STEMdentity

Anna Hodshire
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What happens when you went into STEM to change the world and you find that you’re instead just trying to not drown in emails and meetings? Welcome to STEMdentity with your host, Dr. Anna Hodshire, PhD. Anna had 5 jobs in 5 years after grad school. This experience along with building up her own support team helped her to go from feeling disconnected from how she thought science was supposed to be to finding her Why and her own unique STEMdentity. She now is growing and learning in a faculty position in a field completely outside of her training. This podcast dives into the many pressures that take away your focus, time, and creativity and offers concrete stories, actions, interviews, and tools to help you to grow into your most creative, fun, impactful STEMtastic self. Join us and find your STEMdentity that the world needs. What we do is challenging. Let’s talk about how to be spectacular.

  1. 1d ago

    Stop comparing yourself: Celebrate your unique "tech stack"

    It’s the reminder episode you maybe forgot you needed: STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS BECAUSE YOU ARE AMAZING AS YOU ARE. Your unique set of interests, skills, and talents make you you, and no one else is bringing all of that to the table. Ok, ok, it’s easier said than done but take a listen and let’s walk away with some concrete actions for reminding ourselves to get out of the cycle of negative comparison and into the habit of self-appreciation! Even world-renowned artists like Katsushika Hokusai of incredible pieces like The Great Wave off Kanagawa aren’t incredible at everything they do….like the workers’ hands in the Mitsui Shop at Surugachō in Edo. Song of the week: It’s a double header! Alarm by Wise Blood Alarm (Chopped & Screwed) by Wise Blood and DJ Shuman Center If you loved this episode: Follow me on Instagram at @STEMdentity or LinkedIn at Anna Hodshire & feel free to DM me anytime with questions or ideas for future episodes! You can also reach out on my website! Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros!Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

  2. Aug 25

    Women are half the sky. Women are not half the STEM sky

    We all know the big picture: women make half the sky but do not make up half the global STEM workforce, especially in engineering and mathematics. Visibility matters: by being able to tell our stories and serve as role models and mentors for each other while receiving steady support from the incredible men that some of us get to work with, I believe that we can make a difference. So I’m using my podcast platform to explicitly highlight incredible women in STEM. Here I talk a little about some of my own experiences both good and bad, and I can’t wait to bring more women in STEM onto the podcast! Links to the articles I cited: Global STEM workforce: https://swe.org/research/2025/global-stem-workplace/ Women in the US federal STEM workforce: https://www.eeoc.gov/special-topics-annual-report-women-stem American Society of Mechanical Engineers tips: https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/schools-can-help,-but-not-fix-gender-inequality Systems engineering statistics: https://www.zippia.com/systems-engineer-jobs/demographics/ General and engineering US employment: https://swe.org/research/2026/us-employment/ Find all episodes for Women In STEM here Song of the week: Pick up your Feelings by Jazmine Sullivan Have ideas of women or organizations you would love me to interview? DM me on Instagram, @STEMdentity or reach out on LinkedIn, Anna Hodshire. You can also reach out on my website! If you loved this episode: Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros! Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

  3. Aug 18

    Journal Club: What mountain lions teach us about trophic cascades and coexistence

    Welcome to STEMdentity Journal Club! Every month, I find an exciting peer-reviewed journal article and interview one of its lead authors. We talk about their paper, their work, and their STEM identities. My guest today is Chinmay Sonawane, who is a PhD candidate at Stanford University in the Department of Biology. We’re talking about his 2026 paper “Mammal Community Responses to Increasing Puma Activity in a Suburban Preserve” in the journal Ecology and Evolution. This is such a fascinating study that points to potential trophic cascades within even a relatively small wilderness space near urban corridors with pumas (aka mountain lions aka panthers!) returning to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) in California, USA. We also talk about easy ways to make better figures and science communication tips! Here’s the ScienceDaily press release for Chinmay’s paper! Song of the week: Beautiful Mess by Gin Wigmore If you loved this episode: Follow me on Instagram at @STEMdentity or LinkedIn at Anna Hodshire & feel free to DM me anytime with questions or ideas for future episodes! You can also reach out on my website! Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros!Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

  4. Aug 11

    Leaning into our most spectacular neurodivergent selves with Dr. Kimberley Corwin

    Robert Frost said “The best way out is always through”, but that doesn’t mean that we need to do anything alone. STEM is a team sport and so is learning to work with your particular skills and strengths, not against them. That feels especially true when moving from fighting any form of neurodivergence to embracing its superpowers while navigating its challenges. This is why I’m so honored that there are people like Dr. Kimberley Corwin in the world! Dr. Corwin has a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis (same….same) and embraced this by forming a Neurodiversity Club in her home department. Dr. Corwin is so relatable and kind to share her experiences with us, including how she formed the club and lessons learned! Song of the week: List of Demands (Reparations) by the Kills If you loved this episode: Follow me on Instagram at @STEMdentity or LinkedIn at Anna Hodshire & feel free to DM me anytime with questions or ideas for future episodes! You can also reach out on my website! Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros!Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

