Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews
By Stacks on Stacks
Stacks on Stacks: The InterviewsFeb 17, 2023
Carlos Evia (Air Date: 02/15/2023)
In this episode of Stacks on Stacks, we sit down with Carlos Evia to talk about his position as the director of the new Academy of Transdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Five: This Again is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring of 2023.
Ren Harman (Air Date: 02/08/2023)
In this episode of Stacks on Stacks, we sit down with Ren Harman to talk about the new Center for Oral History at Virginia Tech.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Five: This Again is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring of 2023.
Eric Glenn (Air Date: 01/24/2023)
For the first episode of our fifth season, Joe and Kira sit down with Eric Glenn to discuss his new role as the Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Organizational Development in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Five: This Again is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring of 2023.
Aaron McCollough (Air Date: 11/01/2022)
This week, Stacks on Stacks is joined by the Product Director of repositories at Ubiquity Press, Aaron McCollough. Ubiquity Press is an open-access publisher of peer-reviewed academic journals, books, and institutional repositories with a mission to make open-access publishing more accessible. They host all of the books and journals for Virginia Tech Publishing, as well. Beyond being the Product Director at Ubiquity, Aaron is also a writer, poet, and editor of the poetry journal, Split Level Texts.
To listen to Aaron's episode, click here. To learn more about Ubiquity Press, click here.
Dispatch Correspondent: Dispatch announcement provided by our Digital Literacy Correspondent, Kelsey Hammer.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Four: New Horizons is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall of 2022.
Sylvester Johnson (Air Date: 10/11/2022)
Stacks on Stacks welcomes Dr. Sylvester Johnson, Virginia Tech's Center for Humanities director. In this week's episode, Sylvester fills us in on the 4-week pilot humanities course that he taught to 10 prison inmates at the River North Correctional Center. This pilot course was not only a great success but is just the start of an ongoing initiative to determine how universities and colleges can make way for education in the U.S. carceral system. This pilot was made possible by the hard work of many people and groups, including the Coalition for Justice, the Department of Corrections, the Calhoun Honors Discovery Program, and ITHAKA. Listen to Sylvester's episode here.
Find out more about the Coalition for Justice, the Calhoun Honors Discovery Program, or ITHAKA.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Four: New Horizons is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall of 2022.
Jenaya Amore (Air Date: 09/20/2022)
In this episode of Stacks on Stacks we sit down with Jenaya Amore, a master's student in Sociology at Virginia Tech. Jenaya is the new co-host on season 2 of the Standpoints podcast, where she and co-host Andrea Baldwin explore Black feminist experiences within a scholarly, pedagogical, and community praxis of care. In addition to being the host of her own podcast, An Ignored Black Truth, Jenaya is also the first co-sponsored graduate student under Virginia Tech Publishing and the Center for Humanities.
To listen to the Standpoints podcast, click here. To listen to An Ignored Black Truth, click here.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Four: New Horizons is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall of 2022.
Jason Higgins (Air Date: 08/30/2022)
In this week's episode, we welcome back a returning Stacks on Stacks guest, Dr. Jason Higgins, a postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech's Center for Humanities, specializing in Digital Humanities and Oral History. Jason discusses how he applies methodology around oral history narration, as well as his recent work focusing on incarcerated veterans.
For information on Jason's new book, Service Denied: Marginalized Veterans in Modern American History, click here.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Four: New Horizons is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall of 2022.
Rishi Jaitly (Air Date: 08/23/2022)
For the first episode of our fourth season, Joe Forte and guest-host Kelsey Hammer sit down with Rishi Jaitly to discuss his new position at Virginia Tech as a professor of practice and leader of the Digital Transformation and Scientific Collaboration area in the Academy of Transdisciplinary Studies.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Four: New Horizons is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall of 2022.
Nitra Eastby (Air Date: 04/12/2022)
Nitra Eastby is the Collections Strategist and Assessment Coordinator for Virginia Tech's University Library. In this episode, hosts Joe and Kira sit down with Nitra to discuss the ins and outs of her new role since joining the Collections team at the start of COVID-19.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Three: Silent Spring is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring 2022.
The History Lab (Air Date: 04/05/2022)
Joe and Kira welcome the History Lab professors, Paul Quigley, David Hicks, Todd Ogle, and Thomas Tucker onto the show to discuss how their collaborative project work was turned into a trans-disciplinary class at Virginia Tech. The History Lab course brings together teachers and students from across departments and methodologies to explore hidden histories and creative technologies in an inventive, hands-on way.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Three: Silent Spring is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring 2022.
