Dreaming 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...
23 Dec 20211h 3min
Scholarly Skills: Getting From To-Do to Done
Welcome 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 de...
16 Dec 202147min
Shoutin’ In the Fire: A Conversation with Graduate Student Dante Stewart
Welcome 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 ne...
7 Dec 202159min
Underrepresented Groups in Archives: A Conversation About Ethics, Inclusion, and Acquisitions
Welcome 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, th...
2 Dec 20211h 4min
About Maternal Health Studies: A Conversation with Bethany Johnson
Welcome 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-car...
18 Nov 20211h 19min
Wondering 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 he...
11 Nov 202153min
A Chemistry Professor Shares his Grief and his Favorite Recipes: A Conversation with David Smith
Welcome 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 ...
4 Nov 202146min
Andrea 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 b...
28 Okt 20211h 4min
