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.

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151
What Do Bees, Ants, and Dragonflies Get up to A...
An interview with Jessica Ware
48 min
152
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equali...
An interview with Jonathan Coley
61 min
153
The Connected PhD, Part Three
A DIscussion with Ulka Anjaria
51 min
154
The Good Enough Life
A Discussion with Avram Alpert
66 min
155
The Top Ten Struggles in Writing A Book Manuscr...
52 min
156
Overcoming the Anxiety of Giving a Presentation
A Discussion with James M. Lang
53 min
157
Can we Engage in Public Scholarship with Femini...
An interview with Alex D. Ketchum
57 min
158
Are We Done with Higher Education Rankings?
A Discussion with Francie Diep
46 min
159
Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough
An interview with Dina Nayeri
53 min
160
The Connected PhD, Part Two
A Discussion with Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli and Anna Valcour
46 min
161
A Primer for Teaching Digital History
A Discussion with Jennifer Guiliano
53 min
162
We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theo...
An interview with Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Leisy J. Abrego
50 min
163
The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars
An interview with Betty S. Lai
55 min
164
The Connected PhD, Part One
A Discussion with Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli and Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria
50 min
165
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature
An interview with Esther G. Belin and Jeff Berglund
57 min
166
The Climate Change Scientist: A Conversation wi...
57 min
167
Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conve...
64 min
168
You Do Have A Right To Remain Fat: A Conversati...
An interview with Virgie Tovar
64 min
169
Archival Kismet: Lessons in Launching An Online...
A Discussion with Courtney Thompson
59 min
170
Belonging: A Conversation with Geoffrey Cohen
An interview with Geoffrey Cohen
54 min
171
Finding Yourself in Difficult Conversations?
60 min
172
Misrepresentation on Campus: A Conversation wit...
An interview with Michelle Cyca
56 min
173
When Your Professor Asks You to Cheat: A Conver...
An interview with Joel Heng Hartse
46 min
174
Books, Antisemitism, and a Viral Tweet: A Conve...
An interview with Susan Kusel
60 min
175
Scholar Skills: Unraveling Faculty Burnout
A Discussion with Rebecca Pope-Ruark
61 min