Academic Misfits

By: Academic Misfits
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  • Academia is slow to change. There's those of us who shake it up, force it to change or even decide to leave and poke it from the outside! Change does happen but it's a challenge. When I was a professor, I would write blogs, engage in public outreach that involved I'm A Scientist Get Me Out Of Here, cocktail evenings with science, and other silly ways to get people the knowledge I was producing. I also made experiments fun by bringing VR to prisons and schools. And I brought Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, to psychology conferences! These creative endeavors and inclusive practices are often not valued as are high-impact publications and large-scale grants. There are many other ways we are misfits, however. Many are simply due to who we are - queer, BIPOC, etc. So, I've been called to create a podcast called Academic Misfits, honoring those of us who have gone rogue or have rebelled in our own ways.
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Episodes
  • Academics as Activists with Dr Georgiana Turculet

    Academics as Activists with Dr Georgiana Turculet
    Jan 14 2025
    Content warnings: suicide, oppression, murder – brief discussions with no detail. In today’s pod, we talk to Georgie, whose Marie Curie’s fellowship allowed her to create a film about the toxic practices in academia – it’s called Academic Puszi https://www.academic-puszi.com/ Note: We recorded this episode in November prior to the Iranian woman’s release. We mention… Read More »Academics as Activists with Dr Georgiana Turculet
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Leaving Academia Like a Runaway Bride with Wedding Celebrant Dr Claire Lawrence

    Leaving Academia Like a Runaway Bride with Wedding Celebrant Dr Claire Lawrence
    Dec 9 2024
    Dr Claire Lawrence and I discuss how much our skills in academia can be translated to other forms of work, how she left academia basically at the altar with wedding dress on and about to make a lifetime commitment, and how her mum thought she was a mug to keep working at a place where… Read More »Leaving Academia Like a Runaway Bride with Wedding Celebrant Dr Claire Lawrence
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Solo Mothers by Choice with Dr Christie Margrave

    Solo Mothers by Choice with Dr Christie Margrave
    Nov 12 2024
    Christie and I speak about the challenges of parenthood in academia, the child penalty for researchers, and conferencing when you don’t have another parent figure . Here’s the link to the article I talked about https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/10/29/what-makes-the-child-penalty-in-academia-different/ We also applaud Meryl Streep. See more here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-meryl-streep-lactating-762988/ If you’re looking to leave academia, you may want to… Read More »Solo Mothers by Choice with Dr Christie Margrave
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    43 mins

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