Project PhDcast

Short Bio

Alison Innes is a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program at Brock University. Her research explores ideas of ethical and authentic podcasting, ideas of expertise and authority, and how podcasting’s intimacy and open access nature democratize research and engage non-academic audiences.

Alison currently facilitates the  Podcast Learning Network at Brock University, producing podcasts with faculty and students. She was host and producer of Foreword, cohost and producer of MythTake , and she currently creates and hosts her own research podcast Project PhDcast .

She holds an MA in Classics from Brock University and undergraduate degrees from both McMaster University and Glendon College, York University.  

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Long Bio

Alison Innes is a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program at Brock University, working under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Mauro in the Department of Digital Humanities. Her research explores ideas of ethical and authentic podcasting, ideas of expertise and authority, and how the unique characteristics of podcasting, such as its intimacy and open access nature, democratize research and engage non-academic audiences.

Alison has worked in the university environment for almost fifteen years and is currently the Strategic Initiatives & Outreach Officer in the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University, where she hosted and produced the podcast Foreword (2020- 2024). She also facilitates Brock’s Podcast Learning Network, which she established in 2023 with the goal of bringing together podcasters from across the university community for learning and collaboration. She currently collaborates with faculty and students to produce podcasts for knowledge translation and mobilization.

Alison has previous experience as an independent podcaster as cohost and producer of MythTake (2016-2020) and Project PhDcast (2023- present). She believes strongly in the importance and value of Humanities research and teaching, and that it is critical for us as an academic community to share our work beyond the academic environment. Much of her communications work is orientated towards facilitating connections between researchers and communicating the importance and relevancy of humanities research to a non-academic public.

She holds an MA in Classics from Brock University (2013) and undergraduate degrees from both McMaster University (2009) and Glendon College, York University (2003).  

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