• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])

• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

• https://science.sciencemag.org/content/348/6240/1282/tab-pdf
• https://hbr.org/2019/03/facing-your-mid-career-crisis

• Prof. Michelle Portman (guest) is an Associate Professor at Technion Israel Institute of Technology. https://portman.net.technion.ac.il Her column “You’ll be OK” appeared in Science Working Life can be found here https://science.sciencemag.org/content/348/6240/1282/tab-pdf

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.

• Prof. Pania Newel (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

In this episode, we discuss the taboo topic of a professor’s salary and the importance of academic salary transparency. We also discuss how administrators can work with junior faculty and help them ease the salary negotiation process. Reference list:

• https://www.ccdaily.com/2021/04/a-look-at-faculty-presidents-salaries/

• https://www.lifeofaprofessor.com/post/are-professors-rich

• The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2018-19

• https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/07/02/327289264/episode-550-when-salaries-arent-secret

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])

Contact list: If you have any comments about our show or have suggestions for a future topic, please contact us at [email protected]. You can also find us on webpage https://thisacademiclife.org and on facebook group “This Academic Life”. Cast list:

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.

• Prof. Pania Newel (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05222-x
• https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/university-hiring-if-you-didn-t-get-your-ph-d-at-an-elite-university-good-luck-finding-an-academic-job.html

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.
• Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.
• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])
• Edited by Angella Chen
• Edited by Jared Duffy
• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

In this episode, we talk about chatgpt with Prof. Taylor Sparks. He will tell us about the impact of this new AI tool in academia and how we can use it to our benefit.Contact list: If you have any comments about our show or have suggestions for a future topic, please contact us at [email protected]. You can also find us on the webpage https://thisacademiclife.org and on Facebook group “This Academic Life”.Cast list:

• Guest: Prof. Taylor Sparks is an Associate professor of Materials science and Engineering at the University of Utah.

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.

• Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Editing team:

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])

• Edited by Angella Chen

• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

In this episode, we talk about the college acceptance rate as one of the determining factors for selecting a college.References:

• https://www.degreechoices.com/blog/college-acceptance-rates-and-economic-outcomes/

Contact list: If you have any comments about our show or have suggestions for a future topic, please contact us at [email protected]. You can also find us on the webpage https://thisacademiclife.org and on Facebook group “This Academic Life”.Cast list:Hosts:

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.

• Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Editing team:

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])

• Edited by Angella Chen

• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

• https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21319#:~:text=Among%20the%20857%2C200%20employed%20U.S.,slightly%20smaller%20fraction%20(44%25)

• Dr. Narendra Nanal

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.
• Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])
• Edited by Angella Chen
• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

• https://www.theacademiclife.org
• How to Avoid the Reviewer’s Axe

• Prof. Emeritus Stephen D. Senturia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.
• Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])
• Edited by Angella Chen
• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

In this episode, one of the leaders of “The Academic Life” faculty-development workshops

https://www.theacademiclife.org, Dr. Stephen Senturia, shares his wisdom as a former journal

editor.

The upcoming workshop will take place in person on July 23, 2023 In Albuquerque. For more

information see: https://17.usnccm.org/SC17-017

References:

● https://www.theacademiclife.org

● How to Avoid the Reviewer’s Axe

Contact list: If you have any comments about our show or have suggestions for a future topic,

please contact us at [email protected]. You can also find us on the webpage

https://thisacademiclife.org and on Facebook group “This Academic Life”.

Cast list:

Guest:

● Prof. Emeritus Stephen D. Senturia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hosts:

● Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of

Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and

Sciences at Howard University.

● Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical

Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

Editing team:

● Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])

● Edited by Angella Chen

● Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

In this Episode, “The Academic Life” faculty-development workshops https://www.theacademiclife.org leaders present a shortened version of script on “Imposter Syndrome”. The upcoming workshop will take place in person on April 22, 2023 at Boston College. You can register it here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-academic-life-tickets-543278910847

References:

https://www.theacademiclife.org

Several of the dramatizations in “The Academic Life” workshops are based on the novel, One Man’s Purpose, by Stephen D. Senturia (https://www.stephendsenturia.com). For information and reviews, go to One Man’s Purpose (book): https://www.stephendsenturia.com/one-mans-purpose.html

Contact list: If you have any comments about our show or have suggestions for a future topic, please contact us at [email protected]. You can also find us on the webpage https://thisacademiclife.org and on Facebook group “This Academic Life”.

Cast list:

The Academic Life faculty-development workshops leaders:

• Prof. Pamela Abshire, University of Maryland

• Prof. Jennifer Blain Christen, Arizona State University

• Prof. Emeritus Stephen D. Senturia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Prof. Nicole McFarlane, University of Tennessee

• Prof. Maira Samary, Boston College.

Hosts:

• Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.

• Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

• Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Editing team:

• Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])

• Edited by Angella Chen

• Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)

In this episode, “The Academic Life” faculty-development workshops

https://www.theacademiclife.org leaders present a shortened version of the script on

“Microaggression”. The upcoming workshop will take place in person on April 22, 2023 at

Boston College. You can register here

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-academic-life-tickets-543278910847

References:

https://www.theacademiclife.org

Several of the dramatizations in “The Academic Life” workshops are based on the

novel, One Man’s Purpose, by Stephen D. Senturia (https://www.stephendsenturia.com).

For information and reviews, go to One Man’s Purpose (book):

https://www.stephendsenturia.com/one-mans-purpose.html

Contact list: If you have any comments about our show or have suggestions for a future topic,

please contact us at [email protected]. You can also find us on the webpage

https://thisacademiclife.org and on the Facebook group “This Academic Life”.

Cast list:

The Academic Life faculty-development workshops leaders:

● Prof. Pamela Abshire, University of Maryland

● Prof. Jennifer Blain Christen, Arizona State University

● Prof. Emeritus Stephen D. Senturia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

● Prof. Nicole McFarlane, University of Tennessee

● Prof. Maira Samary, Boston College

Hosts:

● Prof. Kim Michelle Lewis (host) is a Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of

Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and

Sciences at Howard University.

● Prof. Pania Newell (host) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical

Engineering Department at The University of Utah.

● Prof. Lucy Zhang (host) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Editing team:

● Music by RuthAnn Schallert-Wygal ([email protected])

● Edited by Angella Chen

● Artwork is created using Canva (canva.com)