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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Education
Careers
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Why Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conve...
64 min
152
You Do Have A Right To Remain Fat: A Conversati...
An interview with Virgie Tovar
64 min
153
Archival Kismet: Lessons in Launching An Online...
A Discussion with Courtney Thompson
59 min
154
Belonging: A Conversation with Geoffrey Cohen
An interview with Geoffrey Cohen
54 min
155
Finding Yourself in Difficult Conversations?
60 min
156
Misrepresentation on Campus: A Conversation wit...
An interview with Michelle Cyca
56 min
157
When Your Professor Asks You to Cheat: A Conver...
An interview with Joel Heng Hartse
46 min
158
Books, Antisemitism, and a Viral Tweet: A Conve...
An interview with Susan Kusel
60 min
159
Scholar Skills: Unraveling Faculty Burnout
A Discussion with Rebecca Pope-Ruark
61 min
160
Where Does Research Really Begin?
A Discussion with Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea
67 min
161
Making the Most of Academic Conferences: Insigh...
44 min
162
Night of the Living Rez
A Conversation with Morgan Talty
44 min
163
Scholar Skills: Managing and Re-Envisioning the...
A Discussion with Vicki L. Baker
59 min
164
Far From Home: A Conversation About Academic Re...
61 min
165
The Fight to Save the Town
A Conversation with Michelle Wilde Anderson
69 min
166
The Surprising World of Wasps
A Conversation with Seirian Sumner
64 min
167
Scholar Skills: Communicating Through your Onli...
A Discussion with Jennifer van Alstyne
43 min
168
College Baseball in the Offseason: Meet the Sav...
An interview with Kyle Luigs
42 min
169
Hope for the Humanities PhD
A Conversation with Katrina Rogers
62 min
170
The Two Keys to Student Retention: A Discussion...
An interview with Aaron Basko
55 min
171
What is a Tomboy?: A Discussion with Lisa Selin...
An interview with Lisa Selin Davis
65 min
172
Opening Up the University for Displaced Students
A Discussion with Ian M. Cook and Prem Kumar Rajaram
49 min
173
The Journal of Higher Education in Prison
An interview with Erin Corbett and Breea Willingham
46 min
174
Writing Beyond a Limited Narrative: A Conversat...
An interview with Hari Ziyad
52 min
175
Do You Need a Developmental Editor?
A Discussion with Laura Portwood-Stacer
53 min