Journeys in Research Office of Research Development, Florida State University

In this episode, Dr. Frankie Wong shares his experiences researching HIV in communities within the United States as well as abroad.

In this episode, Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology Dr. Dean Falk shares her passion for the advancement of evolutionary anthropology. Whether she’s learning how to craft from the great apes, fighting battles in academic cancel-culture, or mapping Einstein’s brain, Falk’s insights from happy accidents embody the true nature of her work: the celebration of ever-evolving human life.

Episode Nine
Special Guest: Paul Marty 
Interdisciplinary research is often invisible. In this episode, Paul Marty discusses the pros and cons of interdisciplinary research and the importance of taking credit for your accomplishments.
Paul Marty is a professor in the School of Information, Florida's iSchool, and Associate Dean for Innovation in the College of Communication and Information at FSU. Marty has a background in ancient history and computer science engineering, and his PhD is from the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Before arriving at FSU, he was Director of Information Technology at the Spurlock Museum.

John Corrigan is the Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor of Religion, Professor of History, and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University. His research focuses on religion and emotion, religious intolerance, and the spatial humanities. In this episode, John talks about the right time to take risks, interdisciplinary collaboration as an act of generosity, and how his background in math and chemical engineering makes him a humanities researcher who sometimes thinks like a scientist.
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Episode Seven
Special Guest: Jorge Piekarewicz
Jorge Piekarewicz is fascinated by death, specifically, the death of stars. In this episode, Jorge Piekarewicz talks about neutron stars, NASA rockets, carbon, collaboration, and mentorship.
Jorge Piekarewicz is a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Physics at FSU. He received his Bachelor of Science in physics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico in 1981, and his Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. Afterward, carried out postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology and Indiana University. In 1990, he joined FSU, becoming a full professor in 2005 and a Distinguished Research Professor in 2016. While at FSU, he has received four University Teaching Awards and the 2017 Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. He was also named fellow for the American Physical Society in 2005. He has written over 155 publications, and his research has been continuously funded by the Department of Energy since 1992. He currently serves as the Director of the FRIB Theory Alliance.
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Episode Six
Special Guest: Alysia Roehrig
In Episode Six, Alysia Roehrig shares the benefits of sabbaticals and how she helped bring Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® to Leon County.
Alysia Roehrig, Professor of Educational Psychology, joined the faculty at Florida State University in 2003 and serves as the Learning and Cognition Program Coordinator. She earned both her Ph.D. and M.A. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Roehrig’s research interests focus on issues related to effective teaching, particularly exploring the successes of students labeled at risk for school failure. She has published several articles, co-authored the book, No more sharpening pencils during work time and other time wasters, with her former doctoral student Beth Brinkerhoff, and helped update the 7th edition of the widely adopted textbook Educational Psychology by Santrock for McGraw Hill. Roehrig is the Principal Investigator and Director of PURPOSE: Partners United for Research Pathways Oriented to Social Justice in Education. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, PURPOSE is dedicated to increasing diversity in the doctorate of education.
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