What are YOU going to do with THAT?
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -So you have a PhD or trying to get one. But what are YOU going to do with THAT?
Listen to Dr. Ido Rosenzweig as he talks with early career researchers in academia about their process, their success stories, obstacles and the way they overcame them.
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Episode 61 - Book Launch with Prof. Betty Lai
April 14, 2023 09:18 - 49 minutes - 39.5 MBHi and welcome back to the podcast “What are You going to do with THAT?". I am Ido Rosenzweig, and for the past three seasons I was the producer and editor of the podcast. If you have followed our previous seasons, you might have known that our usual host – Danni Reches, has decided to take some time off from the podcast in order to focus on her PhD. So, for the time being, I am going to replace her as the host of the show. So welcome to season 4 of our podcast! Today’s episode – which...
Episode 60 - Season 3 Finale (With Danni and Ido)
July 21, 2022 03:07 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThe final episode of season 3 presents our host (Danni) and producer (Ido) gathering together to talk about some of the highlights of the season. Danni and Ido talk about their favorite moments from season 3, congratulate Ido who has (finally) finished his PhD, and say goodbye to Danni who decided to dedicate her focus on her PhD in order to finish it as well. Host: Danni Reches (@DanniReches) Producer and Editor: Ido Rosenzweig (@IdoRosenzweig) Contact us: On Twitter: @What2DoWithTHAT ...
Episode 59 - From Jellyfish to Corals (with Dr. Mariana Rocha de Souza)
July 07, 2022 03:15 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBMeet Dr. Mariana Rocha de Souza, a marine biologist who studies the symbiotic relationship of algae with jellyfish and corals. Mariana talks about her journey, which started in Brazil, and how she moved to France for her masters, where she started researching the fascinating symbiotic relationship between jellyfish and algae. Her next stop was in Hawaii for her Ph.D. where she researched another algae symbiotic relationship - this time with corals. Mariana talks about the finding of her rese...
Episode 58 - From a Nurse to neuroscientist (with Estherina Trachtenberg)
June 23, 2022 06:29 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBEstherina Trachtenberg started her way in nursing just because it was the easiest degree to get into and she was always curious about science. Growing up in ultra-orthodox community her educational and academic starting point wasn't very strong. However, her undying thirst for knowledge kept her moving forward and nowadays she is doing a PhD at the Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University. Join us for this episode and listen to Estherina's inspiring story about overcoming challenge...
Episode 57 - Women in Iyengar Yoga (with Dr. Agi Wittich)
June 09, 2022 05:42 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBDr. Agi Wittich got introduced to Yoga in her early teen years and never looked back. After traveling to India in her early 20s she decided to study Yoga within Academia and did her BA, MA and PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her groundbreaking research resulted in a number of prizes and scholarships for her work. In this episode Agi talks about her own interesting journey, about the connection of women and yoga in general and in Iyengar yoga in particular, including the adjustmen...
Episode 56 - Philosophy of Sex and Kant (with Eli Banjamin Israel)
May 26, 2022 02:51 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBWhat does a Kantian philosopher have to do with kinky sex and dominatrix fantasies? Eli Benjamin Israel, a PhD candidate at Temple University in Philadelphia takes a deeper look at the concept of autonomy in the context of the kink community, and especially with regard to rape fantasy role-play. In this episode he explains the philosophical outlook of such interaction. Eli chats with Danni about why and how he got into philosophy, when he actually enrolled for a business degree for his unde...
Episode 55 - About Ukraine and Russia (with Jaroslava Barbieri)
May 12, 2022 02:19 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBJaroslava (Jara) Barbieri has researched the "De-sovereignisation as an instrument of Russia’s coercive diplomacy in the context of post-Soviet de facto states" before the current Russian aggression against Ukraine. Has the current conflict affected her research? Can she separate her Ukrainian advocacy and activities against fake news from her academic research? In this episode Danni chats with Jara, a PhD candidate at University of Birmingham's School of Government, about her academic jour...
Episode 54 - Breaking a New Academic Ground (with Netta Schramm)
April 28, 2022 02:37 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBNetta Schramm is doing her PhD on a unique topic - her research employs performance theory and narratology to read audio-visual archival materials of modern and contemporary Jewish thinkers, and specifically Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Ovadia Yosef. Netta is an advanced PhD candidate focused on modern Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Netta conducted her doctoral research as a Minvera Fellow at Ludwig Maximillians Universität in Munich. She is the fou...
