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Podcast: Everything Hertz
Episode: 86: Should I stay or should I go?
Pub date: 2019-06-17

Dan and James answer a listener question on whether they should stick it out for a few months in a toxic lab to get one more paper or if they should leave.

Other stuff they cover:

• We don’t like cricket, oh no, we love it
• James is bad at tribalism
• We answer a listener question about a bad lab environment
• The “Dutch Bounce”
• The Golden Lab Child
• Demonstrating independence by writing a sole author paper
• What should you do if there’s a late authorship switch on your paper?
• Having an upfront conversation about authorship
• James on NPR

Other links

• [Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
• [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
• [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
• [Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, June 17) “Should I stay or should I go?”, Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/RX7FB

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Podcast: Quanta Science Podcast
Episode: Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order
Pub date: 2020-06-18

Mathematicians have proved that a random process applied to a random surface will yield consistent patterns.

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Podcast: Hello PhD
Episode: 135. The Science Training Toolbox with Dr. Andres De Los Reyes. Plus, Antiracism for Academia
Pub date: 2020-06-12

Have you ever lamented the fact that there isn’t some kind of instruction book to help you navigate your scientific training?

Wouldn’t it be nice if someone explained how to choose a mentor, or what it means to give a ‘job talk?’ And is there any advice for how to deal with that negative peer-reviewer, or how to escape a sub-par PI?

Well, you’re in luck, because The Early Career Researcher’s Toolbox: Insights into Mentors, Peer Review, and Landing a Faculty Job by Andres De Los Reyes, PhD, is exactly the guide you’ve been looking for.

And this week, we get this clinical psychologist’s insight into why academic training is so stressful, and how you can overcome the major hurdles along the way.

Emerging Academics

Andres De Los Reyes, PhD

Dr. De Los Reyes shares his definition of an Emerging Academic, a word he uses to describe that intense training period between undergrad and a faculty position. It’s a little bit like ’emerging adulthood’, he says, when we leave home to become real ‘grownups’, with all the uncertainty and responsibility that entails.

One reason academia makes that transition difficult is because our training programs are more focused on ‘book smarts’ than ‘street smarts,’ he says. We spend years learning the depth and nuance of our scientific field, but hardly anyone teaches us the actual skills that faculty use to succeed.

For example, you may get lucky enough to co-author a paper or two with your PI, but has anyone taught you how to successfully apply for grants?

Do you know how much budget to ask for when setting up a lab?

And what do you do if one of your competitors reviews your paper, and actively works against you with the editor?

The Early Career Researcher’s Toolbox answers those questions and more. It’s packed with step-by-step instructions, sample emails and cover letters, and personal stories from other Emerging Academics to help you realize you’re not alone on this journey.

It’s essential reading whether you’re an undergrad, a new faculty member, or anywhere in between.

Black Lives Matter

We also take some time in this episode to continue a conversation on many hearts and minds recently.

As the United States opens its eyes to the institutional racism that resulted in the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and many before them, we must also reflect on and mobilize against the racism endemic in academia and research institutions.

That starts by listening to the voices of black and minority students who have faced implicit and explicit bias at every stage of life, including the Ivory Tower.

Then, we must do some work to understand your own implicit biases,

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Podcast: Teaching in Higher Ed
Episode: Culturally-Responsive Online Teaching
Pub date: 2020-06-18

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Courtney Plotts discusses culturally-responsive online teaching on episode 314 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

How well are we really reaching our students? How is that authenticity coming through?
-Courtney Plotts

Show me community and I will participate. Show me that I am safe. Show me you understand my concerns.
-Courtney Plotts

If I really want to connect with you, I need to learn more about you and really define the space for you.
-Courtney Plotts

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Podcast: Big Picture Science
Episode: Skeptic Check: Data Bias (rebroadcast)
Pub date: 2020-06-15

Sexist snow plowing? Data that guide everything from snow removal schedules to heart research often fail to consider gender. In these cases, “reference man” stands in for “average human.”  Human bias also infects artificial intelligence, with speech recognition triggered only by male voices and facial recognition that can’t see black faces. We question the assumptions baked into these numbers and algorithms.

Guests:

• Caroline Criado-Perez – Journalist and author of “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men”
• Kade Crockford – Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts
• Amy Webb – Futurist, founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute, and author of “The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and There Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

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Podcast: Research in Action | A podcast for faculty & higher education professionals on research design, methods, productivity & more
Episode: [From the Archives] Ep 72: Dr. John Fritz on Researching Course Design and Analytics
Pub date: 2020-05-11

On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. John Fritz, an Associate Vice President for Instructional Technology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Working within UMBC’s Division of Information Technology, John is responsible for UMBC’s focused efforts in teaching, learning and technology, including learning analytics. He is also responsible for tier 1 (basic) user support including knowledge management. Previously, John served as UMBC’s Director of News & Online Information, and has more than 10 years’ experience as a public information officer, writer and editor in three University of Maryland campuses. John holds a Ph.D in Language, Literacy and Culture from UMBC, a Master’s degree in English (with an emphasis in rhetoric and composition) from the University of Maryland, College Park, a bachelor’s degree in English and religion from Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland, and certificates in New Media Publishing from the University of Baltimore and Instructional Systems Design from UMBC.

Segment 1: Faculty Course Design and Analytics [00:00-11:59]

In this first segment, John shares about some of his research on Learning Management Systems (LMSs)

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• Khan Academy
• Fritz, J., & Whitmer, J. (2017, February 27). Learning Analytics Research for LMS Course Design: Two Studies. EDUCAUSE Review Online. Retrieved from http://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/2/learning-analytics-research-for-lms-course-design-two-studies

Segment 2: Adaptive and Personalized Learning [12:00-21:44]

In segment two, John discusses the rise in adaptive and personalized learning platforms and what this means for research on student learning

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• Barry Zimmerman
• Khan Academy
• Blackboard
• IMS Global
• Edwards, M., Ford, C., Fritz, J., Johnson, D., Pugliese, L., & Birk. (2017). From Adaptive to Adaptable: The Next Generation for Personalized Learning | IMS Global Learning Consortium. IMS Global. Retrieved from https://www.imsglobal.org/adaptive-adaptable-next-generation-personalized-learning
• Fritz, J. L. (2016). Using analytics to encourage student responsibility for learning and identify course designs that help (Ph.D.). University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States — Maryland. Retrieved from http://umbc.box.com/johnfritzdissertation
• Fritz, J. (2013). Using analytics at UMBC: Encouraging student responsibility and identifying effective course designs (Research Bulletin) (p. 11). Louisville, CO: Educause Center for Applied Research. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/using-analytics-umbc-encouraging-student-responsibility-and-identifying-effective-course-designs

Segment 3: The Art and Science of Nudge Analytics [21:45-34:05]

In segment three, John shares about a new interest area for him: nudge analytics.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C.R. (2008). Nudge. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
• Glenn, D. (2010, February 7). Struggling students can improve by studying themselves, research shows. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Albert Bandura
• Carol Dweck
• Collection of articles by and about UMBC’s use of analytics

To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, post a comment below or contact the “Research in Action” podcast:

Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: [email protected] Voicemail: 541-737-1111

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The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.

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Podcast: The Black Goat
Episode: Who’s Down with OPG?
Pub date: 2019-05-29

Most doctoral training in psychology follows an apprentice model: Grad students affiliate with a primary advisor and lab, and do most of their training under that one person. But what happens when grad students and professors develop professional relationships outside of that traditional model? In this episode we discuss the politics and etiquette of students and faculty interacting and working together outside of the advisor-advisee model. How much control do – and should – advisors have over their advisees? How should faculty go about supporting and criticizing the work of students from other labs? What are the issues involved when faculty intervene (or don’t) in other advisor-advisee relationships? Plus: We answer a letter from an early-career researcher wondering if they should withdraw from a paper that is less rigorous and less open than they would like it to be.

The Black Goat is hosted by Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire. Find us on the web at www.theblackgoatpodcast.com, on Twitter at @blackgoatpod, on Facebook at facebook.com/blackgoatpod/, and on instagram at @blackgoatpod. You can email us at [email protected]. You can subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher.

Our theme music is Peak Beak by Doctor Turtle, available on freemusicarchive.org under a Creative Commons noncommercial attribution license. Our logo was created by Jude Weaver.

This is episode 59. It was recorded on May 17, 2019.

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Podcast: The Story Collider
Episode: On the Scene: Stories about showing up when disaster strikes
Pub date: 2019-09-27

This week we present two stories about being the one who is there when it happens.

Part 1: Journalist Sarah Kaplan normally covers the science beat, but when tragedy strikes in Las Vegas, she takes on an assignment unlike any she’s had before.

Part 2: While covering the devastating impact of an earthquake in Thailand, journalist Maryn McKenna reflects on tragedy in her own life.

Sarah Kaplan is a reporter at the Washington Post covering news from around the nation and across the universe.

Maryn McKenna is an independent journalist who writes about public health, global health and food policy. She is a columnist for WIRED’s Ideas section and a Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Human Health at Emory University. She is the author of the 2017 bestseller BIG CHICKEN (tiled PLUCKED outside North America), SUPERBUG, and BEATING BACK THE DEVIL; her TED talk, “What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more?”, is closing in on 1.8 million views. She lives in Atlanta.

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