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About Christina Gessler
Dr. Christina Gessler is an editor and writing coach for academics. She uses her Ph.D. in American history to explore what stories we tell, and what happens to those we never tell. She is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. She also writes the show's weekly Substack newsletter providing bonus material and writing tips.NBN Episodes hosted by Christina:
October 8, 2026
The Biggest Lie
When American fascists suddenly goose-stepped down Main Street in the 1930s, fascism was seen by the rest of the country as a terrifying and radical n…
October 1, 2026
How Girls Achieve
How Girls Achieve points out a simple and overlooked truth: most schools never had girls in mind to begin with. That is why the world needs what Dr. S…
September 24, 2026
Tsunami
Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women’s Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplic…
September 17, 2026
The Book Proposal Book
Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive, The Book Prop…
September 10, 2026
A Nation Wrestles With God
Spanning more than 400 years of spiritual transformation and imagination, A Nation Wrestles With God (Restless Books, 2026) collects diverse writers—p…
September 3, 2026
The Grant Writing Guide
The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars (Princeton UP, 2023) is an essential handbook for writing fundable grants. This easy-to-use guide fea…
August 27, 2026
Thinking About Leaving Academia?
You’ve spent so many years earning your degrees. But how do you know if staying in academia is the right thing for you? Whether you hope to keep wor…
August 20, 2026
Happy to Help
As a big sister, Girl Scout, personal assistant, sitcom sidekick, and, finally, mother of three, Amy believed it was her destiny to be a people please…
August 13, 2026
Bordering On Indifference
Immigration agents have a frontline view of the racial, economic, and legal inequalities that undocumented migration reflects—and yet most agents do n…
August 6, 2026
In the Scholar’s Workshop
For centuries, many of the world’s most influential thinkers relied on helpers who performed tasks such as taking dictation, correcting, indexing, com…
July 30, 2026
The Letters of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was a letter writer before she was a poet. And it was through letters that she shared prose reflections–alternately humorous, provocat…
July 23, 2026
Cast Out
In Cast Out: A Call For A Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration (Beacon Press, 2026), civil rights lawyer Joseph Margulies insists that those w…
July 16, 2026
Heart-Centered Connections
Heart-Centered Connections: Seven Essential Skills for Helping Neurodiverse and Marginalized Children Thrive is a transformative guide for working wi…
July 9, 2026
Doubled Up
More than eleven million children in the US live in doubled-up households, sharing space with extended family or friends. These households are even mo…
July 2, 2026
Thy Will Be Done
In Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory (UNC Press, 2026), historian John Garrison Marks tells th…
June 25, 2026
The Honesty Crisis
Research shows that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and unders…
June 18, 2026
Pink Crime
A woman miscarries and is charged with murder. A new mother tests positive for a drug her hospital administers and loses custody of her newborn. Four …
June 11, 2026
Can I Say That
Can I Say That: Your Go-To Guide for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is your safe space to learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion, and how y…
June 4, 2026
Paper Heroines
In Paper Heroines: Women Writers in Conversation and Community Across the Sea Islands, 1838-1902 (U South Carolina Press, 2026), Dr. Mollie Barnes s…
May 28, 2026
The Instigators
Black women have always been the most relentless instigators for change—building a democracy for all. In The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Es…
May 21, 2026
End of An Academic Dream
Why do we build our sense of self around our academic work? What does it mean to pivot away from campus jobs to the alt-ac world? How does increasing …
May 14, 2026
Reflection-In-Motion
Reflection-in-Motion: Reimagining Reflection in the Writing Classroom (Utah State UP, 2025) considers how reflective practice is embedded in daily cou…
May 7, 2026
Fighting for a Foothold
Prince George’s County, Maryland, is a suburban jurisdiction in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and is home to the highest concentration of Bl…
April 30, 2026
Empathy Takes Action
Mainstream psychology has long accepted that some people (like those with autism) are naturally more logical and unemotional, while others (like so-ca…