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The Academic LifeTry to Love the Questions: From Debate to Dialogue in Classrooms and LifeAmong the most common challenges on college campuses today is figuring out how to navigate our politically charged culture and engage productively with opposing viewpoints. In Try to Love the Questions: From Debate to Dialogue in Classrooms and Life (Princeton UP, 2024), Lara Schwartz introduces the fundamental principles of free expression, academic freedom, and academic dialogue, showing how open expression is the engine of social progress, scholarship, and inclusion. She sheds light on the rules and norms that govern campus discourse—such as the First Amendment, campus expression policies, and academic standards—and encourages students to adopt a mindset of inquiry t...
2025-12-181h 01The Academic LifeEvery Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers are Changing the WorldWe all have the power to change the world through the products we buy. This simple premise has driven the growth of the conscious consumer movement for decades. Indeed, what started with a handful of niche sustainability brands has exploded into the mainstream with labels like Organic, Non-GMO, and Fair Trade Certified now adorning products in major retailers across the country. Yet the true promise of ethical sourcing and conscious consumerism has not been fully realized. Paul Rice has dedicated his career to helping consumers and businesses embrace the power they have to protect the environment and improve the...
2025-08-1257 minThe Academic LifeOvercoming ABD Pitfalls: Tips for Getting UnstuckThe ABD [All But Dissertation] phase can either feel liberating—no more coursework or comps!—or like the floor has dropped out. The scaffolding that prepared you for being a graduate assistant, passing comps or conducting your research gives way to a new, wide open space where you are just supposed to write. While some people will flourish in this unstructured writing space, others are left playing detective—how do you know when to approach advisors for feedback? How many times can you ask them to read something—and how far in advance should you ask? How long is the fini...
2025-07-1753 minThe Academic LifeThe End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal DivideIn early June 2020, Christina Gessler and Zerlina Maxwell met remotely to discuss Maxwell’s soon-to-be-released book. This episode is an encore presentation of that discussion. As we watch the race to the 2024 United States presidential election, we revisit this conversation from four years ago to reconsider lessons learned and those ignored in the race to the 2020 presidential election.Today’s book is: The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide (Legacy Lit, 2020), by Zerlina Maxwell, which examines the past and present problems of the Left. After working on presidential campaigns for Barack Obama and Hillar...
2024-10-241h 14The Academic LifeTalking to Strangers: A Discussion with Psychotherapist Charlotte Fox WeberCan the kindness of strangers help with the loneliness crisis? Whether you are a student, staff, or have gone alt-ac, you’ve likely had to move at least once recently for your education and career goals. It can get lonely when family and friends are far away or they just don’t understand what you are doing with your life, and you are left wondering who you can talk to, who has your back, and who will be your people. In this episode, a podcaster and a psychotherapist sit down to talk about how their respective jobs regularly place them...
2023-12-2158 minThe Academic LifeIn-Person Research and Writing: Visiting Archives and "Selling Anti-Slavery"What does it feel like to hold that diary or broadside or sugar bowl you are writing about? In today’s episode, Dr. Christina Gessler is joined by Dr. Teresa Goddu to talk about research, archives, and the book Selling Antislavery: Abolition and Mass Media in Antebellum America.Today’s book is: Selling Antislavery: Abolition and Mass Media in Antebellum America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020), by Teresa A. Goddu, which is a richly illustrated history of the American Anti-Slavery Society and its print, material, and visual artifacts. Beginning with its establishment in the early 1830s, the American Anti-Sla...
2023-09-0759 minThe Academic LifeAcademic Aunties: A Conversation with Dr. Ethel TungohanYou’ve probably heard by now that there’s a hidden curriculum in academia. But it’s called hidden for a reason—only some [privileged] people are in the know about what it contains. And when you can’t find the answers you need, earning your degree is much harder than it should be. Today, higher education podcast host Dr. Ethel Tungohan of the Academic Aunties joins Dr. Christina Gessler, the producer and host of the Academic Life, to talk about why they are so passionate about bridging this knowledge gap. This episode explores:
The importance of seeing the struct...
2023-08-101h 05The Academic LifeWriting Beyond a Limited Narrative: A Conversation with Hari ZiyadWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Hari Ziyad’s journey through higher education.
Why they became editor of RaceBaitr after finishing film school at NYU.
The necessary disruption of social norms.
