theory, human traff...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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25:17

Teaching Curve 20 Mauro Caraccioli on Attending to Institutional Contexts in Pedagogical Strategizing
This episode's conversation is with Dr. Mauro Caraccioli, Associate Professor of Political Science and Core Faculty in the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT) at Virginia Tech University in the United States. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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26:53

Teaching Curve 19 Petra Hendrickson and Daisy Lupa on Non-traditional Active Learning Techniques
Today’s conversation is with Petra Hendrickson and Daisy Lupa. Petra is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at, and Daisy a 2022 graduate of, Northern Michigan University in the United States. Petra has published on student engagement, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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25:03

Teaching Curve 18 Franklin Obeng-Odoom on Pedagogical Pluralism and Pedagogical Citizenship
This episode is a conversation with Dr. Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science Associate Professor of Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki in Finland. In addition to being a prolific and accomplis...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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24:41

Teaching Curve 17 Andrew Szarejko and Sibel Oktay on Teaching through Disruption
This episode is an interview with Andrew Szarejko and Sibel Oktay. Andrew is a Donald R. Beall defense fellow in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School. Dr. Sibel Oktay is Associate Professor of Political Science...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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25:28

Teaching Curve 16 Patrick James on the Joys of Pedagogical Experimentation and Failure
Patrick James is Dean’s Professor of International Relations at the Dornsife College of Letters Arts And Science at the University of Southern California. He has served as president of ISA Midwest and president of the International Studies Asso...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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24:34

Teaching Curve 15 Victor Asal on Games, Simulations and Non-traditional Exercises in IR Pedagogy
This episode is a conversation with Victor Asal, Professor Political Science at the University at Albany, part of the State University of New York system. In addition to his research on the use of violence by non-state actors and how states dis...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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24:53

Teaching Curve 14 Kate Schick and Claire Timperley on Subversive Pedagogies and Radical Possibility
The Teaching Curve is a podcast exploring the teaching and learning of global issues. This episode with Dr. Kate Schick and Dr. Claire Timperley. Dr. Schick is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Dr. Timperley is Lecturer in Politica...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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25:09

Teaching Curve 13 Jack Kalpakian on Managing Religious Perspectives in a Liberal Arts Context
The Teaching Curve is a podcast exploring the teaching and learning of global issues. This episode with Dr. Jack Kalpakian, Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane in Morocco explo...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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23:45

Teaching Curve 12 Rebecca Glazier on How Attending to Students as People Can Make all the Difference
The Teaching Curve is a podcast exploring the teaching and learning of global issues. This episode with Dr. Rebecca Glazier, Associate Professor at the School of Public Affairs of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in the US explores att...
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24:17

Teaching Curve 11 Jan Luedert on Signature Pedagogies and the Power of Assumptions
The Teaching Curve is a podcast exploring the teaching and learning of global issues. This episode with Dr. Jan Luedert, Associate Professor and Director of Curriculum and Instruction at City University of Seattle, in Washington state in the US...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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24:19

Teaching Curve 10 Ralph Carter on Humanizing Pedagogies to Produce More Happiness
The Teaching Curve is a podcast exploring the teaching and learning of global issues. This episode with Dr. Ralph Carter, Piper Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas in the US, explores case study tec...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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25:06
