Attention Skills: How to Gain Productivity
Welcome 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 Whic...
24 Feb 202257min
How to Finish Your Dissertation
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: A process focused approach to completing a dissertation and other academic writing The function of a dissertation and how it’s often ...
17 Feb 202258min
A Conversation with the Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative
Welcome 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 priso...
10 Feb 202251min
I'm Possible: A Conversation with Tuba Professor Dr. Richard White
Welcome 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 curriculu...
3 Feb 20221h
Your PhD Survival Guide: Succeeding in Your Final Year
Welcome 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 ...
27 Jan 202251min
Navigating the Two-Body Problem
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: What the two-body problem is Dr. Kelly Baker’s experience on the academic job market as a wife and mother How gender bias can play o...
20 Jan 202253min
A Conversation about Teaching While Nerdy
Welcome 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 Cha...
13 Jan 20221h 5min
Being Well in Academia: A Candid Conversation About Challenges and Connection
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 academia Systemic and structural barriers U...
6 Jan 20221h 25min
