Collegeland is a podcast sharing the untold stories from campuses around the United States.
Lisa Levenstein teaches history and directs the women's, gender, and sexuality studies program at UNC Greensboro. Off campus, she enjoys hanging out with people on her porch, planning trips, and exploring new public spaces, particularly in urban areas. She considers herself too high-strung for yoga but finds moments of peace reading and hitting tennis balls.
J. Tiffany Holland is a public educator, freedom dreamer, and wayward scholar. Her scholarly passions focus on the expansiveness and complexities of black identity and the potentials of black liberation. A former performing artist and middle-school teacher, Tiffany has taught history and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Guilford College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She holds an M.A. in history from Duke University. She lives in Greensboro North Carolina with her partner, her wonder-twin eight-year-old children, and her extended and magical queer family.
Craig Eley is an audio producer and cultural historian. In addition to working on Collegeland, he is currently producing the Human Powered podcast for Wisconsin Humanities and editing Song Exploder for Radiotopia. He spends most of his time counting the hours until children under 5 can get the COVID vaccine
Jade Iseri-Ramos is a podcast producer and radio reporter. She reports for the Madison-based community radio station WORT, where she originally got a start in audio. Jade is a west coaster turned midwesterner who is on a mediocre trivia team and bottom-seated kickball team. She enjoys an endless supply of library books and adventures with her partner and dog.
Danyel Ferrari is an artist/researcher and PhD Candidate at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information where she is an active union member and Co-Chair of the Media and Narrative Committee for the RU-AAUP/AFT. She currently lives in Maine but pines to return to Istanbul along with her dog and cat.
Nan Enstad teaches community and environmental sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and lately is passionate about all things related to agriculture and food. She's been trying to calm down for twenty years, so she likes qi gong, yoga, and meditation. New Covid pastimes include jigsaw puzzles and bocce ball in all weather with her partner and friends. She has ukulele aspirations for Covid Winter.
Richelle Wilson produces audio for radio and podcasts and moonlights as an academic editor. She is a PhD candidate writing about IKEA as a uniquely dystopian retail space in fiction. Her hobbies include reading novels, going for walks around the city, learning new recipes, and hosting (virtual) game and movie nights with her partner.
Logo and cover art by Margaux Parker. Theme song by Josh Wilson.
Funded in part by a grant from Wisconsin Humanities, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State of Wisconsin. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed on the podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.