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Podcast: New Books in Law
Episode: Kent Kauffman, "Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)
Description: While full- and part-time college faculty and lecturers go about their jobs—doing all that is seen (teaching and publishing) and unseen (class prep, grading, and researching)—little, if any time is given to the uncomfortable acknowledgment that those acts have legal ramifications. Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know (2025, Rowman & Littlefield) thoughtfully addresses topics that are vital for those in academia.Kent Kauffman is an Associate Professor of Business Law at Purdue University Fort Wayne.Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Servic...