The challenges of writing memoir.
And a discussion of the book Black Boy Out of Time.
Our guest is: Hari Ziyad (he/they), a screenwriter, and the Editor-in-Chief of RaceBaitr. Originally from Cleveland, OH, they currently reside in Brooklyn, NY, and received their BFA from New York University, where they concentrated in Film and Television and Psychology. They a...
2022-08-1154 minThe Academic LifeDo You Need a Developmental Editor?Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Laura Portwood-Stacer’s own experience getting her first two academic books published.
An overview of different kinds of editors who will be part of shepherding your book to publication.
What a developmental editor does.
Why might you need to hire one.
Her advice to book editors and their clients.
Our guest is: Dr. Laura Portwood-Stacer, who is a scholar and academic. She wrote a book based on her dissertation and many scholarly journal articles, including “How To Email Your Professor (Without Being Ann...
2022-08-0456 minThe Academic LifeConsidering Museum Work? A Conversation with Curators From the SmithsonianWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Our guests’ career paths at the Smithsonian,
their work to help create a new Women’s history museum,
collecting BLM materials during protests,
creating exhibits just as the pandemic closed the museum,
and a discussion of their book on women’s artifacts in the Smithsonian.
Today’s book is: Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection, a book that offers a unique and panoramic look at women's history in the United States through the lens of...
2022-07-281h 19The Academic LifeThe Cornell Sweatshirt TweetWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Ruby Tapia’s viral Cornell sweatshirt tweet.
How witnessing domestic violence, and the aftermath of her father’s suicide, influenced her decision to go to college far from home.
Difficulties she faced freshman year both on and off campus.
The professor who called her in to office hours, and how that changed her academic path.
The meaning she’s made of these experiences, and how they changed her.
Her hopes for future generation of college students, including her own daughters.
Our guest is...
2022-07-211h 12The Academic LifeBookends: A Conversation about Grad School, Loss, and BooksWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Zibby Owen’s experience in grad school of losing her best friend.
What she did to regroup and find a way forward after failing a grad exam.
How the meaning she’s made of those experiences changed her.
Why books and writing are essential to her.
Why “overnight” success takes tenacity, adaptability, and a long time.
Her passion for publishing, podcasting, and reading.
The advice she would have given herself when she was embarking on her educational journeys.
Today’s book is: Bookends: A M...
2022-07-1456 minThe Academic LifeDissertations Wanted! A Conversation with the Editor of University of Wyoming PressWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why Robert Ramaswamy wants to see your revised dissertation submitted for publication.
What makes a revised dissertation ready to submit to a press.
How to choose mentor texts to put in your proposal.
Signs that you might not want to turn your dissertation into a book, and what to do instead.
The editorial complexities of saying “no” to a book proposal.
And a discussion about the new University of Wyoming Press imprint
Our guest is: Robert Ramaswamy (he/they), who has a BA in...
2022-07-0750 minThe Academic LifeExploring Public-Facing HumanitiesWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Ellen Synder-Grenier’s career as a curator and public historian
How Henry Street helped its neighbors survive the 1918 pandemic
A discussion of the book The House on Henry Street
Today’s book is: The House on Henry Street: The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement, which chronicles the sweeping history of the Henry Street Settlement and its enduring vision of a more just society. Through personal narratives, vivid images, and previously untold stories, Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier chronicles Henry Street’s sweeping h...
2022-06-301h 10The Academic LifeAn Inside Look at the American Association of University ProfessorsWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why the AAUP was formed.
Their role in supporting academic freedom.
Why the threat to tenure is a threat to higher education.
The importance of collective bargaining, and of transparency in academic salaries.
Our guest is: Dr. Irene Mulvey, who is a Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University where she has been teaching for 37 years. She has been fighting to protect academic freedom, to promote shared governance, and to uphold AAUP principles and standards at the campus, state and national level for ov...
2022-06-2359 minThe Academic LifeAmplifying Academics and Supporting Public EducationWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why Dr. Marshall Poe left a tenured professorship to create the New Books Network
How his own experience with dyslexia inspired his book-talk podcasts,
Why he wouldn’t want to go back to being a professor now,
Common misconceptions—plus some good advice—about starting a podcast
The NBN’s role in democratizing education and in supporting academic presses.
Our guest is: Dr. Marshall Poe, who is a historian, writer, podcaster, and editor. He is the founder and editor of the New Books Netw...