Why I withdrew from my PhD program (with Kamryn Gooden)
April 14, 2022 02:49 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB"I submitted my official withdrawal from my PhD program today." This is how Kamryn Gooden announced on her twitter account 4 months ago about her decision to leave her PhD program after one year. Her viral post was the inspiration for this episode on the untold story of those who have left their PhD unfinished, and decided to withdraw from it. In this episode, Danni chats with Kamryn about her academic journey from undergrad in San-Diego, starting a PhD in political theory in Boston, her de...
Episode 53 - Why I withdrew from my PhD program (with Kamryn Gooden)
April 14, 2022 02:49 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB"I submitted my official withdrawal from my PhD program today." This is how Kamryn Gooden announced on her twitter account 4 months ago about her decision to leave her PhD program after one year. Her viral post was the inspiration for this episode on the untold story of those who have left their PhD unfinished, and decided to withdraw from it. In this episode, Danni chats with Kamryn about her academic journey from undergrad in San-Diego, starting a PhD in political theory in Boston, her de...
Episode 52 - The Beauty of the Beast (with Hollie McDonnell)
March 31, 2022 02:32 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBHollie McDonnell researches the fairytale of "The Beauty and the Beast" from a feminist perspective. She focuses on the notions of "beauty" and "happily ever after" in several different adaptations of the fairytale, including 2 Disney movies, South-Korean and Japanese dramas, and an erotic story. In this episode she talks about her research as well as about her academic journey that has been done completely at one place: Mary Immaculate College in Ireland. Hollie and Danni chat about the i...
Episode 51 - Mental Health in Academia (with Helen Nicholls)
March 17, 2022 03:31 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBMeet Helen Nicholls, a 2nd year PhD candidate at UCL, UK. In this episode Helen chats with Danni about her journey that started with the dream to become a clinical phycologist, and ends (for now) with a PhD at the Division of Psychiatry. Helen shares about her concerns and challenges that have led her to change her course of professional development several time until she has managed to find her true passion of research. In the episode Helen talks about her research on the mental health and...
Episode 50 - Inside the mind of a top tier journal editor (with Prof. Felicia Moore Mensah)
March 03, 2022 03:50 - 1 hour - 59 MBHow important is a catchy title? How about a strong opening sentence or a good abstract? Is a journal's ranking that important? What about tips for better writing and getting over writer's block? In this special episode 50 of our podcast, Danni chats with Prof. Felicia Moore Mensah from Teachers College at Colombia University. Felicia is a co-editor of a top-tier peer review "Journal of Research in Science Teaching", and the author of the book "Like Words Falling onto the Page" (available a...
Episode 49 - Changing Locations and Changing Perspectives (with Jomana Qaddour)
February 17, 2022 03:27 - 1 hour - 58 MBJomana Qaddour has a very interesting story to tell. She immigrated from Syria to the US as a child with her parents, she lived most of her life in Kansas, and was "planned" to become an MD. However her passion and interest drove her to a completely different route - joined a JD (law degree) in Kansas. Her legal career took her to Washington DC where she used her networking skills to get into the world of policy and research, which eventually led to doing LL.M and SJD (on which she is still ...
Episode 48 - About memes and hate speech (with Ursula Schmid)
February 03, 2022 03:30 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBMeet Ursula Schmid, a PhD candidate in media and communication at the LMU university in Munich, Germany. In this episode Ursula talks with Danni about her journey that started with a BA in Communication Science with Sociology, and MA in Communication Science at the Institute for Communication Science and Media Research at LMU Munich from 2016 to 2018. After graduating, she initially worked as a market researcher with a research focus on media and advertising effects, only to figure out that ...
Episode 47 - At the right place at the right time (with Pavle Kilibarda)
January 20, 2022 03:28 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBMeet Pavle Kilibarda - a PhD candidate (perhaps already a Dr. by the time you're listening to the episode) in International Law at the University of Geneva. In this episode, Pavle talks very openly about his academic and personal journey. Including his decision to start a BA in International Relations, as he didn't want to study law - and how he ended up doing an LL.M in International Law at the Geneva Academy for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Eventually, he even continued...
Episode 46 - The Finnish Forecaster (with Ilona Lang-Ritter)
January 06, 2022 03:36 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBMeet Ilona Láng-Ritter, a meteorologist, storm researcher and expert in international projects at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), and a PhD candidate in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Helsinki. In this episode, Ilona shares her academic journey that went from leaving her position as a TV meteorologist, to become a researcher at the FMI and doing a PhD. Her research focuses on the impact of non-tropical storms on electricity in Finland. Ilona also talks about her many b...
