The Academic Life

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.

Books
Education
Careers
76
What Do Bees, Ants, and Dragonflies Get up to A...
An interview with Jessica Ware
48 min
77
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equali...
An interview with Jonathan Coley
61 min
78
The Connected PhD, Part Three
A DIscussion with Ulka Anjaria
51 min
79
The Good Enough Life
A Discussion with Avram Alpert
66 min
80
The Top Ten Struggles in Writing A Book Manuscr...
52 min
81
Overcoming the Anxiety of Giving a Presentation
A Discussion with James M. Lang
53 min
82
Can we Engage in Public Scholarship with Femini...
An interview with Alex D. Ketchum
57 min
83
Are We Done with Higher Education Rankings?
A Discussion with Francie Diep
46 min
84
Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough
An interview with Dina Nayeri
53 min
85
The Connected PhD, Part Two
A Discussion with Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli and Anna Valcour
46 min
86
A Primer for Teaching Digital History
A Discussion with Jennifer Guiliano
53 min
87
We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theo...
An interview with Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Leisy J. Abrego
50 min
88
The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars
An interview with Betty S. Lai
55 min
89
The Connected PhD, Part One
A Discussion with Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli and Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria
50 min
90
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature
An interview with Esther G. Belin and Jeff Berglund
57 min
91
The Climate Change Scientist: A Conversation wi...
57 min
92
Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conve...
64 min
93
You Do Have A Right To Remain Fat: A Conversati...
An interview with Virgie Tovar
64 min
94
Archival Kismet: Lessons in Launching An Online...
A Discussion with Courtney Thompson
59 min
95
Belonging: A Conversation with Geoffrey Cohen
An interview with Geoffrey Cohen
54 min
96
Finding Yourself in Difficult Conversations?
60 min
97
Misrepresentation on Campus: A Conversation wit...
An interview with Michelle Cyca
56 min
98
When Your Professor Asks You to Cheat: A Conver...
An interview with Joel Heng Hartse
46 min
99
Books, Antisemitism, and a Viral Tweet: A Conve...
An interview with Susan Kusel
60 min
100
Scholar Skills: Unraveling Faculty Burnout
A Discussion with Rebecca Pope-Ruark
61 min