2022-06-0258 minThe Academic LifeFeminism and Fierceness: A New Approach to Biblical StudiesWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Alice Connor’s career as a feminist scholar and a college chaplain
How women in the bible have been misunderstood by scholars
A discussion of the book Fierce: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Violence, Mercy, Bravery, Wisdom, Sex, and Salvation
Today’s book is: Fierce: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Violence, Mercy, Bravery, Wisdom, Sex, and Salvation which reveals how women in the Bible aren't shy or retiring; they're fierce and funny and demanding and relevant to 21st-c...
2022-05-261h 18The Academic LifeFacing Failure and the Museum Dedicated to ItWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why failure is part of the hidden curriculum
Why you can’t be creative or innovative without failing [sometimes a lot]
How to learn from it, instead of sweeping it under the rug
A failure our guest and our host each faced
A discussion of the Museum of Failure
Our guest is: Dr. Samuel West, a licensed psychologist (cognitive behavioral therapy) with a PhD in Organizational Psychology. His research focuses on creating climates for innovation by encouraging experimentation and exploration. In 2017 he foun...
2022-05-1257 minThe Academic LifeBehind the Scenes at a Literary Magazine: The CommonWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How the Common got started
What is involved in running a literary journal
Why grants and institutional support matter so much in the literary arts
The importance of finding mentors and building a network
How the Common creates community
Our guest is: Jennifer Acker , who is the founder and editor in chief of The Common, and author of the debut novel The Limits of the World, a fiction honoree for the Massachusetts Book Award. Her memoir “Fatigue” is a #1 Amazon bestseller, and her shor...
2022-05-0551 minThe Academic LifeWhy a Retreat Might Help: DIY RetreatsWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why doing writing and other kinds of retreats are part of the hidden curriculum
How taking time for self-care is crucial to doing well at work and at school
What a retreat is
How to do a retreat at home
Ways retreating helps you think and feel better, and the science that proves it
Today’s book is: DIY Solo Retreats: A Handbook for Creating Your Space, Setting an Intention and Getting the Self-Care You Deserve, by S. A. Snyder. Whether you need...
2022-04-2852 minThe Academic LifeFrom PhD to Picture BookWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Julie Dillemuth’s path through higher ed
What led her to try to write for a popular audience, and what helped her learn how to do it
Why she writes for children about spatial cognition skills
How receiving 82 rejection letters didn’t stop her path to publication
A discussion of the books Lucy in the City, and Camilla and the Big Change
Today’s books are: Lucy in the City, a picture book about a young raccoon who gets separated from her family on...
2022-04-211h 02The Academic LifeCommunity Building and How We Show UpWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How ‘the good life’ makes people disconnected and unhappy
Mia Birdsong’s work in community building
The intentionality required for creating communities of support
The importance of interdependence, vulnerability, accountability, and leaning on each other
And a discussion of her book How We Show Up
Today’s book is: How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong, in which Birdsong uses research, interviews, and stories of lived experience to explore how showing up—literally and figuratively—points us toward the promis...
2022-04-141h 13The Academic LifeSkills for Scholars: How Can Mindfulness Help?Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The science that explains our busy minds
What mindfulness is
The difference between mindfulness and meditation
How changing our habits is a small-step by small-step process
A discussion of the book Bettter Daily Mindfulness Habits: Simple Changes with Lifelong Impact
Today’s book is: Better Daily Mindfulness Habits: Simple Changes with Lifelong Impact Mindfulness by Kristen Manieri. Mindfulness is a powerful tool for staying calm, centered, and steady―but it can be challenging to remember to stay mindful. Better Daily Mindfulness Habits helps practitioners of any level...
2022-03-3148 minThe Academic LifeDealing with RejectionWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Bacal professional and academic rejections
How success and rejection are part of the same path
The importance of having a supportive person or a support system
Why rejection is part of the hidden curriculum
A discussion of the book The Rejection that Changed My Life
Today’s book is: The Rejection that Changed My Life, featuring interviews with more than twenty-five women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast. Rejections don’t go on your résumé, but they are part of every suc...
