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In the AcaDames Season 5 Launch, Sarah and Whitney reflect on the end of 2020, discuss #SciComm and #AcademicTwitter, and share their words of the year, 2021 edition. Join us as we get ready for an exciting Season 5 up ahead!

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Related readings and links:

Hunger (Book by Roxane Gay): https://roxanegay.com/books/hunger/

Bad Feminist (Book by Roxane Gay): https://roxanegay.com/books/bad-feminist/

Alias Grace (Book by Margaret Atwood): https://www.amazon.com/Alias-Grace-Novel-Margaret-Atwood/dp/0385490445

Shiny Epi People Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shiny-epi-people/id1526951176

Dr. Leslie McLure Bio: https://drexel.edu/dornsife/academics/faculty/Leslie%20McClure/

Dr. Leslie McClure Twitter (@StatGirlLAM): https://twitter.com/statgirllam?lang=en

S410: Bonus: Sarah Job Transition: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/12/17/s410-bonus-sarah-job-transition

S408: Emily: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/11/26/s408-emily

Brené Brown interview with Emily and Amelia Nagoski: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-emily-and-amelia-nagoski-on-burnout-and-how-to-complete-the-stress-cycle/

Feminist Survival Project 2020 Podcast: https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/

Description of the Disney Movie, Soul (available on Disney+): https://movies.disney.com/soul

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: December 29, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

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Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

In this bonus episode, Sarah discusses her transition to Wake Forest School of Medicine during the pandemic. From navigating grant-related issues to connecting with new colleagues, Sarah reflects on the frustrations and joys of a new start.

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Related readings and links

AcaDames S101: Sarah: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2019/1/29/s101-sarah

AcaDames S315: Bonus: Pre-Covid Job Search & Pandemic Partings: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/7/9/s315-bonus-pre-covid-job-search-amp-pandemic-partings

AcaDames S401: Season 4 Launch: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/8/20/s401-season-4-launch

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: August 22, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

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Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Design

In this episode, Whitney and Sarah reflect on AcaDames Season 4 and share life updates as we wrap up the decade-long year of 2020. They consider key takeaways from this season’s episodes and discuss everything from evolving (or not-so-evolving) taste in music, new workplace hires, COVID-19 vaccines, and chatty toddlers. We wish our listeners a safe and healthy year’s end and look forward to sharing more with you all in Season 5!

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Related readings and links

AcaDames S401: Season 4 Launch: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/8/20/s401-season-4-launch

AcaDames S408: Emily: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/11/26/s408-emily

Emily Nagoski Bio: https://www.emilynagoski.com/the-facts

Amelia Nagoski Bio (Emily’s twin and Burnout co-author): https://www.burnoutbook.net/about-the-authors

Burnout (Book): https://www.burnoutbook.net/

Sarah’s Tweet on 2020 E-mails: https://twitter.com/birkensarah/status/1329566270761656321

Emily Nagoski and the 20-second hug: https://www.npr.org/2019/05/05/720490364/to-help-women-kick-burnout-sisters-write-book-to-understanding-stress-cycle

AcaDames S407: Jennifer: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/11/12/s407-jennifer

Alison Gopnik interview Sarah mentions on kids being cute: https://www.edge.org/conversation/alison_gopnik-a-separate-kind-of-intelligence

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine press release from 11/16/2020: https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-meets-its-primary-efficacy

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine press release from 11/18/2020: https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-conclude-phase-3-study-covid-19-vaccine

Michael Barbaro NYT Daily podcast episode on the COVID vaccine:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/podcasts/the-daily/covid-vaccine.html

Brené Brown interview with the Nagoski twins: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-emily-and-amelia-nagoski-on-burnout-and-how-to-complete-the-stress-cycle/

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: November 30, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

In this episode, Sarah interviews Emily Nagoski, New York Times bestselling author of Come As You Are and Burnout. Emily shares her personal and professional journey through academia to her current full-time role as a speaker, writer, and sex educator. Sarah and Emily discuss how to combat burnout, promote healthy conversations around sex during the pandemic, and reflect on how sex positivity is an anti-fascist act.

