Todd and Chris track Todd's career and discuss some of the challenges of working in a center at a large institution.

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In this episode Garth interviews members of the American Psychological Association's Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI) Working Group on Student Learning Outcomes & Assessment: Jennifer Thompson, Kristin Whitlock, Jane Halonen, Sue Frantz (not available for interview), & Eric Landrum. We discuss how the project evolved, leadership roles, a thematic revolution, being content-agnostic, and more.

More IPI info: https://bit.ly/APA-IPI

Chris and Elizabeth track her career from faculty member to seasoned faculty developer.

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Jordan and Chris talk about his very strategic move from faculty at a small liberal arts college to working as an associate director in a TLC.

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In this episode: student sluggishness during the pandemic semester, human rights activities suited for the classroom, fall semester/term exhaustion, the work during a sabbatical, "paying attention," morningness and eveningness, frog swallowing (it's an analogy), defining a "fun" weekend task, audiobooks, mindfulness, and meditation, and other hobbies

In this episode: participating in online conference sessions (including the hackathon), sync sessions & the attraction of truly worldwide conference attendees, attending international conferences more affordable, challenging aspects of raising kids & attending conferences, Door Dash, conference exhaustion, a curmudgeonly response, recognizing travel budget privilege, introversion/extroversion and conference attendance preference, leveraging the available technology for online opportunities

In this episode: the challenge of proof of vaccination, the luxury of the convenience of campus testing and vaccines, vaccine exemptions and quarantining, anxiety and the science, the joy of face-to-face instruction, guidance from above (?), the balance and challenge of serving students who want to switch during a semester to online or remote instruction, publishing revenue streams (!)

In this episode: Yinka, the award-winner, discussing campus mask mandates, caring and proper wearing of masks, oops you forgot your mask? What's a faculty member to do?

In this episode Eric interviews Regan A. R. Gurung from Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR. Starting at OSU in 2019, we speak about his new School of Psychological Science, his leadership of the Center for Teaching and Learning, his 355-student gen psych course (+standing ovation), and what it's like to move your family cross-country pre-pandemic. Regan discusses his plans to celebrate unsung heroes through a health psychology book collaboration, an Easter egg hint, a follow-up from Part 1, and much more.

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