Kirsten Dean (Air Date: 03/22/22)
Kirsten Dean is the High Impact Practices Librarian in Teaching and Learning Engagement with the University Libraries at Virginia Tech and is also the curator of the Popular Reading Collection in Newman Library. In this episode, Joe and Kira sat down with Kirsten to discuss the priorities that influence the choices she makes in filling the Popular Reading shelves, as well as how her work aligns with the role an academic library can effectively play in assessing and meeting the needs of VT students.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Three: Silent Spring is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring 2022.
Kelsey Hammer (Air Date: 03/01/22)
Kelsey Hammer is the Digital Literacy and Multimedia Production Librarian at Virginia Tech. Joe and Kira sit down with Kelsey to discuss a multitude of topics, including how we engage with others online, the production of different creative projects, and snacks.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Three: Silent Spring is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring 2022.
Henry Yampolsky (Air Date: 02/22/22)
In the first episode of the third season, Joe and Kira welcome Henry Yampolsky, the Assistant Director for Equity, Outreach, and Conflict Resolution in the Office for Equity and Accessibility at Virginia Tech. The three of them discuss Henry's efforts to educate the Virginia Tech community on compliance, civil rights, and communication, how those efforts derive from his philosophy on conflict resolution, and how his role differs from and overlaps those of the Ombuds Officers who appeared on the show last semester.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Three: Silent Spring is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Spring 2022.
Max Ofsa (Air Date: 12/14/21)
Max Ofsa is the manager of Prototyping and 3D Scanning Studio at Virginia Tech. Max sits down with Kira and Joe to discuss the process of printing, prototyping, and the exciting ins and outs of the studio design space.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Julie Griffin (Air Date: 11/09/2021)
Julie Griffin is a Senior Associate Dean of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech and is responsible for Collections and Scholarly Communications. Julie joined Kira and Joe to talk about the importance of providing access to information, data, and resources and providing information services to the community.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
VT Ombuds Officers: Bryan Hanson & Reese Ramos (Air Date: 11/02/2021)
Bryan Hanson and Reese Ramos joined Kira and Joe to talk about their respective roles as ombuds officers for the university and the graduate school.
Bryan Hanson is the graduate student Ombudsperson at Virginia Tech. Formed in 2007, his office supports graduate students in negotiating conflict and stress.
Reese Ramos is the director of the university-wide ombuds office at Virginia Tech, also known as the Virginia Tech Office of Interactive Communication & Empowerment (VOICE). In cooperation with Bryan's office, VOICE serves faculty, staff, and undergraduate students. The university-wide ombuds role was created in 2019.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Kendall Giles (Air Date: 10/19/2021)
Dr. Kendall Giles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. His teaching and research interests include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data and algorithms, computer systems, the history of computing and the internet, and the field of science, technology, and society.
Kendall is pursuing a second doctorate in the STS program here at Virginia Tech while also hosting Technoslipstream, a podcast in which he takes a deep dive into research, books, news, and articles with a focus on exploring the complex and powerful technologies being developed and released into the world with sometimes beneficial but often unintended consequences. Technoslipstream is produced in affiliation with Virginia Tech Publishing and the Virginia Tech University Libraries Athenaeum.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Andrea Baldwin and the Posture Portraits (Air Date: 10/12/2021)
Dr. Andrea Baldwin, Heidi Henderson, and James Lee joined Kira and Joe to talk about the Posture Portrait project, an interdisciplinary project which examines how bodies have historically been created/made through scientific interventions and surveillance, while simultaneously engaging with the concept of inclusivity of all bodies including those traditionally seen as “Other”.
Dr. Andrea Baldwin is a researcher on the Posture Project. She is an assistant professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana studies at Virginia Tech in the department of sociology. Her scholarship centers on the experiences of Black women globally with a specific focus on Black feminist decoloniality, care, and Anglophone Caribbean women’s migration. Andrea is also a podcaster with Virginia Tech Publishing. She, along with Trichia Cadette, are hosts of Standpoints, a podcast on Black Feminisms.
Heidi Henderson is a choreographer on the Posture Portraits project. She is a professor and Chair of Dance at Connecticut College. She is currently developing and designing a new first year seminar called Quilting: Craft, Poverty, Protest, Reuse. Students will sew while they research the AIDs quilt, the quilts of Gee’s Bend Alabama, sustainability in clothing manufacturing, and artists that use quilting as their means of expression.
