Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

This week I had the chance to finish up the conversation from last week with Oiyan Poon. We reconnected at the ASHE conference and got to talk about what she had been up to in the last year. We talked about living in Chicago, getting engaged, finding a faith community, staying connected to family that it spread out across the country, learning to cook family receipts, teaching, learning, being asked to speak at a national conference, engaging in conversations about how we honor and value people rather than co-opt their work, and a great deal more.

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down with Oiyan Poon, who is currently a faculty member at Loyola University Chicago. This is the first part of a conversation we had almost a year ago. When I went to put the episode together, my computer ate half of it when I tried to split it between two episodes. So it took some time to be able to sit down with Oiyan again, but I was finally able to do it recently, so now you can hear it this week and next week. This week we talked about growing up in New England, family, sports, school, dropping out of grad school, deciding to pursue a PhD, being political, culture shock, dissertations, and a lot more! This week’s conversation covers up to when Oiyan was getting ready to move to Chicago, and next week we will cover from Chicago to now, and some of the things that she tries to do to find balance and regain energy.

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to sit down with Christopher Newmann, Assistant Professor at the University of San Diego’s School of Leadership & Education Sciences. It was really great to learn more about how he got to where he is and what lead to his path to the tenure track and faculty. We talked about growing up, sports, siblings, running, visiting colleges, children, and writing. We also talked about comic books, quality time, the San Diego Zoo, office space, office culture, setting boundaries, scheduling time to write, and accountability.

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Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I got the chance to sit down with Rosina McAlpine, who is a visit scholar at the University of San Diego. Someone had actually mentioned that we should chat, because Rosina is currently doing research on work life balance, and we were able to have a really great conversation about research, growing up on a farm, making career decisions, changing those paths, family, kids, and finding new opportunities. We also talked about gender roles, education, negotiating within a relationship, learning, and a lot more!

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Welcome to another Episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat dow with Onar Primitivo, Coordinator for Social Justice Initiatives at UC Merced. We had been planning this for a while, and it was an amazing chat to have. We had a great time catching up, talking about moving to the US, finding community, art, theater, design, feeling pulled between two paths, social justice, creating new opportunities and taking up new roles. We also talked about health, taking care of ourselves, dancing, vulnerability, contributing to our communities and leaving our places a little bit better.

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I had the chance to talk with Eugene Frier, who works in Residence Life at the University of North Texas. We met this year at San Diego Comic-Con, where Eugene was presenting as part of the Geek Ed Panel that also featured some past LIFE WORK BALANCES guests. We had a great time getting to know each other and catching up. We talked about growing up on a military base, immersing yourself in the environment around you, movies, finding and building a social circle, how we choose colleges, and maintaining those relationships. We also talked about board games, video games, gaming in general, comic con, geek week, movies, office culture, supportive mentors, and moving up in an organization!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with AJa Holmes, who is a PhD student at Iowa State University. We got connected through a mutual friend, and it was great o hear Aja’s story and get to know someone that I hadn’t met before we set up time to do this interview. We talked about choosing a PhD program, research, “fit” coded language, leadership practices, goal setting, finding new opportunities. We also talked about shaping curricula, finding new way to impact the field of student affairs through course work, better understanding supervision, travel, books on tape, the World Cup, social justice, and a lot more!

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down with Lisa Slavid. Lisa works at UC Santa Barbara, and we met a few years ago when we both attended the Social Justice Training Institute. It was really great to catch up with Lisa, to hear about what she has been doing over the past few years, and to reconnect in a few different ways. We talked about growing up, family, identity, choosing a college, working at the campus radio station, DJing parties, moving across the country, and holding several positions at one university over a number of years and the changes one can see in that position. We also talked about travel, PEA DOODLES (Lisa’s web comic), art, music, the joys of living in California, and a lot more.

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Welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I sat down to chat with Shaun Simon. We met each other a few years ago while attending the Social Justice Training Institute, and it was great to catch up with her and see how her career has been going in those last few years for her. We had a great time talking about growing up, moving, finding a college, securing scholarships, the practicality of Residence Life work,  finding a good fit in a working environment, and feeling called to social justice work. We also talked about leaving work at work, social media, pintrest, the inspiration of students, mom & pop video stores, getting recommendations from people are movie stores, interactions, and a lot more!

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Welcome to another Wednesday morning and another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES!

Today I got to chat with Finn Schneider. Finn works and Cal State East Bay in Residence Life, and we had a great time catching up! We met through a mutual friend a few months ago, and this was a great opportunity to learn more about Finn, hear their story, and to have a few really good laughs. We talked about growing up and exploring nature, living near water, quiz bowl (and my rediculous idea of what that actually is) feeling called to a new adventure, and camping. We also talked about farmers markets, exploring, meditation, practicing yoga, food, seeking out new places to take up hobbies, getting to know a new place, and working to find balance in a new position.

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