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A podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Created and produced by Dr. Christina Gessler, the Academic Life podcast is inspired by today’s knowledge-producers around the world, working inside and outside the academy.
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Leading from the Margins: College Leadership from Unexpected Places
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May 02, 2024 |
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Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The Things We Didn't Know: A Conversation with Elba Iris Pérez
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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100 Years of Radio in South Africa: Then and Now
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Stylish Academic Writing: A Discussion with Helen Sword
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Is Grad School for Me?: Demystifying the Application Process for First-Gen BIPOC Students
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Get PhDone! Proven Strategies for Tackling Your Writing Roadblocks
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Deborah Taffa, "Whiskey Tender: A Memoir" (Harper, 2024)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Where is Home?: A Discussion with Zed Zha
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Inside Addiction and Sobriety in Academia
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Black and Queer on Campus
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Montana Lee, a Journey to Togo, and the Duke Diary Dispatches
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Brown and Gay in LA and the Craft of Writing Nonfiction
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Talking to Strangers: A Discussion with Psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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How to Build a Career: A Discussion with Ben Wildavsky
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Hidden No More: A Conversation with Space Suit Technician Sharon McDougle
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Education Behind the Wall: Why and How We Teach College in Prison
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Rachel Neff, "Chasing Chickens: When Life After Higher Education Doesn't Go the Way You Planned" (UP of Kansas, 2019)
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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I Kick and I Fly
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Exploring the Emotional Arc of Turning a Dissertation into a Book
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Shark Sciences: A Conversation with Carlee Jackson
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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The Benefits of New Forms of Assessments for Historical Thinking
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Indigenous DC: A Conversation with Elizabeth Rule
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Lee Wind, "No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves" (Zest Books, 2021)
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Becoming the Writer You Already Are: A Conversation with Michelle R. Boyd
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Chelsea T. Hicks, "A Calm and Normal Heart: Stories" (The Unnamed Press, 2022)
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Other Side of the Desk: A Discussion with "The Conversation" Editor Emily Costello
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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In-Person Research and Writing: Visiting Archives and "Selling Anti-Slavery"
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The Power of Play in Higher Education: A Conversation with Alison James
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Managing your Mental Health During Your PhD
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Whisper Networks: A Discussion with Carrie Ann Johnson
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Academic Aunties: A Conversation with Dr. Ethel Tungohan
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Share and Share Alike: Researching Sibling Relationships in Eighteenth-Century England
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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The Other Side of the Desk: A Discussion with Danielle D'Orlando, Princeton UP's Audio Books Editor
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Michelle Dowd, "Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult--A Memoir" (Algonquin, 2023)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Sharing Lessons From His Working-Class Parents: A Conversation with Dr. Jorge Juan Rodríguez
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Hannah Pittard, "We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of]" (Henry Holt, 2023)
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Dana Rubin, "Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women" (RealClear, 2023)
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Studying the Pipeline to Politics for Women
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Academic Ghosting
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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My What If Year: A Discussion with Alisha Fernandez Miranda
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Navigating the Community College Job Market
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May 25, 2023 |
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Making a “Junk Drawer” CV
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May 18, 2023 |
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Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
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May 11, 2023 |
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Do You Have Imposter Syndrome?
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May 04, 2023 |
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Tell Me What You Want: A Therapist and Her Clients Explore Our 12 Deepest Desires
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May 02, 2023 |
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Ph.D. Employability: Struggles and Solutions
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Contracts, Agents, and Editors, Oh My! Demystifying the Path to Publication
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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What Do Bees, Ants, and Dragonflies Get up to All Day?
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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The Connected PhD, Part Three
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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The Good Enough Life
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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The Top Ten Struggles in Writing A Book Manuscript (and What to Do About It)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Overcoming the Anxiety of Giving a Presentation
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Can we Engage in Public Scholarship with Feminist and Accessible Communication?
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Are We Done with Higher Education Rankings?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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The Connected PhD, Part Two
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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A Primer for Teaching Digital History
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The Connected PhD, Part One
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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The Climate Change Scientist: A Conversation with Dr. Shuang-ye Wu
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor Griffey
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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You Do Have A Right To Remain Fat: A Conversation with Virgie Tovar
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Archival Kismet: Lessons in Launching An Online Conference
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Belonging: A Conversation with Geoffrey Cohen
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Finding Yourself in Difficult Conversations?