2022-03-171h 03The Academic LifeNeed A Break from Overworking and Underliving?Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How a devotion to efficiency can become unhealthy
Why leisure time (a.k.a. doing nothing) is essential
How to reclaim our time and humanity
· A discussion of the book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Today’s book is: Do Nothing, by Celeste Headlee, which examines how in searching for ways to “hack” our bodies and minds for peak performance, people are working more instead of less, living harder not smarter, and becoming more lonely and anxious. We strive for the abso...
2022-03-1049 minThe Academic LifeRejection Skills: How to Win or LearnWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How rejection is normal and even inevitable
Skills to help you learn from and move through rejections toward your goals
Why you need to develop your capacity for patience
How asking people about their own rejections can help normalize yours
A discussion of the book Win or Learn
Today’s book is: Win or Learn: The Naked Truth About Turning Every Rejection into Your Ultimate Success, by rejection expert and New York Times bestselling author Harlan Cohen. Cohen lays the framework for identifyi...
2022-03-0351 minThe Academic LifeAttention Skills: How to Gain ProductivityWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How multi-tasking and reactivity drain productivity
Why skills you used before you turned 20 don’t work for your maturing brain
Which attention management skills can solve your time management problems
How mindfulness can help
A discussion of the book Attention Management
Today’s book is: Attention Management: How to Create Success and Gain Productivity Every Day, by Maura Thomas. In a short, color-coded book designed to be read in an hour, Thomas succinctly outlines why Attention Management is the most essential skill you need to live a life...
2022-02-2457 minThe Academic LifeA Conversation with the Director of the Emerson Prison InitiativeWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The Emerson College Prison Initiative
The Bard Prison Initiative
How students apply to, enroll in, and attend college while in prison
Challenges faced by incarcerated students
Engaging effectively with incarcerated students
Our guest is: Dr. Mneesha Gellman, an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, in Boston, MA, USA. her primary research interests include comparative democratization, cultural resilience, memory politics, and social movements in the Global South and the United States. She is...
2022-02-1051 minThe Academic LifeI'm Possible: A Conversation with Tuba Professor Dr. Richard WhiteWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. White’s journey to earn a PhD in tuba
The Baltimore School for the Arts
The importance of having a village
The hidden curriculum
Why teaching and mentoring are equally important for educators to do
A discussion of the book I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, A Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream
Today’s book is: I'm Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream (Flatiron Books, 2021), a memoir by Dr. Richard Antoine Whi...
2022-02-031h 00The Academic LifeYour PhD Survival Guide: Succeeding in Your Final YearWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The hidden curriculum of the final year of the PhD program
Writing your dissertation when you still have so much left to read about
Why the final year of grad school is uniquely challenging
How to determine if you should stay in your program or leave
Why finishing your degree causes both relief and grief
A discussion of the book Your PhD Survival Guide:Planning, Writing, and Succeeding in Your Final Year
Our book is: Your PhD Survival Guide: Planning, Writing, and Succ...
2022-01-2751 minThe Academic LifeA Conversation about Teaching While NerdyWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The hidden curriculum of transforming yourself from student to teacher
Accepting and embracing your nerdy/geeky/introverted self
Challenges faced by introverted teachers
Prep [for yourself, your syllabus, and your course]
Engaging effectively with students
A discussion of the book Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers
Todays’ book is: Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers, a funny and pragmatic guide to the process of learni...
2022-01-131h 05The Academic LifeBeing Well in Academia: A Candid Conversation About Challenges and ConnectionWelcome 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 academia
Systemic and structural barriers
Undiagnosed academic challenges, and personal traumas guest and host have faced
Why we all need support
How to support someone in tough times and why “help” needs to be customized
the book Being Well in Academia: Ways to Fell Stronger, Safer and More Connected
Our book is: Being Well in Academia: Ways to Fell Stronger, Safer and More Connectedby Dr. Petra Bo...
2022-01-061h 25The Academic LifeFind Your People: A Conversation About Meaningful ConnectionsWelcome 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 by “finding your people” and what qualities to look for in those people;
Determining whether they belong in an advisor, mentor, thought partner, or academic friend role, and ways those relationships may transcend time and institutions;
Barriers to making connections and to being authentic;
And the importance of asking, “does this have my best interest at heart?”
Dana’s personal examples of why we need to be intentional...
2021-12-301h 02The Academic LifeDreaming of Leaving Academia to Write Full-time?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 in academia, her decision to pursue writing as a full-time career, her life on an island off the coast of Massachusetts, and a discussion of the book Girls of Summer.Our guest is: Nancy Thayer, the New York Times bestselling author of Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, A Nantucket Christmas, Island Girls, Summer Breeze, Heat Wave, Beachcomber...
2021-12-231h 05The Academic LifeScholarly Skills: Getting From To-Do to DoneWelcome 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 you think--how to determine your priorities--why life-hacks don’t help--and why being productive and being busy aren’t the same thing.Today’s book is: From To-Do to Done: How to Go From Busy to Productive by Mastering Your To-Do List, by Maura Nevel Thomas. Trying to remember a bunch of details and tasks isn...
2021-12-1650 minThe Academic LifeShoutin’ In the Fire: A Conversation with Graduate Student Dante StewartWelcome 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 need to advocate for current student players’ rights, why he chose to go into the seminary at Emery, his grandmother, and a discussion of Shoutin’ in The Fire: An American Epistle.Our guest is: Dante Stewart, who is a graduate student, writer, and speaker. His voice has been featured on CNN, The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners, The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, Comment Magazine, and more. As an...
2021-12-071h 02The Academic LifeUnderrepresented Groups in Archives: A Conversation About Ethics, Inclusion, and AcquisitionsWelcome 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 Outlaws, the outreach necessary for inclusion, the ethics of acquisitions, the complexity of preservation concerns, and why not everything can be saved.Our guest is: Megan Hahn Fraser has worked as the Assistant Curator of Manuscripts at The New-York Historical Society, the Library Director at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Co-Head of Collection Management at UCLA Library Special Collections in Los Angeles, and the Vice...
2021-12-021h 06The Academic LifeAbout Maternal Health Studies: A Conversation with Bethany JohnsonWelcome 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 Black women have worse maternal health outcomes, the consequences for pregnant people in a pregnancy-surveillance culture, and a discussion of the book You’re Doing it Wrong: Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise.Today’s book is: You’re Doing it Wrong: Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise by Bethany L. Johnson and Margaret M. Quinlan, which explores how new mothers face a barrage of confounding decisions. Whatever they “c...
2021-11-181h 22The Academic LifeWondering How to Design a Qualitative Study?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 dissertation and her first book, how she managed her insider/outside status, what bracketing is, using feminist research ethics, and how she dealt with gatekeepers.Our guest is: Dr. Dana M. Malone, a dynamic scholar-practitioner with a diverse portfolio of experiences in higher education. She specializes in the intersection of gender, sexuality, and religious identities as well as student success, assessment planning and program evaluation. Curr...
2021-11-1155 minThe Academic LifeA Chemistry Professor Shares his Grief and his Favorite Recipes: A Conversation with David SmithWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Professor David Smith’s path to becoming a chemistry professor
Why he’s passionate about making science inclusive and representational
His husband’s death
Being an academic and a single parent
How sharing stories about food and cooking dinner helps him process his grief
A discussion of his book Tw-eat: A Little Book with Big Feelings and Short Recipes for Very Busy Lives
Today’s book is: Tw-eat: A Little Book with Big Feelings and Short Recipes for Very Busy Lives, written by David Smit...
2021-11-0449 minThe Academic LifeAndrea Laurent-Simpson, "Just Like Family: How Companion Animals Joined the Household" (NYU Press, 2021)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 school
The story of her college dog, who became her family
Why she became interested in looking at her pets as family members
How her human kids reacted to her research project
What her in-person research taught her about human-animal interactions
Our book is: Just Like Family: How Companion Animals Joined the Household (NYU Press, 2021),which explores the expanding role of animals in what Dr. Laurent-Simpson calls “the multi-sp...
2021-10-281h 07The Academic LifeLong Road to the Dream Job in Academia: A Conversation with Liz W. FaberWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Dr. Liz Faber’s long road from completed PhD to dream job
Why academia said she was a failure
The financial reasons she worked two academic jobs at once
The importance of speaking out about pay-scale and departmental inequities
Putting kindness in the classroom
Why you have to define your own success
Our guest is: Dr. Liz W Faber, an Assistant Professor of English & Communication at Dean College. Her teaching and research interests include multimodal communication, science communication, representations of AI in scie...
