The Fight to Save the Town
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Why we need to write about difficult topics. Four American towns trying to save themselves. The structural processes behind poverty....
13 Okt 20221h 12min
The Surprising World of Wasps
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: What inspired Professor Sumner to study wasps. That time she ate a slug. Her grad school research trip to study wasps in the Malaysi...
6 Okt 20221h 6min
Scholar Skills: Communicating Through your Online Presence
Is there a strategy to communicating your research online? This episode explores: What an academic communications strategist does. Why having a strategy to your online presence is important. Common...
29 Sep 202246min
College Baseball in the Offseason: Meet the Savannah Bananas
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The hard work of balancing academics and sports when you attend college on an athletic scholarship. Kyle’s original dream for his lif...
22 Sep 202244min
Hope for the Humanities PhD
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Why a humanities degree actually opens many career paths. The importance of curiosity. The contingency crisis in higher ed. How we ...
15 Sep 20221h 5min
The Two Keys to Student Retention: A Discussion with Aaron Basko
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Why Aaron Basko thinks we are looking at student success backwards. How asking alums why they stayed at a school often tells us more ...
8 Sep 202257min
What is a Tomboy?: A Discussion with Lisa Selin Davis
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: How journalist Lisa Selin Davis became interested in tomboys. The questions that arise when we say the word “gender.” The supposed f...
1 Sep 20221h 7min
Opening Up the University for Displaced Students
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The Open Learning Initiative (OLIve) operating out of Central European University. The importance of language related to students exp...
25 Aug 202252min