Episode 45 - The Traveling Researcher (with Sandra Wellner)
December 23, 2021 03:26 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBMeet Sandra Wellner, a PhD candidate from the University of Copenhagen and a fellow at the EU funded INNOTARGETS project. In this episode Sandra and Danni talk about the value of traveling abroad for school, as Sandra managed to travel to no less than seven countries during her academic journey. Sandra also talk about the cultural and professional differences between the labs in different countries when referring to her research on antimicrobial resistance. In this episode Danni drank a sp...
Episode 44 - Making a real impact (with Dr. Guy Cameron)
December 09, 2021 03:22 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBMeet Dr. Guy Cameron, a proud Wailwan (Aboriginal) man living in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Guy has recently received his PhD (Immunology & Microbiology) from the University of Newcastle, and he is now a postdoc fellow with the Aboriginal Ear Health Group. After he finished his PhD Guy decided to continue studying in the Joint Medical Program at the University of Newcastle which includes a Bachelor of Medical Science & Doctor of Medicine. In this episode Guy talks about his journey that sta...
Episode 43 - The Confidential PhD (with Sara Iacopetti)
November 25, 2021 07:30 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBMeet Dr. Sara "Jacka" Iacopetti, Danni's rugby team's captain, a post doc fellow at the Technion, and a very fresh mother. So Fresh that during the interview she was still pregnant! In this episode Sara talks with Danni about her journey that began with BS and MS in Milano and ended up in doing a PhD in Materials for Electronics in the Technion in Israel. Sara talks about doing an industry funded PhD which actually means that her research was confidential and she is unable to share what her ...
Episode 42 - About changes and inclusion in academia (with Harini Sridharan)
November 11, 2021 03:43 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBMeet Harini Sridharan, a 2nd year PhD candidate from Georgia Institute of Technology and our guest in episode 42 of our podcast. In this episode Danni chats with Harini about changes: Changing place of living - moving from India to Ohio and then to Atlanta; Changing fields of research and practice from chemical engineering, to polymer engineering, and now, as part of her PhD to chemical and biomolecular engineering. Harini and Danni also discuss the importance of diversity and inclusion in ...
Let's talk about porn (with Farnosh Mazandarani) - Part 2
October 28, 2021 02:47 - 45 minutes - 42 MBWarning: This episode contains explicit language, descriptions of sexual activity and references to porn. Listener's discretion is advised. Welcome to the second part of episode 1 of our 3rd season. We continue our talk with Farnosh Mazandarani exactly where we left of. Farnosh goes deeper into her porn research and explains what is popular porn and what is the most popular genera of popular porn that she's looking into. Farnosh also talks about the importance of researching popular porn du...
Episode 41(b) - Let's talk about porn (with Farnosh Mazandarani) - Part 2
October 28, 2021 02:47 - 45 minutes - 42 MBWarning: This episode contains explicit language, descriptions of sexual activity and references to porn. Listener's discretion is advised. Welcome to the second part of episode 1 of our 3rd season. We continue our talk with Farnosh Mazandarani exactly where we left of. Farnosh goes deeper into her porn research and explains what is popular porn and what is the most popular genera of popular porn that she's looking into. Farnosh also talks about the importance of researching popular porn du...
Episode 41(a) - Let's talk about porn (with Farnosh Mazandarani) - Part 1
October 28, 2021 02:37 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBWarning: This episode contains explicit language, descriptions of sexual activity and references to porn. Listener's discretion is advised. Welcome to the opening episode of season 3. In this episode we host Porn researcher - Farnosh Mazandarani. Farnosh talks about her life as a daughters of Iranian immigrants in the United States, and about being first generation academic in her family. Farnosh also talks about her journey from checking the content on MTV, Nickelodeon, and Disney to doing...
Let's talk about porn (with Farnosh Mazandarani) - Part 1
October 28, 2021 02:37 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWarning: This episode contains explicit language, descriptions of sexual activity and references to porn. Listener's discretion is advised. Welcome to the opening episode of season 3. In this episode we host Porn researcher - Farnosh Mazandarani. Farnosh talks about her life as a daughters of Iranian immigrants in the United States, and about being first generation academic in her family. Farnosh also talks about her journey from checking the content on MTV, Nickelodeon, and Disney to doing...
Episode 40 - Season 2 Finale
July 15, 2021 03:01 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThe final episode of season 2 presents our host (Danni) and producer (Ido) gathering together to talk about some of the highlights of the season. They talk about their favorite answers to the opening questions, the diversity of the guests, inspiring guests, important topics that came up during the episodes, and do some brainstorming about their plans for season 3. Don't worry - the podcast will return for season 3. Host: Danni Reches (@DanniReches) Producer and Editor: Ido Rosenzweig (@Id...
