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Academic Life January 13, 2022

A Conversation about Teaching While Nerdy

Jessamyn Neuhaus

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The hidden curriculum of transforming yourself from student to teacherAccepting and embracing your nerdy/geeky/introverted self Challenges faced by introverted …

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Academic Life January 6, 2022

Being Well in Academia

A Candid Conversation About Challenges and Connection

Petra Boynton

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The other hidden curriculum: the support and care strategies necessary for being well in academiaSystemic and structural barriers Undiagnosed …
Academic Life December 30, 2021

Find Your People

A Conversation About Meaningful Connections

Dana Malone

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear: How part of the hidden curriculum is the support networks you need to create for yourself; How you create that …
Academic Life December 23, 2021

Dreaming of Leaving Academia to Write Full-time?

A Conversation with Nancy Thayer

Nancy Thayer

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Nancy Thayer’s path through college and graduate school, her work as a professor, how she hit a glass ceiling …
Academic Life December 16, 2021

Scholarly Skills: Getting From To-Do to Done

A Conversation with Maura Nevel Thomas

Maura Nevel Thomas

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear: --how Maura Nevel Thomas became an expert in time-management skills --why you need to use your to-do list differently than …
Academic Life December 9, 2021

Shoutin’ In the Fire

A Conversation with Graduate Student Dante Stewart

Dante Stewart

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Dante Stewart’s path through college and into his current graduate school, playing football for Clemson, why former college athletes …
Academic Life December 2, 2021

Underrepresented Groups in Archives

A Conversation About Ethics, Inclusion, and Acquisitions

Megan Hahn Fraser

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Megan Fraser’s job collecting and curating a Punk Rock archive, her current work at the Research Institute for Contemporary …
Academic Life November 18, 2021

About Maternal Health Studies

A Conversation with Bethany Johnson

Bethany Johnson

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Bethany Johnson’s simultaneous journey through graduate school and motherhood, her struggles with infertility, the history of birth-care access, why …
Academic Life November 11, 2021

Wondering How to Design a Qualitative Study?

A Discussion with Dana Malone

Dana Malone

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Dana Malone’s inspiration for researching in her own backyard, why she chose to do qualitative research for her …
Academic Life November 4, 2021

A Chemistry Professor Shares his Grief and his Favorite Recipes

A Conversation with David Smith

David Smith

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Professor David Smith’s path to becoming a chemistry professorWhy he’s passionate about making science inclusive and representationalHis husband’s deathBeing …
Academic Life October 28, 2021

Just Like Family

How Companion Animals Joined the Household

Andrea Laurent-Simpson

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Andrea Laurent-Simpson’s path in and out of and back into graduate schoolThe story of her college dog, who became …
Academic Life October 21, 2021

Long Road to the Dream Job in Academia

A Conversation with Liz W. Faber

Liz W. Faber

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Liz Faber’s long road from completed PhD to dream jobWhy academia said she was a failureThe financial reasons …
Academic Life October 14, 2021

A Conversation About Reproductive Health and Abortion Studies

An Interview with Diane Greene Foster

Diane Greene Foster

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The field of reproductive health studiesThe data on contraceptive access and effectiveness [even when used correctly]Why we need to …
Academic Life October 7, 2021

Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom

Notes from a White Professor

Cyndi Kernahan

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Why White professors need to teach about race and racism in their coursesThe gap between “inside” and “outside” knowledgeHow …
Academic Life September 30, 2021

The Role of “Failure” in Student Success

Anna Sharpe

Hosted by Dana Malone
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: the importance of normalizing failure in college, the emotional work involved with coming back from a failure, the role …
Academic Life September 23, 2021

Get Real and Get In

How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Self

Aviva Legatt

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Aviva Legatt’s journey into and through college Why she became an Ivy League college admissions officer What that job …
Academic Life September 16, 2021

Feminism, Race, and Transnationalism

A Discussion with Ginetta Candelario

Ginetta Candelario

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island and neither are we. So we are reaching across our mentor network to bring you …
Academic Life September 9, 2021

Archival Etiquette

What To Know Before You Go

Megan Hahn Fraser

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …
Academic Life September 2, 2021

Running from Bondage

Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America

Karen Cook Bell

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island and neither are we, so we reached across our mentor network to bring you these …
Academic Life August 26, 2021

Mentoring in the Academy

A Conversation with Dr. Claire Renzetti

Claire Renzetti

Hosted by Dana Malone
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island and neither are we. So, we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …