55 episodes
Professerror Steven K. Ayer and Bryan Franz
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5.0 • 10 Ratings
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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.
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Publishing with AI and the future of research output
Bryan and Steve discuss how generative AI is impacting processes for generating and reviewing research manuscripts. They also offer some food for thought for what a future might look like where academics remain relevant in a world with AI. Enjoy!
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Bryan and Steve struggle to teach new courses
In this episode, Bryan and Steve discuss their experiences in teaching courses that are new to them. They talk about the moments that were especially challenging, the failures they experienced during the process, and a few lessons learned from surviving it. Enjoy!
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'Unfundable' with Fred Sherratt
Fred Sherratt joins us to discuss her experiences in struggling to get academic funding and surviving as a qualitative researchers in a quantitative world. Enjoy!
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Risky Business with John Gambatese
Professor John Gambatese (Oregon State University) joins us to discuss taking risks in academia and some that he took that worked out, and some that did not.
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Bryan's Sabbatical Reflection
Bryan discusses his sabbatical and shares what went well and what could have been better. Enjoy!
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Working Abroad with guest Daniel Hall
Professor Daniel Hall (TU Delft) joins Bryan and Steve to discuss his experience of growing up and studying in the US, but deciding to launch his academic career in Europe.