Episode 39 - Special collaboration with Planthropology (Dr. Vikram Baliga)
July 01, 2021 02:17 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIn this special collaboration episode, Danni chats with Dr. Vikram Baliga, a.k.a. the plant professor the host of the successful "Planthropology" podcast. Vikram talks about his journey that led him from being lost to finishing a PhD in Horticultural Science at Texas Tech University and becoming an award-winning lecturer in it, owning his own business, being a manager of the university greenhouse, and a successful podcaster. Vikram shares about his passion for plants that started with his MD...
Episode 38 - Dance your Sci-Comm (with Heather Masson-Forsythe)
June 17, 2021 03:34 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBHeather Masson-Forsythe won the 2021 edition of Science Magazine's "Dance Your PhD" competition (Covid19 Category). She's currently in her last year in her PhD in Biochemistry & Biophysics at the Elisar Barbar’s lab group (Oregon State University). In this episode she chats with Danni Reches about her academic journey, her Covid-19 research on the nucleocapsid phosphoprotein of SARS-CoV-2, and her experiences as first generation and LGBTQ+ in academia, and in STEM. Heather also share her p...
Episode 37 - Instagram as a socio-economic research tool (Inbar Michelzon)
June 03, 2021 02:45 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBInstagram is free, but does that mean that it is indifferent to socio-economic, racial, and cultural differences? Inbar Michelzon, a PhD candidate in Bar-Ilan University (Israel) is conducting a socio-digital research on the implications of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds over the experiences of teens from different classes. In this episode Inbar chats with Danni about her decision to get into researching the underdeveloped field of youth and social media, and especially girls and ...
Episode 36 - The mystery of the stable isotopes and river geochemistry (with Ana Cristina Vasquez)
May 20, 2021 04:50 - 56 minutes - 52 MBAna Cristina Vasquez is doing a PhD in Marine Sciences at the Tongji University, in Shanghai, China where she is researching stable isotopes and river geochemistry. In this episode Ana chats with Danni about changing her field of research and practice from social sciences and human rights to STEM and marine sciences, about moving from Costa Rica to China, about science communication, research during Covid pandemic, and being a foreigner student in China. During this episode Ana drank Costa-R...
Why Manchester United in Pidgin? (With Wally Shannon Mbassi Elong)
May 06, 2021 02:45 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBWally Shannon Mbassi Elong from Cameroon wanted to be a translator. That was his dream from the age of 11 and his mother supported that dream until he finished high-school and had to make a career choice. She forced him to go into advertisement and that completely shuffled his plans. Listen to the episode and find out how he ended up doing a PhD at London Metropolitan University, in Media and Communication about Football Fandom, Glocalisation and a social media group called Man United in Pid...
Episode 35 - Why Manchester United in Pidgin? (With Wally Shannon Mbassi Elong)
May 06, 2021 02:45 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBWally Shannon Mbassi Elong from Cameroon wanted to be a translator. That was his dream from the age of 11 and his mother supported that dream until he finished high-school and had to make a career choice. She forced him to go into advertisement and that completely shuffled his plans. Listen to the episode and find out how he ended up doing a PhD at London Metropolitan University, in Media and Communication about Football Fandom, Glocalisation and a social media group called Man United in Pid...
Episode 34 - Baseball and Transnational Migration (Amir Segal)
April 22, 2021 02:52 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBTransnational migration refers to the situation of migrants that are still connected to their country of origin. Amir Segal's research looks into that phenomenon through a specific case study of North-American (mainly Canada and the US) Jews who migrate to Israel. Amir explores that through three aspects: (1) Fund raising; (2) Diplomacy; and (3) Baseball. To this end, Amir, who knew nothing about baseball learned how North-American migrants not only imported that sport to Israel, but have le...
Unlikely journey - from high school dropout to a PhD (Dr. David Gillespie)
April 08, 2021 02:30 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBDavid Gillespie who left high school and joined the British Army at the age of 16, received his PhD in Electronic & Electrical Engineering a couple of weeks ago. In this episode David talks about his journey from the army to academia and to an industry PhD, his persistence and stubbornness that enabled him to find his own path, and the importance of celebrating every win - the little ones and the big ones. In this episode Danni drank her Amaretto and David drank Whisky. Host: Danni Reche...
