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Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-06:39]: The Four Aces for Projecting Confidence

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Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-02:48]: Tips for Presenting to Non-scientists

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On this episode, I am joined by Michael Alley. Holding a master of science in electrical engineering and a master of fine arts in writing, Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Penn State. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer, 2013), which has been translated into Japanese and Chinese. Over the past decade, he has taught presentations to scientists and engineers on four continents, in sixteen countries, and at more than 150 institutions. He has presented at Google, MIT, Harvard Medical School, Texas Instruments, Simula Research Laboratory (Norway), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the European Space Organization in the high desert of Chile. Alley's websites on presentations are top Google listings for the topics of "engineering presentations" and "scientific presentations".

Transcript (.docx)

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Segment 1: Best Practices for Scientific Presentations [00:00-09:35]

In this first segment, Michael shares some of what he has learned about making effective research presentations.

Segment 2: Investigations on Confidence in Speaking [09:36-16:25]

In segment two, Michael discusses how researchers can be more confident as presenters.

Segment 3: Rethinking the Way We Use PowerPoint [16:26-30:55]

In segment three, Michael shares some of his thoughts on PowerPoint and best practices for using the tool.

Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-02:48]: Tips for Presenting to Non-scientists

Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-06:39]: The Four Aces for Projecting Confidence

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Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-04:26]: Expanding Design-based Research into Higher Education

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Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:10]: Basic vs. Applied Research

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On this episode, I am joined by Dr. Sam Johnston, a research scientist with The Center for Applied Special Technology, or CAST. With support of the Gates Foundation's Open Professionals Education Network, she recently led the development of UDL On Campus—a collection of online resources to aid postsecondary educators in implementing Universal Design for Learning. Currently, Sam works on the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) focusing on postsecondary and workforce take up of AEM. Sam is also a co-principal investigator for a National Science Foundation study on stereotype threat and its impact on inquiry science pedagogy in middle schools. The project will create a prototype web-based professional development course to help middle-school science teachers understand stereotype threat and use UDL to reduce its effects in everyday instruction. Sam's primary research focus is on the use of networked technology to support peer-to-peer knowledge transfer and she has conducted design-based research in both professional development and formal education settings. Before joining CAST, Sam was a Senior Associate and Distance Educator at the Center for Social Innovation, leading the company's online learning strategy. Sam holds a BA from McGill University and a masters degree and doctorate in education from Harvard.

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Segment 1: Design-based Research [00:00-10:17]

In this first segment, Sam offers a definition of design-based research.

Segment 2: Examples of Design-based Research [10:18-18:32]

In segment two, Sam shares some examples of designed-based research based on her work with CAST.

Segment 3: Working with Vendors on Research Projects [18:32-29:32]

In segment three, Sam discusses some of the benefits and challenges of collaborating with vendors on academic research.

Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:10]: Basic vs. Applied Research

Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-04:26]: Expanding Design-based Research into Higher Education

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On this episode, I am joined by three faculty members from Suffolk University:

Dr. Monika Raesch is Associate Professor and Chair in the Communication and Journalism Department at Suffolk University. She is a native of Germany and holds degrees from four different countries, implying her passion for foreign cultures and film. Dr. Raesch has published articles and book chapters on subject matters in film theory and history and teaching pedagogy in video production, and scholarship. She has also published one monograph and is in the process of editing a book on German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta.

Dr. Frank Rudy Cooper is a productive scholar known for work in Critical Race Theory, Masculinities Studies, and Criminal Procedure. Cooper co-edited the book, Masculinities and the Law: A Multidimensional Approach (NYU Press 2012). He is currently writing a book, Overcoming Cop Macho: How Masculinity Aggravates Racial Profiling. Cooper is also a highly rated teacher of Race, Gender & Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law. His service has included a term as Suffolk University President Margaret McKenna's Senior Advisor for Diversity, chairing the Tenure, Teaching, and Scholarship committees, and leadership roles on the Boards of several national law professor organizations. In Spring 2017, Cooper will be a visitor at Boston College Law School.

Patricia A. Reeve is Chair and Associate Professor of History at Suffolk University. Her research and teaching focuses on the history of masculinities, work and workers, and medicine in the nineteenth-century U.S. She also researches the teaching and assessment of information literacy at the college level. Additionally, Pat to designs and delivers professional development educational programs for K-12 social studies/history teachers. Recent publications include "The 'Bone and Sinew of the Nation': Antebellum Workingmen on Health and Sovereignty" in Light, Brookes and Mitchinson (eds.), Bodily Subjects: Essays on Gender and Health, 1800 - 2000. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015, 25-52.

