This episode is the first of a three-part series on friendship in the academy. In this Journal Club, Whitney and Sarah discuss the loss of weak ties during the pandemic, close friendships among women, and navigating friendships and more distant relationships in the workplace.

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Related readings and links:

Journal Club Readings:

The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship (The Atlantic article)

In The Company of Women: The Pandemic Void Only My Girlfriends Can Fill (WBUR article)

Anne Lamott: Loved and Chosen (Kate Bowler Podcast Interview)

Enneagram Personality Types

AcaDames S106: Jessie

TEAM Advance (NSF Award at UNC)

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Recorded: March 8, 2021

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