This is the final episode for season 1 of Blacademia. This week's guest is Dr Lorraine Muller.

My guest for Season 1, Episode 7 is the remarkable DR MARLENE LONGBOTTOM.

In this episode we yarn up about:

The value fo connection, mentorship, and uplifting/supporting mob in the academy and community

What does being a 'post-doc' mean?

Working in Hawaii

The Australian bushfire crisis, and how Dr Longbottom contributed to mobilising community support via social media

In this yarn we explore what it actually means to be an astrophysicist, the power of part-time and finding what works best for you in study, and how deadly good ways STEMM can be.

In this episode we yarn about tailoring your teaching for hostile environments, Instagram influencers and the academy, what it means to be authentic as an institution, cultural safety and more!

In this yarn Professor Heiss and I chat the intersecting journey of author and academic, community engagement, the value of a PhD, master classes, self-care and Professor Heiss’s dream job!

In this episode we yarn about their journey from being someone who left high school at age thirteen...to now being a PhD holding, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of a School in a university! Also +imposter syndrome, family, alternate pathways to, and through, university, AND the power of museums that work!

In this episode I yarn with the phenomenal PROF. CHRIS MATTHEWS who shares about his journey to becoming a blacademic, finding solace and safety in maths and science, experiencing racism in schooling, and what the difference is between Honours and a PhD.

Season 1, Episode 1, Professor Marcia Langton by Blacademia