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Misrepresentation on Campus: A Conversation with Michelle Cyca
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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When Your Professor Asks You to Cheat: A Conversation with Dr. Joel Heng Hartse
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Books, Antisemitism, and a Viral Tweet: A Conversation with Library Director Susan Kusel
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Scholar Skills: Unraveling Faculty Burnout
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Where Does Research Really Begin?
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Making the Most of Academic Conferences: Insights and Tips from Dr. Thomas Tobin
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Night of the Living Rez
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Scholar Skills: Managing and Re-Envisioning the Academic Mid-Career
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Far From Home: A Conversation About Academic Relocation with Clare Griffin
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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The Fight to Save the Town
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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The Surprising World of Wasps
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Scholar Skills: Communicating Through your Online Presence
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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College Baseball in the Offseason: Meet the Savannah Bananas
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Hope for the Humanities PhD
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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The Two Keys to Student Retention: A Discussion with Aaron Basko
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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What is a Tomboy?: A Discussion with Lisa Selin Davis
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Opening Up the University for Displaced Students
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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The Journal of Higher Education in Prison
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Writing Beyond a Limited Narrative: A Conversation with Hari Ziyad
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Do You Need a Developmental Editor?
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Considering Museum Work? A Conversation with Curators From the Smithsonian
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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The Cornell Sweatshirt Tweet
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Bookends: A Conversation about Grad School, Loss, and Books
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Dissertations Wanted! A Conversation with the Editor of University of Wyoming Press
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Exploring Public-Facing Humanities
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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An Inside Look at the American Association of University Professors
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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The Great Resignation: In, Out, and Around Higher Education
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Scholar Skills: Editing a Book Collection Through a Professional Organization
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Amplifying Academics and Supporting Public Education
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Feminism and Fierceness: A New Approach to Biblical Studies
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May 26, 2022 |
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Setbacks and Missteps: A Conversation about Failing Comps
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May 19, 2022 |
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Facing Failure and the Museum Dedicated to It
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May 12, 2022 |
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Behind the Scenes at a Literary Magazine: The Common
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May 05, 2022 |
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Why a Retreat Might Help: DIY Retreats
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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From PhD to Picture Book
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Community Building and How We Show Up
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Scholarly Skills: From Dissertation to Book
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Skills for Scholars: How Can Mindfulness Help?
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Tia Brown McNair, "From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education" (Jossey-Bass, 2020)
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Dealing with Rejection
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Need A Break from Overworking and Underliving?
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Rejection Skills: How to Win or Learn
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Attention Skills: How to Gain Productivity
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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How to Finish Your Dissertation
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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A Conversation with the Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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I'm Possible: A Conversation with Tuba Professor Dr. Richard White
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Your PhD Survival Guide: Succeeding in Your Final Year
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Navigating the Two-Body Problem
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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A Conversation about Teaching While Nerdy
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Being Well in Academia: A Candid Conversation About Challenges and Connection
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Find Your People: A Conversation About Meaningful Connections
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Dreaming of Leaving Academia to Write Full-time?
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Scholarly Skills: Getting From To-Do to Done
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Shoutin’ In the Fire: A Conversation with Graduate Student Dante Stewart
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Underrepresented Groups in Archives: A Conversation About Ethics, Inclusion, and Acquisitions
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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About Maternal Health Studies: A Conversation with Bethany Johnson
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Wondering How to Design a Qualitative Study?
