Feb 8, 2023
Season 1: Emancipating the Academy
In this episode, the Emancipatory Sciences Lab is joined by members of the Psychoanalysis and the Arab World Lab at George Washington University to discuss liberatory approaches to scholarship. The Psychoanalysis and the Arab World Lab is led by Dr. Lara Sheehi, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at George Washington University and co-author of the new book, Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine. She is joined in this episode by two brilliant students from the Lab, Razzan Quran, MPsy, MS and...
Feb 1, 2023
Season 1: Emancipating the Academy
Dr. Oliver Rollins is an Assitant Professor of American Ethnic Studies at University of Washington and author of the newly released book, Conviction: The Making and Unmaking of the Violent Brain. In this episode, Dr. Rollins traces his intellectual development and personal journey to studying the sociology of neuro & brain sciences. Dr. Rollins reflects on the implications of academic knowledge production for social inequity through his study of neuroscientists and the construction of the "violent brain." He unpacks what...