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Neva Boyd

Neva Boyd

American sociologistWikipedia

Search complete. 2 mentions across 1 episode found for "Neva Boyd".

Sep 14, 2026

Jonathan PittsGUEST
9:38
I think that's something else that someone else can give you.
Jonathan PittsGUEST
9:41
Just like you can't call yourself someone's mentor, but someone who's a mentee of you can say, that's my mentor.
Jonathan PittsGUEST
9:48
I never considered myself a master of this art form until I was in India and Asia and people kept referring to me as that.
Jonathan PittsGUEST
9:58
And I was like, wow, that's something new for me to consider.

12 MINS LATER

Jonathan PittsGUEST
21:44
Improvisation was started in the 1930s and 40s by Viola Spolin in Chicago at a place called the Hull House.
Jonathan PittsGUEST
21:52
And she was working at the Hull House, which is a place for social work.
Jonathan PittsGUEST
21:57
And her mentor, Neva Boyd, had come up with game theory and asked Viola to take over the theater department.
Jonathan PittsGUEST
22:05
And What do you do with kids? Then you don't have a lot of money.

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