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Related readings and links

Emily Nagoski Bio: https://www.emilynagoski.com/the-facts

Emily Nagoski Instagram: https://instagram.com/enagoski

Emily Nagoski Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilynagoski

Amelia Nagoski Bio (Emily’s twin and Burnout co-author): https://www.burnoutbook.net/about-the-authors

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life (Book): https://www.amazon.com/Come-You-Are-Surprising-Transform/dp/1476762090

Seven Sisters Colleges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(colleges)

Feminist Survival Project 2020 (Emily/Amelia Nagoski’s Podcast): https://anchor.fm/fsp2020

Feminist Survival Project, Ep 21: Your Body Will Tell You: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/21-your-body-will-tell-you/id1485281031?i=1000467832450

Ibram X. Kendi’s How to be an Antiracist (Book): https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1

A definition of burnout: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/burnout

Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People (Harvard Business Review article): https://hbr.org/2019/12/burnout-is-about-your-workplace-not-your-people

Burnout (Book): https://www.burnoutbook.net/

Kate Manne’s Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Book): https://www.amazon.com/Down-Girl-Misogyny-Kate-Manne/dp/0190604980

Emily Nagoski TED Talk, How Couples Can Sustain a Strong Sexual Connection: https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_nagoski_how_couples_can_sustain_a_strong_sexual_connection_for_a_lifetime/transcript?language=en

Jason Stanley’s How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them: https://www.amazon.com/How-Fascism-Works-Politics-Them/dp/0525511830

Timothy Snyder’s The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Unfreedom-Russia-Europe-America/dp/0525574468

Emily Nagoski’s other works (bottom of page): https://www.emilynagoski.com/home

Emily’s 2 romance books (The Belhaven Series): https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B06XHCV6GZ/ref=dp_st_1496704185

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: September 4, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

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Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

This episode is an interview with Jennifer Pearlstein, a first-generation PhD student in clinical psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jennifer shares her journey navigating academia with a disability and how her unique experiences inform her clinical philosophy and practice. Whitney and Jennifer discuss how COVID has shed a spotlight on accessibility and reflect on the importance of universal design and radical genuineness.

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Related readings and links

Jennifer Pearlstein’s Twitter: @JenPearlstein

Jennifer Pearlstein’s Blog: http://voicingvulnerability.blogspot.com/

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 30th Anniversary: https://www.ada.gov/30th_anniversary/index.html

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Book by Lori Gottlieb): https://lorigottlieb.com/books/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/

Brené Brown Ted Talk: The Power of Vulnerability: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en

Amy Cuddy Ted Talk: Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are:

https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=en

Hannah Fry Ted Talk: The Mathematics of Love:

https://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_fry_the_mathematics_of_love?language=en

Reference to S107: Journal Club: Bodies: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2019/4/9/s107-journal-club-bodies

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: July 23, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

This episode is a Guest Lecture with Dana Kabat-Farr, Associate Professor at Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dana Kabat-Farr defines and discusses the 3 classes of sexual harassment and the related concept of workplace incivilities. She and Sarah also discuss Title IX policy, a recent independent report about allegations of sexual harassment against a University of Michigan faculty member, and the importance of bystander training and intervention in light of the #MeToo movement.

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Related readings and links

Dana Kabat-Farr’s faculty web page: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb/faculty-and-staff/our-faculty/dana-kabat-farr.html

Dana Kabat-Farr’s lecture recording, “Subtle Social Peril: Incivility and Gender Harassment as Impediments to Diversity and Well-being at Work,” and additional reading list:

https://www.icos.umich.edu/node/744

Report of Independent Investigation: Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Martin A. Philbert (link to PDF):

https://regents.umich.edu/files/meetings/01-01/Report_of_Independent_Investigation_WilmerHale.pdf

New Yorker Article on Secretary of Education DeVos’ Title IX regulations:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-concerning-are-the-trump-administrations-new-title-ix-regulations

Lilia Cortina’s article, “Compelled Disclosure of College Sexual Assault” (link to PDF):

https://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/articles/hcf2018.pdf

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018 report on Sexual Harassment of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:

https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/1

Organizational Tolerance for Workplace Harassment: Development and Validation of the POT Scale (link to PDF): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/15/4078/pdf

BBC article on why sexual harassment training doesn’t work: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171121-why-sexual-harassment-training-doesnt-work

Civility, Respect, and Engagement in the Workplace (CREW):

https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2017/03/24/using-civility-training-prevent-harassment/

Harvard Business Review article on bystander training:

https://hbr.org/2018/10/to-combat-harassment-more-companies-should-try-bystander-training

Australian Human Rights Commission: https://humanrights.gov.au/

Settle and colleagues, Women in STEM: Challenges and determinants of success and well-being:

https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2014/10/women-stem

Christine Blasey Ford, PhD, MS, PsyM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Blasey_Ford

Why people do people delay in reporting sexual assault or not report at all?:

Twitter #WhyIDidntReport

https://abcnews.go.com/US/women-report-sexual-assaults-survivor-speaks/story?id=57985818

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: August 25, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

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Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

In this episode, Whitney and Sarah respond to questions submitted by AcaDames Patreon patrons. They share advice and reflections about topics such as navigating the job market during COVID, using professional networks, setting boundaries, soft vs. hard money positions, and empowering AcaDames to recognize their diverse skills.

