The Course
Created by The University of Chicago Yuen Campus in Hong Kong, The Course is a compilation of personal conversations with professors from The University of Chicago. Each episode features one professor, where they talk about who they are outside lecture halls, the path that led them to become a professor, and all the ups and downs along the way. For curious students and anyone interested, here’s The Course on career stories as told by professors from UChicago.
Podcasting since 2022 • 138 episodes
The Course
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Episode 138— Ruth Bloch Rubin: "You are the captain of your own ship."
As an academic studying American politics at the University of Chicago, Assistant Professor Ruth Bloch Rubin recognizes she is living in an unprecedented time that future political historians will be studying intently. It is equally a gr...
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Episode 137— Marco Garrido: "I kind of stumbled into being a professor."
With various interests, Associate Professor Marco Garrido was still determining his next steps after graduation and went off exploring the world. It was when he shared dinner tables with the poor and the rich that he finally found his re...
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Episode 136—Molly Offer-Westort: "I was interested in exploring the world more and having different experiences."
From being an English teacher in Central Lesotho to being a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar to working with the World Bank and the United Nations, Assistant Professor Molly Offer-Westort chose to experience various opportunities before emba...
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Episode 135 - Robert A. Pape: "The goal here is to use social science to save lives."
Professor Robert A. Pape from the Department of Political Science discusses how his early research interest in air power and international political violence brought him to sit with military officers and policy decision-makers on various...
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Episode 134 - Timothy Harrison: "I had $287 in my bank account ."
Associate Professor Timothy Harrison finished high school and ventured off to build his career as a model until he decided to pivot to a scholarly pathway and fulfill his dream as a novelist. Now as an author and co-author of multiple bo...
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