Professerror

By Steven K. Ayer and Bryan Franz

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This podcast is aimed at providing honest experiences about challenges, failures, and possibly a few success stories related to life in academia.

Episode Date
Handling Technology Vendors
May 22, 2026
Conference Planning Headaches with Chuma Nnaji
May 01, 2026
That's it! I'm outta here!
Apr 17, 2026
Bend but don't break - When to allow failures for impactful graduate student learning
Apr 03, 2026
Guest: Dan Aukes - Leaving a tenured faculty position? But why??
Jan 16, 2026
Life After Tenure: What do we do after the game of tenure is over?
Nov 21, 2025
a policy? The Policy? Any policy?
Oct 24, 2025
Advisors and Advisees: Setting Expectations
Sep 05, 2025
What if federally-funded research ended?
Jul 18, 2025
Decoding Faculty Excuses
Jun 06, 2025
Peer Review Problems
May 02, 2025
Sharing Ideas: ♫You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em; know when to disclose ‘em♫
Apr 18, 2025
"FOIA'd" with Denise Simmons
Mar 21, 2025
Rebuilding new careers (and more) with Matt Morris
Jan 31, 2025
Can the professor come out and play???
Dec 20, 2024
Moving from a teaching-focused to research-focused institution
Dec 06, 2024
Cold Emails
Nov 01, 2024
Kristen Parrish discusses writing P&T letters
Sep 27, 2024
Research Projects: Finishing Strong
Jul 19, 2024
Summer Summer Summertime
May 17, 2024
Administration... Bryan goes to the Dark Side!
Apr 26, 2024
Publishing with AI and the future of research output
Mar 22, 2024
Bryan and Steve struggle to teach new courses
Mar 08, 2024
'Unfundable' with Fred Sherratt
Feb 09, 2024
Risky Business with John Gambatese
Jan 19, 2024
Bryan's Sabbatical Reflection
Jan 05, 2024
Working Abroad with guest Daniel Hall
Oct 06, 2023
Bryan cancels the pie chart
Aug 18, 2023
Burcu Akinci - Imposter Sydrome
Aug 04, 2023
Moving Institutions
Jul 21, 2023
The Daily Routine of an Academic
Jun 16, 2023
Failure in leading
Jun 02, 2023
Working in a National Lab with Dr. Kieren McCord
Mar 31, 2023
Shedding 'Leicht' on Sabbaticals with Rob Leicht
Mar 10, 2023
Faculty "Tropes" in Academia
Jan 27, 2023
Surviving the first year of teaching with Prof. Jennifer Lather
Dec 23, 2022
Attracting Top PhD Students
Dec 02, 2022
Academic Freedom
Nov 11, 2022
Teaching - Back to normal??
Oct 14, 2022
Kasey Faust
Sep 30, 2022
Social Look-At-Media in Academia
Sep 16, 2022
Using your startup funding wisely
Sep 02, 2022
Serving on a Faculty Search Committee
Aug 15, 2022
Tenured? How does it feel?
Jul 29, 2022
Robert LiKamWa
Jul 11, 2022
Transitioning from Engineering to Engineering Education with Professor Logan Perry
Jun 10, 2022
Poor solutions to poorly structured problems
May 27, 2022
Becoming a Parent in Academia
May 13, 2022
Returning to In-Person Conferences
Mar 18, 2022
Returning to academia to run a research group with Professor John Messner
Mar 04, 2022
Academia for non-academics
Feb 19, 2022
Why papers get rejected
Feb 05, 2022
Why is networking not working?
Dec 04, 2021
Conference Presentations
Nov 06, 2021
Conference "Do's" and "Don't's"
Oct 08, 2021
Imposter Syndrome
Sep 10, 2021
Building and Submitting Your Promotion & Tenure Package
Aug 27, 2021
Building and fostering industry collaborations with Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu
Aug 13, 2021
Work and Family Balance with Prof. Carrie Sturts Dossick
Jul 30, 2021
Life After Tenure with Professor Wei Wu
Jul 14, 2021
Managing your Advisor with Dr. Jad Chalhoub
Jun 12, 2021
Podcast about a podcast?
May 08, 2021
Communicating for Impact in Academia with Professor Fernanda Leite
Apr 23, 2021
Challenges Faced by Female Professors in Engineering with Professor Andrea Richa
Apr 10, 2021
Work Life Balance with Professor Matthew Hallowell
Mar 19, 2021
NSF CAREER Success (and some failures) with Professor Jeremi London
Mar 12, 2021
Maximizing Your Impact
Jan 30, 2021
Applying for Faculty Positions - On-Campus Interviews
Jan 16, 2021
Research group start-up (with Katherine Madson)
Dec 29, 2020
Surviving your first semester of teaching (with Katherine Madson)
Dec 12, 2020
Applying for Faculty Positions - Phone Interviews
Nov 21, 2020
Transitioning from industry to academia with Anne Anderson
Nov 14, 2020
Applying for Faculty Positions - Preparing your application materials
Oct 23, 2020
Managing Your Time
Oct 10, 2020
Getting Feedback on Your Research Proposals
Sep 26, 2020
Crafting your research proposal
Sep 13, 2020