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Related readings and links

AcaDames Podcast, Patreon sign-up: https://www.patreon.com/AcaDamesPodcast

Dear Sugars (WBUR podcast advice column): https://www.wbur.org/dearsugar

Dear Prudence (Slate advice column): https://slate.com/human-interest/dear-prudence

Social Q’s (NYT advice column): https://www.nytimes.com/column/social-qs

Modern Love (NPR podcast): https://www.npr.org/podcasts/469516571/modern-love

The Ethicist (NYT column): https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-ethicist

Dan Savage articles (The Stranger): https://www.thestranger.com/authors/259/dan-savage

“Dear Abby” Archives: https://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/archives

“The Professor is In” podcast: http://theprofessorisin.com/category/podcast/

#Dispatches: How Many Jobs In Your Field & What Will You Do?: http://theprofessorisin.com/2020/09/29/dispatches-how-many-jobs-in-your-field-what-will-you-do/

“The Professor is In” article about transferrable skills: http://theprofessorisin.com/2020/04/28/transferrable-skills-are-a-lie-postac-advice/

AcaDames S206: Katie (reference to Katie Grogan): https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2019/11/5/s206-katie

AcaDames S404: Clara: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/10/1/s404-clara

AcaDames S202: Ruth: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2019/9/11/s202-ruth

AcaDames S101: Sarah (43:52, Sarah’s original answer to “is academia a dream, a game, or a scam?”): https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2019/1/29/s101-sarah

AcaDames S309: How to make mentorship a dream: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/3/26/s309-how-to-make-mentorship-a-dream

Shiny Epi People (episode on Theresa Chapple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theresa-chapple-phd/id1526951176?i=1000488878847

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: September 30, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

In this episode, Whitney interviews Dr. Clara Lee, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and a health services researcher at the Ohio State University. Dr. Lee provides insight into her career development and job satisfaction and reflects on how training in a male-dominated environment shaped her personality (often in unexpected ways). She also describes her experience being part of a blended family and highlights the importance of shared decision-making with patients.

Related readings and links

Dr. Clara Lee’s faculty profile at OSU:

https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/find-a-doctor/clara-lee-md-69159

3-Min Video: “Meet Clara Lee, MD, MPP, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Ohio State”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DOkE9mqG_0

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), cancer statistics database:

https://seer.cancer.gov/

R grant - referring to "R01":

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/grant-writing-and-application-process/research-grants-r.shtml

Director of Women's Academic Advancement (Clara's role in the OSU School of Medicine)

https://medicine.osu.edu/recent-highlights/lee-shapes-womens-lives-at-ohio-state

The movie Inception - plot summary about planting ideas in people's minds

https://collider.com/inception-synopsis-christopher-nolan/

Clara's paper (JAMA surgery) on predictions of wellbeing after breast cancer reconstruction

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2671391

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: July 25, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

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Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

In this episode, co-hosts Whitney and Sarah discuss their hour-to-hour, day-to-day, week-to-week, and month-to-month experience of time in the COVID era. They chat about adapting to new work environments and daily routines, preparing for changing seasons, embracing rituals, and most importantly, being kind to ourselves.

Related readings and links

S205: Journal Club: Task Management: https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2019/10/22/s205-task-management

Stat News video on how pandemic stress alters perceptions of time:

https://www.statnews.com/2020/08/17/pandemic-stress-alters-your-perception-of-time/

RAIN Mindfulness Acronym: https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/05/11/feeling-overwhelmed-or-anxious-remember-rain_a_22078892/

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: August 27, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

In this episode, Sarah interviews Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Principal Investigator of the Social Epidemiology to Eliminate Disparities (SEED) Lab at the Ohio State University. Shawnita shares the importance of being authentic and bringing her whole self to her work in order to empower others, particularly underdogs, to do the same.

Related readings and links:

Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson’s OSU Page: https://cph.osu.edu/people/sjefferson

Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson’s Website: https://drsealyjefferson.com/

“Double-consciousness" concept from W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folks:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/double-consciousness/

Tweet where Shawnita offers to do consultations with early-career BIPOC scholars who identify as women: https://twitter.com/Dr_S_Jefferson/status/1269690297157652481

Cash App/Venmo/PayPal info in response to consultation donation/sponsorship offers:

https://twitter.com/Dr_S_Jefferson/status/1269743442978131969

Personality type systems:

https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new

https://www.123test.com/

CliftonStrengths assessment (formerly Clifton StrengthsFinder):

https://store.gallup.com/p/en-us/10108/top-5-cliftonstrengths

Wayne State University: https://wayne.edu/

Iyanla Vanzant website: https://iyanla.com/

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: July 31, 2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs