About Dana Malone

Dr. Dana Malone (she/her) is a scholar and practitioner energized by facilitating meaningful learning experiences for students and educators alike. She loves connecting with kindred academic spirits and collaborating on inspiring projects. When she’s not having engaging conversations on The Academic Life channel, she writes, teaches, and works with institutions on a contract basis. Her specialty areas include student cultures, the intersection of gender, sexuality, and religious identities as well as student success and assessment and evaluation. She provides invited talks on her book, From Single to Serious. Dana is also known for kitchen dance parties, wandering the Jersey shore, and greeting the day with a good yoga flow.

Dr. Dana Malone (she/her) is a scholar and practitioner energized by facilitating meaningful learning experiences for students and educators alike.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Dana:

Scholar Skills: Unraveling Faculty Burnout

November 17, 2022

Scholar Skills: Unraveling Faculty Burnout

Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Hosted by Dana Malone

“I’m burned out” is a familiar phrase in higher ed these days. This episode explores: What burnout is and is not.One scholar’s personal experience …

Scholar Skills: Managing and Re-Envisioning the Academic Mid-Career

October 27, 2022

Scholar Skills: Managing and Re-Envisioning the Academic Mid-Career

Vicki L. Baker
Hosted by Dana Malone

Ever felt uncertain about how to manage the academic mid-career stage? This episode explores: Why the mid-career stage is so important to mid-caree…

Scholar Skills: Communicating Through your Online Presence

September 29, 2022

Scholar Skills: Communicating Through your Online Presence

Jennifer van Alstyne
Hosted by Dana Malone

Is there a strategy to communicating your research online? This episode explores: What an academic communications strategist does.Why having a stra…

Opening Up the University for Displaced Students

August 25, 2022

Opening Up the University for Displaced Students

Ian M. Cook and Prem Kumar Rajaram
Hosted by Dana Malone

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The Open Learning Initiative (OLIve) operating out of Central European University.T…

The Great Resignation: In, Out, and Around Higher Education

June 16, 2022

The Great Resignation

Eric Frans
Hosted by Dana Malone

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Our guest Eric Frans’ career path into, out of, and around higher educationKey fact…

Scholar Skills: Editing a Book Collection Through a Professional Organization

June 9, 2022

Scholar Skills: Editing a Book Collection Through a Professional Organization

Karin A. Lewis
Hosted by Dana Malone

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Karin Lewis’s experience pitching and winning the book bidKarin and the editori…

Setbacks and Missteps: A Conversation about Failing Comps

May 19, 2022

Setbacks and Missteps

Heather Wagoner
Hosted by Dana Malone

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Heather Wagoner’s experience failing her doctoral qualifying examHow she respon…

Scholarly Skills: From Dissertation to Book

April 7, 2022

Scholarly Skills: From Dissertation to Book

William Germano
Hosted by Dana Malone

A Conversation with Dr. William Germano Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Important questions to ask yourself before…

How to Finish Your Dissertation

February 17, 2022

How to Finish Your Dissertation

Sonja K. Foss and William Waters
Hosted by Dana Malone

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: A process focused approach to completing a dissertation and other academic writingT…

Navigating the Two-Body Problem

January 20, 2022

Navigating the Two-Body Problem

Kelly J. Baker and Chris Baker
Hosted by Dana Malone

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: What the two-body problem isDr. Kelly Baker’s experience on the academic job market…

The Role of “Failure” in Student Success

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 co…

Mentoring in the Academy: A Conversation with Dr. Claire Renzetti

August 26, 2021

Mentoring in the Academy

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 brin…

Teaching First-Year and First-Generation Students: A Conversation with Lisa Nunn

July 15, 2021

Teaching First-Year and First-Generation Students

Lisa Nunn
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 brin…

How To: Create a Mentor Network

June 3, 2021

How To: Create a Mentor Network

Laura Gail Lunsford
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 brin…

College Belonging: A Conversation with Lisa M. Nunn

May 13, 2021

College Belonging

Lisa M. Nunn
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 brin…

Pandemic Perspectives: Graduating, Job Searching, and Being a New Professional

April 26, 2021

Pandemic Perspectives: Graduating, Job Searching, and Being a New Professional

Alex Schmied
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 brin…

Pandemic Perspective from a University Administrator: A Discussion with James D. Breslin

March 29, 2021

Pandemic Perspective from a University Administrator

James D. Breslin
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 brin…

Pandemic Perspectives: From a Vice President of Student Affairs

March 22, 2021

Pandemic Perspectives: From a Vice President of Student Affairs

Zebulun Davenport
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 brin…

Faculty versus Administrative Positions: A Discussion with Karin Lewis

February 18, 2021

Faculty versus Administrative Positions

Karin Lewis
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 brin…

Pandemic and the Student Parent: A Discussion with Brooke Lombardi

February 15, 2021

Pandemic and the Student Parent

Brooke Lombardi
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 brin…

How to Navigate Mid-Career Choices as a Faculty Member: A Discussion with Vicki Baker

February 11, 2021

How to Navigate Mid-Career Choices as a Faculty Member

Vicki Baker
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 brin…

On Writing Well for Trade: A Conversation with Author and Scholar Donna Freitas

January 7, 2021

On Writing Well for Trade

Donna Freitas
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 brin…

The Other Side of the Desk with a UP Editor: A Discussion with Kim Guinta

December 24, 2020

The Other Side of the Desk with a UP Editor

Kim Guinta
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 brin…

Introduction to 'The Academic Life' Podcast

November 5, 2020

Introduction to the "The Academic Life" Podcast

Christina Gessler and Dana Malone
Hosted by Dana Malone

Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you’re not an island, and neither are we. So, we are reaching across our own contacts – a…