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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A Chemistry Professor Shares his Grief and his Favorite Recipes: A Conversation with David Smith
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Andrea Laurent-Simpson, "Just Like Family: How Companion Animals Joined the Household" (NYU Press, 2021)
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Long Road to the Dream Job in Academia: A Conversation with Liz W. Faber
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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A Conversation About Reproductive Health and Abortion Studies
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Cyndi Kernahan, "Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom: Notes from a White Professor" (West Virginia UP, 2019)
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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The Role of “Failure” in Student Success
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Aviva Legatt, "Get Real and Get In: How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Self" (St. Martin's Griffin, 2021)
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Ginetta Candelario on Feminism, Race, and Transnationalism
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Archival Etiquette: What To Know Before You Go
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Karen Cook Bell, "Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Mentoring in the Academy: A Conversation with Dr. Claire Renzetti
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Exploring New Paths to Mental Health: A Discussion with Sue Stuart-Smith
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives from an Assistant Professor: A Discussion with Ulices Piña
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives from a Student Studying Abroad
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Reclaiming Lost Voices and Recovering History: A Discussion with Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Teaching First-Year and First-Generation Students: A Conversation with Lisa Nunn
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Another Look at Life as an Alt-Ac: A Discussion with Erica Bauermeister
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Open Access Publishing Explained: A Discussion with Ros Pyne
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Gender Bias in Medical School and the ER: A Discussion with Alyson J. McGregor
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspective from a Dual MA Student and New Bride
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives from The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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The Social Constructions of Race: A Discussion with Brigitte Fielder
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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How To: Create a Mentor Network
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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From the Military to Academia: A Discussion with Maurice Wilson
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May 27, 2021 |
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A Conversation with Jessica Kirzane about Yiddish Studies
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May 20, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives: Loneliness in Graduate School
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May 17, 2021 |
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College Belonging: A Conversation with Lisa M. Nunn
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May 13, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives: Working Remotely, a Discussion with Raj Balkaran
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May 10, 2021 |
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Inside Look: "Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education"
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May 06, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives: A Student Speaks About Mental Health
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May 03, 2021 |
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Inside Look: Campus Mental Wellness Services
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives: Graduating, Job Searching, and Being a New Professional
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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An Inside Look at the American Historical Association: An Interview with Laura Ansley
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Marketing Your Scholarly Book: A Discussion with Mona Rosen Hamlin
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives from a Recent College Graduate: A Discussion with Amy Sumerfield
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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A Field Guide to Grad School: A Conversation with Jessica McCrory Calarco
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Meditation for the Academic Life: A Discussion with Lori Snyder
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives from a University Administrator: A Discussion with James D. Breslin
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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University Press Submissions and the Peer Review: A Discussion with Rachael Levay
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives: From a Vice President of Student Affairs
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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The Self-Care Stuff: Parenting and Personal Life in Academia
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspective from an Adjunct: A Discussion with Dawn Fratini
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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How to College: A Conversation with Lara Hope Schwartz and Andrea Malkin Brenner
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Exploring Careers After Graduation: Writing for the Kid’s Lit Market
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Pandemic Perspectives: Three Students Share
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Exploring STEM, Insulin Research, and Why We Get Sick
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Faculty versus Administrative Positions: A Discussion with Karin Lewis
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Pandemic and the Student Parent: A Discussion with Brooke Lombardi
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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How to Navigate Mid-Career Choices as a Faculty Member: A Discussion with Vicki Baker
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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The Role of Community Colleges in Higher Education: A Discussion with Penny Wills
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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How to Work Toward Diversity and Inclusion in Campus Organizations
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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How to Stop Chasing Happiness and Make a Meaningful Life Instead
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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How to Leave Academia and Find a Good Job
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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On Writing Well for Trade: A Conversation with author and scholar Donna Freitas
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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The Self-Care Stuff: Considering Whether to Stay or Drop Out
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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The Other Side of the Desk with a UP Editor: A Discussion with Kim Guinta
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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How to Use Your First Amendment Rights On Campus (and Off)
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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How to See Your Senior Year of High School as a Path to College
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Dealing with the Fs (Fear and Failure)
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Finishing Your Book When Life Is A Disaster
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Should I Quit My Ph.D. Program?
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Sexuality on Evangelical Campuses: A Conversation with Dana M. Malone
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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The Detective Work of Research: A Conversation with Polly E. Bugros McLean
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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On Writing Well: Feminist Biography-A Conversation with Anya Jabour
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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On Writing Well: Really Personal Essays-A Conversation with Rebekah Taussig
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Research, Whiteness, and Campus Monuments
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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How to Deal With Structural Inequality in Academia
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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How to Maintain Your Artistic Practice After Graduation
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Gender Bias in the Study of Science
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Researching Racial Injustice
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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How to Help Girls Achieve
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Getting an MFA and Memoir Writing
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Introduction to 'The Academic Life' Podcast
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Nov 05, 2020 |