James Lee is a researcher and media artist on the Posture Portraits project. He is an associate professor of computer science at Connecticut College. His research interests include computer graphics, visualizations, games, physical computing, and virtual reality. His current research focuses on virtual humans, specifically attempts to design and develop a lifelike computer interface by digitizing a real person’s figure, nature, personality and mannerisms.
The Body Studies Journal article referenced by Dr. Baldwin during the interview can be accessed here.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Anna Zeide (Air Date: 10/05/2021)
Dr. Anna Zeide is an Associate Professor in History at Virginia Tech and the founding director of a new Food Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Anna joined Kira and Joe to talk about the new program (in which Kira has also been a collaborator) and about her work. She is the author of the 2018 book, Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry (University of California Press), which won a James Beard media award in 2019.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Honora Ankong and Bessie Flores Zaldívar (Air Date: 09/28/2021)
Honora Ankong and Bessie Flores Zaldívar are MFA candidates at Virginia Tech and hosts of the MFAngle podcast. They joined Kira and Joe in the studio to discuss new episodes, their own writing, and the future of the podcast. MFAngle is produced in affiliation with Virginia Tech Publishing and the Virginia Tech University Libraries Athenaeum.
Honora Ankong is a queer Cameroonian American poet, writer, and 2020 Pushcart prize nominee who has been featured by Poetry Daily. Her works exist to complicate and expand narratives of Blackness, immigration, displacement, and queer identity. Her chapbook our gods are hungry for elegies was selected as a winner of the 2021 Glass Poetry Press chapbook contest and will be forthcoming in 2022. Her other words can be found at Lolwe, Mineral Lit, Glass, The Maine Review, storySouth, and elsewhere.
Bessie Flores Zaldívar is a writer and poet from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She is a Tin House YA 2021 alumni and her work has been nominated for Best New Poets and selected for Best of the Net 2020. Bessie’s new chapbook, Rain Revolutions, is out now with Long Day Press. She will be reading from Rain Revolutions around Blacksburg next month including at this event.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Jason Higgins (Air Date: 9/21/2021)
Jason Higgins is the Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities and Oral History for the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech. Jason sat with Kira and Joe to talk about his work recording and studying oral history narratives given by military veterans, and about how this experience will inform his research and pedagogy while in residence.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Sylvester Johnson (Air Date: 09/14/2021)
Sylvester Johnson is the director of the Virginia Tech Center for Humanities. He is a nationally recognized humanities scholar specializing in the study of technology, race, religion, and national security. He is also assistant vice provost for the humanities at Virginia Tech and executive director of the university’s Tech for Humanity initiative. Sylvester joined Joe in the studio to discuss Vox Humanities, his podcast focusing on the advancement of human centered knowledge. Vox Humanities is produced in affiliation with Virginia Tech Publishing and the Virginia Tech University Libraries Athenaeum.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Bill Ingram (Air Date: 09/07/2021)
Bill Ingram is the Assistant Dean and Director of Information Technologies in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. He spoke with Kira and Joe about the importance of IT in the development of academic libraries, and about the way in which technological developments have effect workflows and organizational strategies throughout the Libraries. This conversation with Bill continues a series on Libraries Administration that Stacks on Stacks hosts have been producing throughout the year.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Lee Vinsel (Air Date: 08/31/2021)
Lee Vinsel is an Associate Professor in the department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. He is the Author of The Innovation Delusion (2020, with Andrew L. Russel) and Moving Violations (2019). Lee joins Kira and Joe in the studio to preview Peoples & Things, his new podcast about human life with technology. Peoples & Things is produced in affiliation with Virginia Tech Publishing and the Virginia Tech University Libraries Athenaeum.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Tyler Walters (Air Date: 08/24/2021)
Tyler Walters is the Dean of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. In an attempt to open a window onto the arc of evolution for academic libraries in general, and the strategic vision for Virginia Tech Libraries specifically, Kira and Joe sat down to talk with the big boss himself. The conversation with Tyler continues a series on Libraries Administration begun during Season One: The Pandemic Tapes.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.
Season Two: The Hopeful Return is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall 2020.