  5. Aug 4

    Finding your people in STEM

    Ok spoiler alert: if you have a super satisfying, rich social life and you get to hang out with people in all walks of your life - work, hobbies, and anything else that lights you up - this episode might not be the one for you! Don’t worry, I’ll be back next week! And for the rest of us.... I see you. I am you. It’s never been easy for me to just “fit in” with the people I work or go to school with and it’s taken me some time to find my people in my STEM parts of my life. But I have, and I’m so excited to share some things that have really helped me! Song of the week: Opus by Eric Prydz And if you’re on Spotify, feel free to check out my EDM sometimes classical playlist! (Fair warning, there is always at least one song in my playlists that totally doesn’t belong….don’t judge me!) If you loved this episode: Follow me on Instagram at @STEMdentity or LinkedIn at Anna Hodshire & feel free to DM me anytime with questions or ideas for future episodes! You can also reach out on my website! Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros! Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

  6. Jul 28

    Balancing full-time work with getting a PhD with Francisco Cordova

    You know what’s absolutely wild to me?! People who have full time jobs and go to school at the same time. I was a full time student for all of my higher education (undergraduate and graduate school) and I barely survived being a full-time cat mom for only half of that. But! I am really fortunate enough to get to work with a ton of amazing people and students who are balancing both with such grace. Francisco Cordova is one of those amazing people and I can’t wait for you to meet him! Song of the week: Gods in Heat by TOBACCO BTW - I said I would link to my mom's book, A Storytelling of Ravens by Jan Hamer. She is currently having issues with her online sellers' account - please check in shortly and I'll have it linked here or at my website! If you loved this episode: Follow me on Instagram at @STEMdentity or LinkedIn at Anna Hodshire & feel free to DM me anytime with questions or ideas for future episodes! You can also reach out on my website! Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros!Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

  7. Jul 21

    Journal Club: Improving landfill methane measurement methods with Dr. Nadia Tarakki

    Welcome to STEMdentity Journal Club! Every month, I find an exciting peer-reviewed journal article and interview one of its lead authors. We talk about their paper, their work, and their STEM identities. My guest today is Dr. Nadia Tarakki, who is a postdoctoral researcher at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. She works at the very cool FluxLab, led by Dave Risk. We’re digging into her awesome 2026 paper Rethinking EPA Method 21 Surface Emissions Monitoring: Quantifying performance limits for methane detection at municipal solid waste landfills in the journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. We talk about both how Method 21 performed both in their modeling results and real-world test site SIMFLEX along with how other methods perform and what method made the most sense from a cost analysis! **Small correction: Dr. Tarakki said 2013 a few times when talking about SIMFLEX-LF. It actually started in 2023!** Follow Fluxlab on LinkedIn Follow Dave Risk on LinkedIn And OF COURSE you should follow Dr. Tarakki on LinkedIn!! Excited for more? Here is the paper that we also mentioned about the 8 Canadian landfills! 2023 to 2025 SIMFLEX Reports on the EREF Website (EREF is the Environmental Research and Education Foundation!) And all the other FluxLab papers came out on landfill emissions this year and under the Elementa Special Feature: Climate and Air Quality Impacts of Landfill Emissions: https://online.ucpress.edu/collection/11870/Special-Feature-Climate-and-Air-Quality-Impacts-of Song of the week: Unbelievable by ADONA If you loved this episode: Follow me on Instagram at @STEMdentity or LinkedIn at Anna Hodshire & feel free to DM me anytime with questions or ideas for future episodes! You can also reach out on my website! Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros!Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

  8. Jul 14

    Still avoiding doing the scary things?

    Making any progress at all on the things that challenge us in our STEM jobs - and our lives - is AWESOME. Celebrate the hell out of these wins! And: sometimes you need a little extra oomph to get over hurdles that are more stressful. That’s where this episode comes in…It just takes next courageous steps! Want to hang out and do a social media challenge sharing your courageous steps? Tag me on Instagram @STEMdentity so I can celebrate the hell out of you!! Check out the companion episode on next messy steps here: Getting past freeze and perfectionism can be easier than you think Song of the week: it’s a two-parter this week and they’re both so good!! Jupiter 4 by Sharon Van Etten Jupiter by Donna Missal Want to work with me? I’d love to do a free, 30-minute intro Work Audit call with you to discuss your top blockers at work and start to come up with actionable steps towards your most STEMtastic STEMdentity. Schedule by clicking here or DM me on Instagram, @STEMdentity! If you loved this episode: Follow me on Instagram at @STEMdentity or LinkedIn at Anna Hodshire & feel free to DM me anytime with questions or ideas for future episodes! You can also reach out on my website! Give a follow and share with a friend! Let’s build a community of badass, heart-centered STEM pros! Music by @excess_sass - I’d love a follow!

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What happens when you went into STEM to change the world and you find that you’re instead just trying to not drown in emails and meetings? Welcome to STEMdentity with your host, Dr. Anna Hodshire, PhD. Anna had 5 jobs in 5 years after grad school. This experience along with building up her own support team helped her to go from feeling disconnected from how she thought science was supposed to be to finding her Why and her own unique STEMdentity. She now is growing and learning in a faculty position in a field completely outside of her training. This podcast dives into the many pressures that take away your focus, time, and creativity and offers concrete stories, actions, interviews, and tools to help you to grow into your most creative, fun, impactful STEMtastic self. Join us and find your STEMdentity that the world needs. What we do is challenging. Let’s talk about how to be spectacular.

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  • Creator
    Anna Hodshire
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Anna Hodshire
  • Show Website
    STEMdentity