Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Jessica Coleman about Birds of North America. She then applies this context to four poems by Mary Oliver: “Swan,” “The Chat,” “Terns,” and “Snow Geese.”

Part 1 (Biography & Overview) Starts: 00.00

Part 2 (Interview with Jess Coleman) Starts: 16:57

Part 3 (Four Poems) Starts: 31:48

Dr. Beebe’s LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-beebe

Emily Dickinson: A Companion: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emily-dickinson/

12-Question Survey for Readers: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R2TGWNM

Jess Coleman started at UT Tyler in August 2008 as a lecturer and graduate teaching assistant coordinator in the biology department. She was hired to teach the freshman General Biology I and II courses and coordinate all the labs. She also teaches two upper-division courses: Ornithology and Conservation biology. Coleman coordinate 10 – 30 graduate TAs every semester. In 2020, Coleman won the Regents Outstanding Teaching Award. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at UT.

As a senior lecturer, Coleman’s primary responsibility is teaching. However, she has been active in research since I started at UT Tyler. Recently, she has had several bird projects with graduate and undergraduate honors students in progress.

In 2021, Coleman received a small grant from the Audubon of Texas and Tyler Audubon Society to add Birdboxes to the university campus. This is part of a graduate student project to monitor the nesting patterns of birds on campus to examine their reproductive success throughout the year. It should be wrapped up in Spring 2024

Coleman has two honors students working on side projects from the birdbox study.

1. Adult eastern Bluebirds have particular defenses when guarding their nests with young. This study will focus on the behavior of Eastern Bluebirds' response to humans approaching active nests.

2. They examine Eastern Bluebird nests after a breeding season to determine their overall nest structure and the degree of ectoparasites in urban nests.

2022 – Present: Coleman is part of a rather large multi-state USDA-NRCS grant to examine several aspects of constructed Wetlands to determine the overall health of these systems. Wetlands are experiencing significant loss due to human encroachment, which multiples lead to biodiversity loss. These systems are vital for bird species since they utilize these habitats for nesting, breeding, foraging, and other social interactions. They will conduct bird surveys in these constructed wetlands to assess the overall health of these man-made systems.

Resources:

On Being Interview with Mary Oliver: https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-i-got-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/

Oliver, Mary. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. Penguin, 2017.

Oliver, Mary. Upstream: Selected Essays. Penguin, 2016.

Mary Oliver reads from A Thousand Mornings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsr3ZZzH-MA

Birds of the World (Cornell) https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home

Guide to North American Birds (Audubon) https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide

Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Dr. Kenneth Bryant about the American Civil Rights Movement. She then applies this context to four poems by Lucille Clifton: “good times,” “generations,” “listen children,” and “All of Us Are All of Us.”

Part 1 (Biography & Overview) Starts: 00.00

Part 2 (Interview with Dr. Kenneth Bryant) Starts: 10:45

Part 3 (Four Poems) Starts: 20:16

Dr. Beebe’s LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-beebe

Emily Dickinson: A Companion: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emily-dickinson/

12-Question Survey for Readers: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R2TGWNM

Dr. Kenneth Bryant

1. Associate Professor of Political Science at UT-Tyler for 7 years.

2. 2023 recipient of the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award (ROTA)

3. An educator, political junkie, and film enthusiast.

Publications:

1. Co-author of "Battle for the Heart of Texas: Political Change in the Electorate"

2. Working on a book project called "Is There A Bright Side?" on approaches to teaching government and political science in times of immense polarization.

Resources:

The Lucille Clifton House - https://www.thecliftonhouse.org/

Clifton, Lucille. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, 1965-2010. BOA Editions, 2012

Holladay, Hilary. Wild Blessings: The Poetry of Lucille Clifton. LSU Press, 2012.

Lucille Clifton Video, “What Poetry Is” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfYCRZ9LVh4

Lucille Clifton reads “won’t you celebrate with me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7q_DUk5wU

History Channel on the Civil Rights Movement - https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement

The Black Church (PBS) - https://www.pbs.org/show/black-church/

Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson on the history of portrait painting. She then applies this context to some Robert Lowell poems: “Randall Jarrell” 1, 2, & 3, “Charles V by Titian,” and “Rembrandt.”

Part 1 (Biography & Overview) Starts: 00.00

Part 2 (Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson) Starts: 10:43

Part 3 (Four Poems) Starts: 20:38

Dr. Beebe’s LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-beebe

Emily Dickinson: A Companion: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emily-dickinson/

12-Question Survey for Readers: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R2TGWNM

Dr. Lisot-Nelson is an associate professor of art history at UTT.

She specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art, and also teaches courses on women in art, ancient Greek, Roman, early Christian, Medieval and Latin American art.
Her research interests include artworks representing marginalized populations such as illegitimate children, refugees, slaves and servants.
Dr. Lisot-Nelson presents academic papers on artists such as Federico Barocci, Raphael, Titian, Ghirlandaio and Velázquez.

Forthcoming fall 2023: "The Jewish Bride and Oriental Concubine: Raphael's Donna Velata (Veiled Woman) and La Fornarina (Baker's Daugher)" in Renaissance Papers 2022:

https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781640141643/renaissance-papers-2022/
“Refugees of War: Federico Barocci’s Aeneas Fleeing Troy, Classical Antecedents to Contemporary Issues” journal article in: Konsthistorisk Tidskrift / Journal of Art History, Routledge: Taylor & Francis Publisher, Vol. 89, Issue 1 (2020): 33-56.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00233609.2020.1742786

Resources:

“Equestrian Portrait of Charles V” by Titian (1548) https://www.titian.org/equestrian-portrait-of-charles-v.jsp

“The Jewish Bride” by Rembrandt (1665-1669) https://smarthistory.org/rembrandt-jewish-bride/

“Bathsheba at her Bath” by Rembrandt (1654) https://www.rembrandtpaintings.com/bathsheba-at-her-bath.jsp

“Randall Jarrell” by Betty Watson (1963) https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2007.171

Robert Lowell reads “Skunk Hour” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSlcc2b02yc

Lowell, Robert. Collected Poems. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2007.

Lowell, Robert and Elizabeth Bishop. Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2010.