2021-10-2157 minThe Academic LifeA Conversation About Reproductive Health and Abortion StudiesWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The field of reproductive health studies
The data on contraceptive access and effectiveness [even when used correctly]
Why we need to trust women
What happens when a pregnant person seeking an abortion is turned away
The long-term outcomes for people who have had abortions
The consequences for people denied abortions
A discussion of the book The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having or Being Denied an Abortion
Today’s book is: The Turnaway Study, which asks what h...
2021-10-141h 06The Academic LifeCyndi Kernahan, "Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom: Notes from a White Professor" (West Virginia UP, 2019)Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why White professors need to teach about race and racism in their courses
The gap between “inside” and “outside” knowledge
How to effectively provide data in an atmosphere of strong emotions
Why having debates and discussing misinformation won’t work
The reasons students resist learning about race and racism
How to meet students where they are and help them cross the learning threshold
Today’s book is: Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom: Notes from a White Professor (U West Virginia Pre...
2021-10-0750 minThe Academic LifeAviva Legatt, "Get Real and Get In: How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Self" (St. Martin's Griffin, 2021)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 taught her about common application missteps
How to determine which school is right for you and show them you’re right for it
Month-by-month application checklist for high school seniors.
Our guest is:Dr. Aviva Legatt, who has been in the higher education field for over fifteen years. She is a faculty member in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania and at The Wha...
2021-09-2350 minThe Academic LifeGinetta Candelario on Feminism, Race, and TransnationalismWelcome 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 podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring on an expert about something? DM us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Ginetta Candelario’s path from journalism-major-hopeful to sociologist, how her family history shaped her intellectual questions, what inspired her to return to Smith after ca...
2021-09-1658 minThe Academic LifeArchival Etiquette: What To Know Before You GoWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring on an expert about something? DM us your suggestion on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: how Megan became an archivist, the unusual collections she works with, why archives can be intimidating, how historians and archivists work together, and archiv...
2021-09-091h 11The Academic LifeKaren Cook Bell, "Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America" (Cambridge UP, 2021)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 podcasts. Wish we’d include a specific topic? DM suggestions on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: how Black women contributed to America’s first freedom war, reading against the grain, rival geographies, fugitivity as an act of resistance, why we must center Black women’s voices, and a discussion of the book Running from Bondage.Our guest is: Dr. Ka...
2021-09-0241 minThe Academic LifeExploring New Paths to Mental Health: A Discussion with Sue Stuart-SmithWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring on an expert about something? DM us your suggestion on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Sue Stuart-Smith’s path from English major to psychiatrist, how she went from avoiding gardening to becoming an avid gardener, and a discussion of The W...
2021-08-191h 08The Academic LifeLaura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring on an expert about something? DM us your suggestion on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: what a book proposal is and isn’t, why you have to write one, the importance of seeking the right “fit” for your manuscript...
2021-08-121h 00The Academic LifePandemic Perspectives from an Assistant Professor: A Discussion with Ulices PiñaWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? DM us your suggestion on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Piña’s path through higher education, the importance of mentors and coaches in achieving personal and professional success, how he found his curre...
2021-08-0551 minThe Academic LifePandemic Perspectives from a Student Studying AbroadWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05[at]gmail.com or dr.danamalone[at]gmail.com Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: a student’s goal to study abroad during college, how she dealt with une...
2021-07-2950 minThe Academic LifeReclaiming Lost Voices and Recovering History: A Discussion with Erica Armstrong DunbarWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05(at)gmail.com or dr.danamalone(at)gmail.com or find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: reclaiming lost voices, recovering history, and a discussion of the book Never C...
2021-07-221h 02The Academic LifeAnother Look at Life as an Alt-Ac: A Discussion with Erica BauermeisterWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05(at)gmail.com or dr.danamalone(at)gmail.com or find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Erica Bauermeister’s career journey out of academia, her move to Italy...
2021-07-081h 01The Academic LifeOpen Access Publishing Explained: A Discussion with Ros PyneWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? DM us your suggestion on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Ros Pyne’s path through higher education, how she found her way to her current job, her role at Bloomsbury Publishers, what Open Access [O...
2021-07-0146 minThe Academic LifeGender Bias in Medical School and the ER: A Discussion with Alyson J. McGregorWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05(at)gmail.com or dr.danamalone(at)gmail.com or find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: gender and sex bias in medical school textbooks and in medical traini...
2021-06-2457 minThe Academic LifePandemic Perspective from a Dual MA Student and New BrideWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: how Clair adapted to changes in her academic timeline, re-planned her wedding, and postponed taking th...
