
48. Unraveling your academic identity with Dr. Emily Benson
Dr. Emily Benson will leave behind her academic career in May/June of this year and begin working full-time in her growing career coaching business. In this episode she explains how her coaching busin...
30 Jan 202156min

47. Balance and freedom with Dr. Sara Branch
Dr. Sara Branch tells an open and honest story about reaching burnout as a tenure-track faculty member, including the challenges she faced in navigating intense mental, emotional, and physical exhaust...
24 Jan 202148min

46. Color outside the lines with Dr. Alissa Ackerman
Dr. Alissa Ackerman describes the healing power of finding her own personal voice within her academic work—a change that facilitated deeper connections to her research, her students, and herself. Havi...
17 Jan 202148min

45. Healthy purposeful growth with Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore
After having earned tenure, left academia, and built a wildly successful company (the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity), Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore retired three years ago at the age...
10 Jan 20211h 9min

42. Be brave with Dr. Natalia Bielczyk
Dr. Natalia Bielczyk tells the story of feeling burned out in her PhD program. And in an effort to rest and regain a sense of interest and excitement in her work, she decided to take a year off. In th...
20 Dec 202046min

41. Building a network foundation with Allison Otto
Whether faculty, postdoc, or grad student, Allison explains the value of seeking support from career services on your campus, describes the dartboard strategy for networking, and tells her own career ...
12 Dec 202048min

40. Follow your heart with Dr. Andre Marques-Smith
Dr. Andre Marques-Smith explains the absolute necessity of engaging with your passion throughout life: staying focused on the things that nourish your passion, noticing when your passion starts to wan...
6 Dec 202059min

39. Greatness is in your back pocket with Dr. Jake Gunnoe
Last week, in Episode 38, we heard from Dr. Jacob Kashiwagi, who discussed the components of good mentorship and leadership. In this week's episode, we hear from one of Dr. Kashiwagi's mentees, Dr. Ja...
29 Nov 202051min





