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PART 2 – Support Structures for Writing & Writing as Administrators

Segment 1: Administrator Writing Group Experiences [00:00-17:18]

In this first segment, Monika, Pat, and Frank discuss their experience of engaging in an academic writing group.

Segment 2: Self-reflective Practices for Administrative Teacher-scholars [17:19-35:46]

In segment two, Pat, Frank and Monika share some concrete examples of their own self-reflective practices.

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Take a listen to our February 2017 preview clips and find out about our one-year anniversary plans!

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On this episode, I am joined by three faculty members from Suffolk University:

Dr. Monika Raesch is Associate Professor and Chair in the Communication and Journalism Department at Suffolk University. She is a native of Germany and holds degrees from four different countries, implying her passion for foreign cultures and film. Dr. Raesch has published articles and book chapters on subject matters in film theory and history and teaching pedagogy in video production, and scholarship. She has also published one monograph and is in the process of editing a book on German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta.

Dr. Frank Rudy Cooper is a productive scholar known for work in Critical Race Theory, Masculinities Studies, and Criminal Procedure. Cooper co-edited the book, Masculinities and the Law: A Multidimensional Approach (NYU Press 2012). He is currently writing a book, Overcoming Cop Macho: How Masculinity Aggravates Racial Profiling. Cooper is also a highly rated teacher of Race, Gender & Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law. His service has included a term as Suffolk University President Margaret McKenna's Senior Advisor for Diversity, chairing the Tenure, Teaching, and Scholarship committees, and leadership roles on the Boards of several national law professor organizations. In Spring 2017, Cooper will be a visitor at Boston College Law School.

Patricia A. Reeve is Chair and Associate Professor of History at Suffolk University. Her research and teaching focuses on the history of masculinities, work and workers, and medicine in the nineteenth-century U.S. She also researches the teaching and assessment of information literacy at the college level. Additionally, Pat to designs and delivers professional development educational programs for K-12 social studies/history teachers. Recent publications include "The 'Bone and Sinew of the Nation': Antebellum Workingmen on Health and Sovereignty" in Light, Brookes and Mitchinson (eds.), Bodily Subjects: Essays on Gender and Health, 1800 - 2000. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015, 25-52.

Each of these guests have recently experienced taking on administrative roles while also trying to maintain their scholarship and research productivity, so that will be the focus of our discussion today.

PART 1 - Researching & Writing as Administrators

Segment 1: Challenges [00:00-20:17]

In this first segment, Pat, Frank, and Monika discuss some of the challenges with balancing scholarship with administrative roles.

Segment 2: Opportunities [20:18-31:02]

In segment two, Pat, Frank, and Monika share how their perspectives about scholarship changed as they took on administrative roles.

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On this episode, I am joined by Dr. Adriane Brown, Assistant Professor and Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her research focuses on contemporary American youth, examining the ways that youth develop gendered, racial, and sexual subjectivities in different spaces--both physical and virtual. Her work on teenage girls' digital subjectivities has appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society and in Introducing the New Sexuality Studies (third edition). She is currently working on a book manuscript that examines the salience of gender and race in high school policy debate. Adriane particularly enjoys incorporating digital media into her research, whether as a primary site of data collection--such as Taylor Swift fan forums--or as a means of engaging in traditional research practices--such as using instant messenger to conduct interviews with research subjects. Adriane teaches courses on a wide range of topics, including youth studies, popular culture, feminist theory, and masculinities, in addition to core introductory courses in the field of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. She also serves as director of the Anne Pedersen Women's Resource Center at Augsburg College. Outside of work, Adriane enjoys hiking, traveling, and eating with her wife, Jess, and their son, Sam.

Segment 1: Research on Digital Environments and Girlhood [00:00-12:17]

In this first segment, Adriane shares about some of her research on Taylor Swift fan sites and MySpace.

Segment 2: IRB Logistics [12:18-22:46]

In segment two, Adriane shares about what she learned applying to the IRB for digital research on adolescent girls.

Segment 3: Being a Feminist Researcher [22:47-34:02]

In segment three, Adriane discusses what it means to her to be a feminist researcher.

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