2021-06-1748 minThe Academic LifePandemic Perspectives from The Chronicle of Higher EducationWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Karin Fischer’s job as a contributing writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education, how she res...
2021-06-1057 minThe Academic LifeThe Social Constructions of Race: A Discussion with Brigitte FielderWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05(at)gmail.com or dr.danamalone(at)gmail.com or find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the importance of expanding the boundaries of academic theory through interdisciplinary studie...
2021-06-071h 01The Academic LifeFrom the Military to Academia: A Discussion with Maurice WilsonWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Maurice Wilson’s journey from the military to higher education, how he has pursued his dual in...
2021-05-2758 minThe Academic LifeA Conversation with Jessica Kirzane about Yiddish StudiesWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: how Jessica first began to learn Yiddish, what drew her to translation work, the importanc...
2021-05-201h 02The Academic LifePandemic Perspectives: Loneliness in Graduate SchoolWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: how Sarah dealt with loneliness, worked as a teaching assistant from a tent her own backy...
2021-05-1729 minThe Academic LifePandemic Perspectives: Working Remotely, a Discussion with Raj BalkaranWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the benefits and challenges of working remotely, being alt-ac, Hindu Studies, founding an online school, a...
2021-05-1050 minThe Academic LifeInside Look: "Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education"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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Dr. Bradley Shreve’s decision to leave academia after he became a parent; his job as the...
2021-05-0639 minThe Academic LifePandemic Perspectives: A Student Speaks About Mental HealthWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the challenges Kaylah Marcello, a STEM graduate student at UC Davis, suddenly faced when she was h...
2021-05-0350 minThe Academic LifeInside Look: Campus Mental Wellness ServicesWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: mental wellness services on campus, asking for help, embracing who you are, and why you need...
2021-04-2949 minThe Academic LifeAn Inside Look at the American Historical Association: An Interview with Laura AnsleyWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: Laura’s reasons for leaving academia, the path to her job at the American Historical...
2021-04-2256 minThe Academic LifeMarketing Your Scholarly Book: A Discussion with Mona Rosen HamlinWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the benefits of publishing with a smaller press, how scholarly books are marketed, and what to d...
2021-04-1548 minThe Academic LifePandemic Perspectives from a Recent College Graduate: A Discussion with Amy SumerfieldWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: social justice, chronic illness, the importance of self-advocacy and a support network, and what it’s like...
2021-04-1250 minThe Academic LifeA Field Guide to Grad School: A Conversation with Jessica McCrory CalarcoWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: things you really need to know to navigate graduate school, why there’s a hidden curriculum...
2021-04-081h 03The Academic LifeMeditation for the Academic Life: A Discussion with Lori SnyderWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the importance of listening to yourself—even if that means leaving one grad school program to...
2021-04-0147 minThe Academic LifeUniversity Press Submissions and the Peer Review: A Discussion with Rachael LevayWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: acquiring manuscripts, what editors do, and how the peer review process works.Our guest...
2021-03-2546 minThe Academic LifeThe Self-Care Stuff: Parenting and Personal Life in AcademiaWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: navigating academia, gender creative parenting, and a discussion of the book Raising Them.Our gues...
2021-03-181h 01The Academic LifePandemic Perspective from an Adjunct: A Discussion with Dawn FratiniWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the paid and unpaid workload required of adjuncts, Dawn’s personal pandemic perspective as she had to...
2021-03-1546 minThe Academic LifeHow to College: A Conversation with Lara Hope Schwartz and Andrea Malkin BrennerWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: what you need to know before you go, the talk you need to have with your fami...
2021-03-1157 minThe Academic LifeExploring Careers After Graduation: Writing for the Kid’s Lit MarketWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the steps to creating a writing career after college; the children’s book market; the differe...
2021-03-041h 01The Academic LifePandemic Perspectives: Three Students ShareWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: the different perspectives of three students sharing the same house in a small Oregon town during th...
2021-03-011h 44The Academic LifeExploring STEM, Insulin Research, and Why We Get SickWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: about Dr Bikman’s unconventional path to pursuing degrees in science, why scientists need to do a postdo...
2021-02-251h 02The Academic LifeThe Role of Community Colleges in Higher Education: A Discussion with Penny WillsWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the role of community colleges in higher education and in their local communities, the Rural Comm...
