American Campus Podcast

a social and political history of US higher ed

The student Old Left with Katherine Ballantyne

June 04, 2025 • Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

We're headed South with Kate Ballantyne to talk about the Old Left! Plus, Kate's tips for conducting archival research.

To join the student activism researchers Google group, send me an email: shephell@iu.edu.

References mentioned this episode:

Katherine J. Ballantyne. 2024. Radical Volunteers: Dissent, Desegregation, and Student Power in Tennessee. University of Georgia Press.
Harriet Constable. 2024. The Instrumentalist. Simon & Schuster.
Mona Awad. 2020. Bunny: A Novel. Penguin.
Bluesky: @kateballantyne.bsky.social

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