Virtual Sculpture Garden (Air Date: 04/20/2021)
Description: Trevor Finney and Jonathan Bradley join Kira and Joe to talk about their work on the Virtual Sculpture Garden, a virtual reality experience, in which visitors may explore 3D art and and share their own.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Ren Harman (Air Date: 04/13/2021)
Ren Harman, who has been recording oral history narratives for VT Stories over the last several years, has recently joined the University Libraries team as an Oral History Projects Archivist. Kira and Joe spoke with him in April of 2021 about his work and what this move may mean for the Libraries and for Oral History at Virginia Tech.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Jessica Brabble (Air Date: 03/16/2021)
Jessica Brabble was a Masters Candidate in the Department of History when she spoke with Kira and Joe in the spring of 2021. She was one of the leading planners of the annual conference hosted at Virginia Tech by the History Graduate Student Association, The Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Conference. The conference had just wrapped up, and she joined Kira and Joe to talk about her work and about planning and running the Bertoti Conference as a fully virtual event.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Patrick Tomlin (Air Date: 03/09/2021)
Patrick Tomlin is the Assistant Dean and Director of Learning Environments in the Libraries. Kira and Joe spoke with him in the spring of 2021, following his promotion several months earlier to the level of Assistant Dean. The conversation was the second in a planned series engaging strategic organization among administrative roles in the University Libraries.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Chesapeake DH Consortium (Air Date: 03/02/2021)
Corinne Guimont (Digital Scholarship Coordinator in the VT Libraries) and Alex Kinnaman (Digital Preservation Coordinator in the VT Libraries) visited the virtual recording studio in March of 2021 to talk about the recently completed annual conference for the Chesapeake Digital Humanities Consortium. They talked about both the challenges and the opportunities presented by the move to situate the meeting within entirely online spaces.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Eli Jamison (Air Date: 02/23/2021)
Dr. Eli Jamison is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Management Department of the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. She dropped by the virtual studio to tell Kira and Joe about her course on the economics and cultural aesthetics of the comic book industry.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Andi Ogier (Air Date: 02/16/2021)
Andi Ogier is the Assistant Dean and Director of Data Services in the Libraries. Kira and Joe spoke with her in early 2021, following her promotion several months earlier to the level of Assistant Dean. The conversation was the first in a planned series engaging strategic organization among administrative roles in the University Libraries.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Anthony Wright de Hernandez (Air Date: 02/09/2021)
Anthony Wright de Hernandez is the Community Archivist with Special Collections and University Archives in the Virginia Tech Libraries. He also hosts a program on the Libraries’ twitch channel, entitled Archival Adventures. Anthony spoke with Kira and Joe early spring semester of 2021.
The Role of Play (Air Date: 12/08/2020)
In 2020, the University Libraries launched its Twitch channel to share live-streamed original programming produced in the University Libraries studios network. Among the inaugural programs, The Role of Play stood out for its unique celebration of table-top role playing games and classic literature. Two of its creators, Jonathan Bradley and Alice Rogers joined Kira and Joe in the winter of 2020 to talk about the motivation for the project and to speak to some of the highlights from the games they had thus far hosted.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Scott Fralin (Air Date: 11/03/2020)
In November 2020, Kira and Joe welcomed Exhibit Curator & Learning Environments Librarian Scott Fralin into the virtual studio to talk about how limited operations during Covid-19 have presented the opportunity to explore designing and building Libraries exhibits entirely within virtual spaces. Scott is a good friend of the Stacks on Stacks program, a frequent guest, and one of the original hosts of the show.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Rhonda Morgan (Air Date: 10/13/2020)
Rhonda Morgan is the Executive Director of the Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation. Like everyone else, the BM&CF had to close its physical spaces to the public in March of 2020. And like everyone else, they had to figure out a way to keep going. Rhonda joined Kira and Joe in the fall of 2020 to talk about some of the ways the museum and foundation have sustained a sense of community and a practice of engagement through the challenges of the pandemic.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.
Nina Ha (Air Date: 10/13/2020)
Nina Ha is the Director of the Asian Cultural Engagement Center at Virginia Tech. She joined Kira and Joe in the fall of 2020 to speak about how the center was adapting to Covid-19 shutdown and limited operations, as well as some of the unique challenges facing her community. Dr. Ha was scheduled to join us live in the spring during the show that was to air the week of the original campus closure. Seven months later, we finally got it together enough to resume welcoming guests to the program.
Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program, on 90.7 FM WUVT, most Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm.
Season One: The Pandemic Tapes is a collection of all the remotely recorded interview segments broadcast during a period of remote and asynchronous production of the Stacks on Stacks radio program between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.