Keywords: sex work, Southeast Asia, colonialism

Tune in to our conversation about Huiyeon's recent project on colonialism and sex work in Southeast Asia during the 20th century! Huiyeon is a Philosophy and Data Science student at the University of Southern California. If you are interested, the book Huiyeon recommended is Dealing In Desire. To see a list of other sources, here is a shareable doc.

Keywords: body dysphoria, gender, transgender research, data analysis

Listen to our candid conversation with Charlie about his unique psych-to-data career path, tips on and experiences of doing data analysis in research, and an in-depth discussion on his thesis, "Exploring Differences in Dysphoria Between Transgender Men and Transgender Women". Tune in for some nerdy stats talk and hot takes on the research etiquette of working with the trans community. 

Keywords: stress, allostatic load, parenthood

Listen to our discussion with Darby about her research career path, allostatic load and stress, and parenthood. Darby is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California, where she heads the Neuroendocrinology of Social Ties Lab. A former English major, she now specializes in social relationships, stress and parenthood. Her ongoing NSF-funded neuroimaging study, HATCH, follows couples in transition to parenthood from the prenatal to postpartum stages. PS. This was our 1st interview and it was recorded over the phone, so the audio quality isn't great - apologies!

Keywords: feminism, qualitative method, gender, body image

Listen to our discussion with Jaclyn about being an early-career researcher, academia, the Feminist methodology, gender binary (not), media and body image. Jaclyn works at the Stigma, Objectification, Bodies, and Resistance Lab directed by Dr. Rachel Calogero. She is a doctoral fellow at Western University and specializes in Feminist Psychology using qualitative methods.