Professerror

Steven K. Ayer and Bryan Franz

This podcast is aimed at providing honest experiences about challenges, failures, and possibly a few success stories related to life in academia.

  1. 22.5.

    Handling Technology Vendors

    Bryan and Steve discuss their experiences in handling technology vendors who often want access to students. They talk about when they do and don't agree to provide access and some of the factors they consider when making these decisions.

    52 min

  2. 1.5.

    Conference Planning Headaches with Chuma Nnaji

    Professor Chuma Nnaji (Texas A&M University) discusses his experiences, headaches, and some successes with recently leading the planning/orchestration of a major conference in our field. It is great to hear the honest dialogue about the kinds of camaraderie that was built through this experience, but also some of the surprising challenges that kept him up at night while planning for this event. Enjoy!

    1 t 10 min

  3. 17.4.

    That's it! I'm outta here!

    Bryan and Steve discuss aspects of academic jobs that they do NOT like and if these aspects of their job were to expand in scope (hypothetically) would lead to them leaving their positions. Enjoy!

    1 t 5 min

  4. 3.4.

    Bend but don't break - When to allow failures for impactful graduate student learning

    Bryan and Steve discuss experiences where they allow graduate students to struggle through certain professional experiences to support long term learning, even if that comes at the expense of near-term research outputs. Enjoy!

    1 t 4 min

  5. 16.1.

    Guest: Dan Aukes - Leaving a tenured faculty position? But why??

    Formerly "Professor" Dan Aukes of Arizona State University talks about his journey into academia, succeeding in academia, and ultimately choosing to leave it to explore new professional life chapters. Considering non-academic careers after finding success in academia is common, but following through with the decision to pursue other career paths is less common. It's refreshing to hear such an honest and open account about the drivers to making this type of career decision. Enjoy!

    1 t 10 min

  6. 21.11.2025

    Life After Tenure: What do we do after the game of tenure is over?

    Bryan and Steve discuss their experiences in finding professional purpose after tenure. The post-tenure life undoubtedly comes with high levels of freedom, but also lacks direction, which can have unexpected challenges for finding motivation and purpose in the profession.

    1 t 3 min

  7. 24.10.2025

    a policy? The Policy? Any policy?

    Bryan and Steve discuss challenges with following unclear, conflicting, or unchecked policies in academic environments. They discuss difficulties with understanding these and also discuss strategies they’ve employed to handle these challenging situations in academia.

    57 min

  8. 05.09.2025

    Advisors and Advisees: Setting Expectations

    Bryan and Steve discuss challenges and ramifications of instances of poorly set expectations between graduate students (i.e., advisees) and faculty (i.e., advisors). Hopefully the stories resonate and possibly even give some tips for how to handle these if they relate to your academic situation. Enjoy!

    1 t 5 min
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This podcast is aimed at providing honest experiences about challenges, failures, and possibly a few success stories related to life in academia.

Tiedot

  • Tekijä
    Steven K. Ayer and Bryan Franz
  • Julkaisuvuodet
    2020 - 2026
  • Jaksot
    76
  • Luokitus
    Lapsille sopimaton
  • Copyright
    © Steven K. Ayer and Bryan Franz
  • Ohjelman sivusto
    Professerror

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