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Description:: Thia Cooper is Associate Professor in Religion, Latin American Studies, Peace Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her teaching and research interests include theology and liberation, theology and development, faith and practice in faith-based aid agencies, non-western Christianities, and religion in Lat...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Cooper, Thia
Created:: 2014-04-30
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Thomas Fisher is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. He has written extensively about architectural design, practice, and ethics. In this interview, he talks about his work on 21st-century cities and the "on-demand" economy.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Fisher, Thomas
Created:: 2015-12-09
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Thomas Fisher talks to Peter Shea on the commonalities of recent disasters, including the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and on his vision for the future of systems design.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Fisher, Thomas
Created:: 2011-04-11
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Thomas Rose talks to Peter Shea about his artistic interests and some themes that unite his work, such as the intersections of architecture and memory.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Rose, Thomas
Created:: 2011-08-03
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Thomas Schmidinger, political scientist, social and cultural anthropologist, and scholar of the Middle East, talks to Peter Shea. He recalls his wealthy, conservative Catholic upbringing as it framed his early awareness of racial and social inequity and prompted his interest in the Middle East and the relationships between religion, state, and s...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Schmidinger, Thomas
Created:: 2014-08-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Thomas Wolfe talks to Peter Shea about his intellectual development, journey to academia, and the importance of thought for its own sake.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Wolfe, Thomas
Created:: 2011-02-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Tim Hoogland, historian, talks to Peter Shea about his work as the coordinator of History Day. He discusses the challenges involved with students learning about history, lack of teacher resources, and the role of the Minnesota Historical Society in solving these conflicts. He talks about how History Day is used as a vechicle for underprivileged ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hoogland, Tim
Created:: 2014-02-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Timothy Pauketat talks to Peter Shea about his career studying the Mississippian archaeological site Cahokia.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Pauketat, Timothy
Created:: 2013-05-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Tina Richards talks to Peter Shea about the various aspects of her outreach to her new Hmong neighbors, and about what she has learned from observing their gardening and cooking practices.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Richards, Tina
Created:: 2012-08-13
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-28

Description:: Tom Conley talks to Peter Shea about his interest in American cinema which began at an early age.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Conley, Tom
Created:: 2010-04-15
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13