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The Effort Report episodes
- 17 - The Personal Politics of Academia
Elizabeth and Roger talk about the (unexpectedly?) outsized influence of personalities on collaborations and careers.
44 min - 16 - Feeding the Beast
Elizabeth and Roger talk about how we evaluate professional success in academia and its unintended consequences.
1 hr 7 min - 15 - Applying for a Faculty Position
Elizabeth and Roger give the inside scoop on applying and interviewing for your first faculty position.
49 min - 14 - Tsunami of Unfunded Mandates
Elizabeth and Roger talk about recognizing and managing misaligned incentives and unfunded mandates in academia.
56 min - 13 - Writing (aka re-writing)Elizabeth and Roger talk about writing: How much they do it, helpful habits, and the many different forms of writing in academia.57 min
- 12 - Rejection Comes With the Territory
Elizabeth and Roger talk about managing risk and dealing with failure and rejection.
54 min - 11 - Academic Affluenza
Elizabeth and Roger talk to a special guest and Full Professor, Brian Caffo, about the challenges of being on the other side of promotion to full professor.
Show notes:
Brian Caffo's web abode
Brian Caffo on Twitter
1 hr - 10 - The Trappings of Academia: Wardrobe and Prestige
Elizabeth and Roger talk about the academic wardrobe and academic metrics for prestige-real and perceived.
Notes:
Getting email responses from busy people: http://simplystatistics.org/2011/09/23/getting-email-responses-from-busy-people/
1 hr 10 min - 9 - The Learning Curve of Managing and MentoringElizabeth and Roger talk about being woefully unprepared to build, manage, and mentor a research team.1 hr
- 8 - Where are the women professors?
Elizabeth and Roger talk about the role of gender in academic careers (and what it's like to feel like a fish out of water).
Show notes:
Guardian article on why women leave academia: https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2012/may/24/why-women-leave-academia?CMP=share_btn_tw
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About The Effort Report
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Professors Elizabeth Matsui and Roger Peng talk about life in the academic trenches, telling it like it is.