The Interview Corner

Interview by Henry Jacob, SY ’21Transcribed by Rosemary Chen, BF ’24 Introduction: Born and raised in Queens, New York, Jelani Cobb completed his undergraduate studies at Howard University and received a doctorate in American history from Rutgers University. He serves as the Ira A. Lipman Professor …

Plotting Power: Race, Class and Gender in Kiley Reid's Such a Fun Age from YHRUploads

Elizabeth Alexander on the intersections of identities from YHRUploads

Françoise Hamlin on "Paying the Favor Forward" from YHRUploads

Inequality on all fronts: Rosa DeLauro on protecting communities during Covid and beyond from YHRUploads

In August 2020, Jisoo Choi sat down with Camille Delaney-Mcneil, Director of Programs with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids. Jisoo Choi: Could you briefly describe what OrchKids does with respect to its programs and the impact it seeks to have? Camille Delaney-McNeil: OrchKids, in short, is…

Interviewed by Henry Jacob, SY ’21Transcribed by Yassi Xiong, DP ’22 Ellen Wu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research, teaching, and writing interests focus on race and immigration in the United States. She is the author of The Color of Success: Asia…

"You Can't Unknow:" A Conversation with Ashley Farmer on Inequality and Intellectual Production from YHRUploads

Interviewed by Henry Jacob, SY ’21 Transcribed by Rachel Sragovicz, TD ’24 Dr. Chip Colwell is a leading educator and researcher. He serves as the founding editor-in-chief of SAPIENS, an online anthropology magazine accessible to a wide audience. Colwell received his PhD from Indiana University and…

Festering: Amrita Chakrabarti Myers on the wound of racism from YHRUploads

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Interviewed by Henry Jacob, SY ’21 YHR: Mr. Rosenkranz, could you please start by describing yourself in a few sentences. Robert Rosenkranz (RR): I’m a graduate of Yale University, Class of 1962. Next, I went to Harvard Law School. Since then, my career has been in finance. Recently, I’ve been

L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy on how suburban spaces, sexism, and COVID affect the Black community from YHRUploads

Ripping off the scab: Edda Fields-Black on becoming an artist from YHRUploads

Alexander Weheliye on desiring for a different world from YHRUploads

Fugitive Spaces: Matthew Guterl on radical practices of history and citizenship from YHRUploads

Justin Farmer Interview from RodrigoChousal

Isabella Smeets discusses “The 1950s War on Narcotics: Henry Aslinger, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, and Senator Daniel Price’s Probe” with its author, William Horvath. Isabella Smeets (IS): First off, I was wondering what inspired you to study the federal narcotics policy in the 1950s? William …

Isabella Smeets talks with Christina Figlus about her thesis, “Our emperor and empresse.” Isabella Smeets (IS): First, I was wondering what inspired you to write about Elizabeth I? Did you always have an interest in Elizabeth I or English history in general? Were you always interested in looking at …

Isabella Smeets sits down with John “JJ” Borja, author of Absinthe, Alcoholism, and the Asylum in France, 1870-1918. Isabella Smeets (IS): Firstly, I was just wondering what inspired you to write about Absinthe, Alcoholism, and Asylum in France from 1870-1918? John Borja (JB): I think the first thin…

Isabella Smeets speaks with Kelsea Jeon, author of “This ‘Order’ Must Be Annihilated: How Benjamin Austin’s Call to Abolish Lawyers Shaped Early Understandings of Access to Justice, 1786-1819. Isabella Smeets (IS): Kelsea, I was wondering what inspired you to write about Benjamin Austin in the first…

Isabella Smeets sits down with Bebe Thompson, author of Statues of Liberty: Willy Meyer, William Halsted, and the Development of the Radical Mastectomy from 1880 to 1920. Isabella Smeets (IS): To start off, I was wondering what inspired you to write about the development of the radical mastectomy fr…

Daevan Mangalmurti sits down with Rick Chavolla for The Cultural Histories Project. This venture explores the university’s changing cultural landscape over the last century, from the diversification of admissions and the tumult of the 1950s and ’60s to ongoing efforts to expand perceptions of who Ya…