1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

This episode we speak to Annie Armstrong and Marianne Krasny, co-authors of the new paperback and open access ebook Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators. Annie Armstrong is a PhD Student in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. Marianne Krasny is Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University. Marianne is the coeditor or coauthor of numerous books, including Urban Environmental Education Review, Civic Ecology and Grassroots to Global. We spoke with Annie and Marianne about best practices in climate change education and the many useful insights for educators featured in their new book Communicating Climate Change which is available in paperback (http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140103609930) and also as a free ebook that can be downloaded directly from our OA website Cornell Open (http://www.cornellopen.org/9781501730795/communicating-climate-change), as well as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Google

This is the second episode in our special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi…0100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medicine. Cleese is best known for his work on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, as well as numerous other on-screen performances, including his roles as Q in the James Bond franchise and Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter movies. He holds an M.A. in law from Cambridge University, and an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews University, where he was rector for several years. The following audio excerpt is featured in the final chapter of the new book – a fun and lively conversation in 2017 between John Cleese and Cornel

This episode we welcome award-winning journalist and author Suzanne Gordon, author of the new book Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans. Suzanne is the co-editor of the Culture and Politics of Health Care Work series at Cornell University Press and is the author or co-author of 12 books from Cornell including Nursing against the Odds, Beyond the Checklist, and The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare. We spoke to Suzanne about her new book and the fully integrated healthcare that the Veterans Health Administration successfully delivers to 9 million veterans across the nation. Follow Suzanne on twitter: https://twitter.com/suzannecgordon Use code 09POD to save 30% on her new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100822180

This episode we interview poet, author, visual artist, oral historian, and policy analyst Susan Eisenberg. Susan was among the first women in the country to become a journey-level electrician in union construction, and for four decades she has endeavored to understand, frame, convey and advance issues of tradeswomen. Her Cornell books include two published this year - the 20th anniversary edition of her book We’ll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction, and the poetry collection entitled Stanley’s Girl. She is also the author of the 1998 collection of poetry - Pioneering: Poems from the Construction Site. We spoke with Susan about her upcoming workshop and book signing at the Women Build Nations conference in Seattle Washington this October 12th-14th as well as her new online exhibition ON EQUAL TERMS: GENDER AND SOLIDARITY - https://onequalter.ms/

This episode is the first in a special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi=80140100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medicine. Cleese is best known for his work on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, as well as numerous other on-screen performances, including as Q in the James Bond franchise and Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter movies. He holds an M.A. in law from Cambridge University, and an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews University, where he was rector for several years. The following audio excerpt is featured in the final chapter of the new book – a spirited conversation in 2017 between John Cleese and Cornell Univer

Author Catherine O'Donnell and special guest Sister Betty Ann McNeil join us to talk about Catherine's new book - Elizabeth Seton: American Saint. Catherine O’Donnell is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and she writes about religion, culture, and politics in early America and the Atlantic World. She is the author of Men of Letters in the Early Republic: Cultivating Forums of Citizenship and the newly published book by Three Hills – Elizabeth Seton: American Saint. Sister Betty Ann McNeil belongs to the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise. A clinical social worker for over twenty years, she has worked in a variety of social ministry roles in institutional, parish, and community based settings and is also a Vincentian Scholar-in-Residence at DePaul University. We talked with Catherine O’Donnell and Sister Betty Ann McNeil about the new biography on Elizabeth Seton, her history and legacy, and the special event at the National Shrine of Elizabeth Seton in Emmitsburg, MD comme

Cornell University Press Marketing and Sales Director Martyn Beeny chats with Sara Henning-Stout, Senior Publicist at Princeton University Press, about book publicity and marketing, influencers, authors, and much more in episode 5 of the Sage Marketing podcast.

Author Josh Shifrinson joins us to talk about his new book Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts Josh is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Boston University, where his research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, grand strategy and international security. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. He has published in International Security, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Quarterly, and other venues. Follow Josh on Twitter - https://twitter.com/shifrinson Use code 09POD to save 30% on his new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140107997660

Author Robyn Klingler-Vidra joins us to talk about her recent book The Venture Capital State: The Silicon Valley Model in East Asia. Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Lecturer in political economy in the Department of International Development at King’s College London. Follow Robyn on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RobynVidra Use code 09POD to save 30% on her new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140101038220

CUP Senior Editor Jim Lance joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Philadelphia for the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting: http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2018 If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Jim and fellow editor Fran Benson, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 Sociology catalog and sampler. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellpress.cornell.edu.) The electronic versions of our catalog and sampler can be viewed here: https://issuu.com/cornelluniversitypress/docs/sociology_2018_issuu?e=29596641/63213312 https://issuu.com/cornelluniversitypress/docs/sociology_sampler_2018_issuu?e=29596641/63230186

Suzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven join us to discuss how mainstream journalists can get the story right on the VA health care system. Essential resources for journalists and veterans alike: https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2018/unhealthy-skepticism/ https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2298.html https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR800/RR806/RAND_RR806.pdf http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=24915 https://www.veteranspolicy.org/ https://archive.legion.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12203/9067/aa005028.pdf?sequence=1 https://www.mdedge.com/fedprac/article/159219/mental-health/choice-program-expansion-jeopardizes-high-quality-vha-mental Suzanne Gordon is coeditor of the Cornell University Press series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work, and is the author or co-author of 12 books from Cornell including Nursing against the Odds, Beyond the Checklist, The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare and the forthcoming book Wounds of

In this episode I chat with Director of University of Georgia Press Lisa Bayer about marketing, books, the future of the university press, and much more. Read Lisa's blog on university presses and host institutions: https://ugapress.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/lets-stay-together-a-taxonomy-of-relationships-between-american-university-presses-and-their-host-institutions/ Follow Lisa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisambayer Follow Martyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartynBeeny

Author Jules Pretty joins us to talk about his recent book The East Country as well as his Manifesto for the Green Mind. Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. He is the author of many books, including The Edge of Extinction and This Luminous Coast, both from Comstock Publishing Associates. He is also author of The Earth Only Endures and coeditor of Green Exercise. Visit Jules Pretty's website at julespretty.com and follow him on Twitter at @JulesPretty1. Use code 09POD to save 30% on his books when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100215790 http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100580610 http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100812330

Co-authors Boz Welborne, Aubrey Westfall, and Sarah Tobin join us to talk about their new book The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States. (Fellow co-author Ozge Celik Russell was unable to join the conversation.) Boz Welborne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Smith College. Aubrey L. Westfall is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wheaton College. Sarah A. Tobin is a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway. Özge Çelik Russell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Gazi University. Use the code 09POD to save 30% on their new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140108323510

CUP Senior Editor & Three Hills Editorial Director Michael McGandy joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Philadelphia for the 2018 SHAFR Annual Meeting: https://shafr.org/sites/default/files/shafr_18_final.pdf If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Michael, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 United States History catalog. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellpress.cornell.edu.) The electronic version of our catalog can be viewed here: issuu.com/cornelluniversitypre…?e=29596641/61702749

ILR Press Editorial Director Fran Benson joins us to tell us about her upcoming trip to the LERA 70th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland this June 14-17th: https://www.leraweb.org/70th-lera-anl-mtg If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Fran, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 ILR Press catalog. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellpress.cornell.edu.) The electronic version of the ILR Press catalog can be viewed here: https://issuu.com/cornelluniversitypress/docs/cor_ilr-catalog-052418_issuu?e=29596641/61703082

Author David Schuyler joins us to talk about his new book Embattled River: The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism, and his book talk on June 14th at the Hudson River Valley Institute: http://www.marist.edu/publicaffairs/2018-06-04-hrvi-lecture-david-schuyler.html David Schuyler is Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of the Humanities and American Studies, Franklin & Marshall College. Schuyler is author of numerous books, including the award-winning Sanctified Landscape: Writers, Artists, and the Hudson River Valley, 1820–1909. Use code 09POD to save 30% on his books when you order them directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140104006420 http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100050550

CUP Senior Editor & Three Hills Editorial Director Michael McGandy joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Williamsburg, Virginia for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Omohundro Institute Conference. http://oieahc-cf.wm.edu/conferences/ If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Michael, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 United States catalog. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellpress.cornell.edu.) The electronic version of our catalog can be viewed here: https://issuu.com/cornelluniversitypress/docs/2018_us_history_catalog_issuu?e=29596641/61702749

Cornell is launching a new series, Histories and Cultures of Tourism, and Series Editor Eric Zuelow joins us to discuss what it is all about. We discuss the history of the field of tourism studies, seminal books in the field and what he and CUP Senior Editor Emily Andrew are looking for in regards to prospective projects. Along the way we also discuss Volkswagen Beetles, Roman graffiti, and Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. To submit a proposal for the series please contact Eric Zuelow and Emily Andrew via email. Their contact information can be found at the following websites: http://www.une.edu/people/eric-g-e-zuelow http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/contacts/ Eric G.E. Zuelow is an associate professor of European history. He specializes in modern Britain and Ireland, with a particular emphasis on the histories of tourism and national identity. Zuelow is author of A History of Modern Tourism (Palgrave, 2015) and of the award-winning Making Ireland Irish: Tourism and National Identity since the I

CUP Marketing Director Martyn Beeny joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Book Expo 2018: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/ If you are at Book Expo this year, please do stop by Booth 3064 and say hello to Martyn, pick up advance copies of our Fall/Winter books (including one by John Cleese), and receive some choice CUP swag.