Philip Lewin is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department. His current research focuses on housing insecurity in South Florida. He recently completed an Emergency Housing Study and Policy Response Analysis for the City of Lake Worth Beach, which examined the scope, causes, and consequences of housing distress across the city; analyzed the impacts of recent state legislation on local housing conditions; and provided policy recommendations to improve housing affordability and security. His previous work examined the political ramifications of environmental exploitation, economic distress, and cultural marginalization in Central Appalachia.

In this episode, Dean Horswell and Professor Lewin discuss key findings from Lewin’s recent study of housing conditions in Palm Beach County, focusing on the City of Lake Worth Beach. Their conversation covers the causes of rising housing costs, the challenges faced by local residents, and the effectiveness of local, state, and federal policies in addressing the crisis.

Philip Lewin is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department. His current research focuses on housing insecurity in South Florida. He recently completed an Emergency Housing Study and Policy Response Analysis for the City of Lake Worth Beach, which examined the scope, causes, and consequences of housing distress across the city; analyzed the impacts of recent state legislation on local housing conditions; and provided policy recommendations to improve housing affordability and security. His previous work examined the political ramifications of environmental exploitation, economic distress, and cultural marginalization in Central Appalachia.

In this episode, Dean Horswell and Professor Lewin discuss key findings from Lewin’s recent study of housing conditions in Palm Beach County, focusing on the City of Lake Worth Beach. Their conversation covers the causes of rising housing costs, the challenges faced by local residents, and the effectiveness of local, state, and federal policies in addressing the crisis.

Summary: Romeo Oriogun, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University, joins Dean Michael Horswell in our latest edition of In Conversation. They discuss poetry, migration, and the role of African literature in global literary discourse.

Romeo Oriogun is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University and explores themes of migration, queerness, and survival in his poetry and nonfiction.

A Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate, Oriogun is the author of Sacrament of Bodies, Nomad, and The Gathering of Bastards. He has received the Nigeria Prize for Literature, the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Prize, the Nebraska Book Award for Poetry, and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.

Summary: Romeo Oriogun, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University, joins Dean Michael Horswell in our latest edition of In Conversation. They discuss poetry, migration, and the role of African literature in global literary discourse.

Romeo Oriogun is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University and explores themes of migration, queerness, and survival in his poetry and nonfiction.

A Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate, Oriogun is the author of Sacrament of Bodies, Nomad, and The Gathering of Bastards. He has received the Nigeria Prize for Literature, the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Prize, the Nebraska Book Award for Poetry, and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.

Taylor Hagood, Professor of American Literature at Florida Atlantic University, joins Dean Michael Horswell in our latest edition of In Conversation. They discuss author Theodore Pratt and his literary work detailing Florida society from the late 1800s to the middle of the twentieth century.

Taylor Hagood is Professor of American Literature in FAU's English Department. Much of his scholarship has focused on the writing of William Faulkner, African American literature, Gothic and horror literature, and the literature of the United States South. Among his literary critical publications are the coedited volume Undead Souths: The Gothic and Beyond in Southern Literature and Culture and the monograph, Faulkner, Writer of Disability, winner of the C. Hugh Holman Award for Best Book in Southern Studies.

Along with his literary critical work, Professor Hagood has written nonfiction, biography, and true crime. His 2023 book, Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend, explores the story of David "Stringbean" Akeman. His most recent book, Theodore Pratt: A Florida Writer's Life, draws upon the Pratt archive in FAU's Special Collections to present the life story of the mid-twentieth century's "Literary Laureate of Florida."

Taylor Hagood, Professor of American Literature at Florida Atlantic University, joins Dean Michael Horswell in our latest edition of In Conversation. They discuss author Theodore Pratt and his literary work detailing Florida society from the late 1800s to the middle of the twentieth century.

Taylor Hagood is Professor of American Literature in FAU's English Department. Much of his scholarship has focused on the writing of William Faulkner, African American literature, Gothic and horror literature, and the literature of the United States South. Among his literary critical publications are the coedited volume Undead Souths: The Gothic and Beyond in Southern Literature and Culture and the monograph, Faulkner, Writer of Disability, winner of the C. Hugh Holman Award for Best Book in Southern Studies.

Along with his literary critical work, Professor Hagood has written nonfiction, biography, and true crime. His 2023 book, Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend, explores the story of David "Stringbean" Akeman. His most recent book, Theodore Pratt: A Florida Writer's Life, draws upon the Pratt archive in FAU's Special Collections to present the life story of the mid-twentieth century's "Literary Laureate of Florida."

Professor of English Oliver Buckton joins Dean Michael Horswell in our latest edition of In Conversation to discuss his research on World War II espionage and his new book Counterfeit Spies: How World War II Intelligence Operations Shaped Cold War Spy Fiction (2024).

Oliver Buckton is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Florida Atlantic University, and has taught at FAU since 1994. He teaches courses in Victorian and modern British literature, film, literary theory, and espionage fiction. His recent research explores the intersections of intelligence history, political history, and espionage fiction.

He is the author of Secret Selves: Confession and Same-Sex Desire in Victorian Autobiography (1998), Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson: Travel, Narrative, and the Colonial Body (2007), Espionage in British Literature and Film Since 1900: The Changing Enemy (2015), The Many Facets of Diamonds Are Forever: James Bond on Page and Screen (2019) and The World is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming (2021) and

Professor of English Oliver Buckton joins Dean Michael Horswell in our latest edition of In Conversation to discuss his research on World War II espionage and his new book Counterfeit Spies: How World War II Intelligence Operations Shaped Cold War Spy Fiction (2024).

Oliver Buckton is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Florida Atlantic University, and has taught at FAU since 1994. He teaches courses in Victorian and modern British literature, film, literary theory, and espionage fiction. His recent research explores the intersections of intelligence history, political history, and espionage fiction. He is the author of Secret Selves: Confession and Same-Sex Desire in Victorian Autobiography (1998), Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson: Travel, Narrative, and the Colonial Body (2007), Espionage in British Literature and Film Since 1900: The Changing Enemy (2015), The Many Facets of Diamonds Are Forever: James Bond on Page and Screen (2019) and The World is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming (2021) and