2021-02-041h 03The Academic LifeHow to Work Toward Diversity and Inclusion in Campus OrganizationsWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the need for diversity and inclusion in campus organizations, what it means to do The Work...
2021-01-2850 minThe Academic LifeHow to Stop Chasing Happiness and Make a Meaningful Life InsteadWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: why pursuing happiness won’t make you happy [but pursuing meaning can make you happier], w...
2021-01-2149 minThe Academic LifeHow to Leave Academia and Find a Good JobWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: why there aren’t enough jobs in academia for the number of PhDs who want them...
2021-01-1450 minThe Academic LifeThe Self-Care Stuff: Considering Whether to Stay or Drop OutWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: navigating academia as a STEM student, getting pregnant and parenting while still a student, and diffi...
2020-12-3153 minThe Academic LifeHow to Use Your First Amendment Rights On Campus (and Off)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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter : The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: about the limits and the breadth of the first amendment, what to do when your free spee...
2020-12-1754 minThe Academic LifeHow to See Your Senior Year of High School as a Path to CollegeWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: about being an imbedded journalist, the senior years of kids in LA, the importance of mentors a...
2020-12-1053 minThe Academic LifeDealing with the Fs (Fear and Failure)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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: board games, Edge House, how to rethink “failure” with the replacement word “successandfailure”, facing our fears by aski...
2020-12-031h 00The Academic LifeFinishing Your Book When Life Is A DisasterWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter : The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: disaster stories, finishing a book project, poetry, and what resilience is and isn’t.Our guest...
2020-11-1947 minThe Academic LifeShould I Quit My Ph.D. Program?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 own mentor networks to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter : The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: what happens when graduate school doesn’t go as you’d planned, and what happens to yo...
2020-11-1249 minThe Academic LifeOn Writing Well: Feminist Biography-A Conversation with Anya JabourWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: finding elusive primary resources, following the intersections of women’s lives, how to write biography...
2020-11-061h 06The Academic LifeHow to Deal With Structural Inequality in AcademiaWelcome 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 – and beyond - to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Want to hear a particular expert or topic? Email your ideas to cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode, you’ll hear: a discussion of the book Presumed Incompetent and Presumed Incompetent II; the intersecting roles of r...
2020-11-061h 21The Academic LifeOn Writing Well: Really Personal Essays-A Conversation with Rebekah TaussigWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: about writing personal essays both online and in print, disability as a constructed cultural barrier, and a dis...
2020-11-061h 02The Academic LifeHow to Help Girls AchieveWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: the persistent lack of equality in educational access, why feminist schools are necessary, and a discuss...
2020-11-061h 10The Academic LifeSexuality on Evangelical Campuses: A Conversation with Dana M. MaloneWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: dating, sex and single students on evangelical campuses, and a discussion of the book From Singl...
2020-11-061h 13The Academic LifeGetting an MFA and Memoir WritingWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter : The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: about putting your personal story onto the page, choosing between fiction and memoir to find your stor...
2020-11-0659 minThe Academic LifeGender Bias in the Study of ScienceWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: studying the brain, women in STEM, your inner limiter, gender bias in the scientific method, and a dis...
2020-11-061h 07The Academic LifeHow to Maintain Your Artistic Practice After GraduationWelcome 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 – and beyond - to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Want to hear a particular expert or topic? Email your ideas to cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: author Beth Pickens discuss Your Art Will Save Your Life, and wisdom on why you need t...
2020-11-0657 minThe Academic LifeResearching Racial InjusticeWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: about the process of researching a current event, the history of policing in the US, what “def...
2020-11-0654 minThe Academic LifeResearch, Whiteness, and Campus MonumentsWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear: about getting an MFA in nonfiction, conducting research for your book, confronting your privilege, the fight to...
2020-11-061h 01The Academic LifeThe Detective Work of Research: A Conversation with Polly E. Bugros McLeanWelcome 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 on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode you’ll hear about: how doing research is like being a detective; when you have to get off the inter...
2020-11-061h 07The Academic LifeIntroduction to 'The Academic Life' PodcastWelcome 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 – and beyond - to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Want to hear a particular expert or topic? Email your ideas to cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode, you’ll hear: our paths to college and graduate school, and the instructive moments along the way, why y...
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