Episode 33 - Unlikely journey - from high school dropout to a PhD (Dr. David Gillespie)
April 08, 2021 02:30 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBDavid Gillespie who left high school and joined the British Army at the age of 16, received his PhD in Electronic & Electrical Engineering a couple of weeks ago. In this episode David talks about his journey from the army to academia and to an industry PhD, his persistence and stubbornness that enabled him to find his own path, and the importance of celebrating every win - the little ones and the big ones. In this episode Danni drank her Amaretto and David drank Whisky. Host: Danni Reche...
From Bollywood to Academia - with Ntasha Bhardwaj
March 25, 2021 03:26 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBNtasha Bhardwaj started her journey in front of the cameras - as an uprising Bollywood star, but she knew that her ambitions are within the academic world and especially in criminal justice. Since there was no criminal justice program in India, Ntasha completed her master degree in social work and moved to the US to do another masters degree in criminal justice at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice where she's also doing her PhD. She founded the South Asian Institute of Crime and Justice...
Episode 32 - From Bollywood to Academia - with Ntasha Bhardwaj
March 25, 2021 03:26 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBNtasha Bhardwaj started her journey in front of the cameras - as an uprising Bollywood star, but she knew that her ambitions are within the academic world and especially in criminal justice. Since there was no criminal justice program in India, Ntasha completed her master degree in social work and moved to the US to do another masters degree in criminal justice at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice where she's also doing her PhD. She founded the South Asian Institute of Crime and Justice...
A minority girl against all odds - with Sawsan Kheir
March 11, 2021 03:33 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBComing from a very traditional Druze community in northern Israel, Sawsan Kheir had a dream to become a psychologist, but not enough self-confidence. In this episode she tells Danni how she overcame lots of obstacles until she finally became a double degree PhD candidate. Sawsan also talked about her field of research which is focused on the effects of modernization on the values and role of faith in the lives of Druze and Muslim students in Israel. It is part of a global research project ...
Episode 31 - A minority girl against all odds - with Sawsan Kheir
March 11, 2021 03:33 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBComing from a very traditional Druze community in northern Israel, Sawsan Kheir had a dream to become a psychologist, but not enough self-confidence. In this episode she tells Danni how she overcame lots of obstacles until she finally became a double degree PhD candidate. Sawsan also talked about her field of research which is focused on the effects of modernization on the values and role of faith in the lives of Druze and Muslim students in Israel. It is part of a global research project ...
Episode 30 - Eli Salzberger
February 25, 2021 04:30 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBHow is doing a PhD these days different than doing it when the internet was just beginning? Prof. Eli Salzberger, the head of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, and former dean of the law faculty at the University of Haifa talks about why did he choose law as his academic field, doing a PhD in Oxford (instead of Chicago) just to be with his future wife, the differences between doing a PhD back then and supervising over PhD candidates these days, and his lost lov...
Episode 30 - A "Supermarket Academic" with Eli Salzberger
February 25, 2021 04:30 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBHow is doing a PhD these days different than doing it when the internet was just beginning? Prof. Eli Salzberger, the head of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, and former dean of the law faculty at the University of Haifa talks about why did he choose law as his academic field, doing a PhD in Oxford (instead of Chicago) just to be with his future wife, the differences between doing a PhD back then and supervising over PhD candidates these days, being a "superma...
Episode 29 - Zainab M. Shallangwa
February 11, 2021 03:25 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBDr. Zainab M. Shallangwa left Nigeria in 2013 to do her Master of Arts degree in Museum and Heritage Studies from the University of Ghana, and when she returned to Nigeria 18 months later, she witnessed the damage that was caused by the extensive amount of internally displaced persons, who had to escape their home with nothing but the clothes on their backs due to the violence of Boko Haram. She noticed the damage caused to their culture heritage and decided to focus her PhD research on that...
Episode 28 - Benita Olivier
January 28, 2021 04:15 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBDanni talks with Prof. Benita Olivier about her journey in musculoskeletal physiotherapy that brought her to a professor position in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) while having three children and publishing over 50 articles. Benita talks about the struggles of motherhood in academia, about the importance of sharing, her imposter syndrome and about her research of preventing injuries in cricket. Benita also talks about her important proje...
Episode 28 - Dr. Benita Olivier
January 28, 2021 04:15 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBDanni talks with Prof. Benita Olivier about her journey in musculoskeletal physiotherapy that brought her to a professor position in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) while having three children and publishing over 50 articles. Benita talks about the struggles of motherhood in academia, about the importance of sharing, her imposter syndrome and about her research of preventing injuries in cricket. Benita also talks about her important proje...
Episode 27 - Dr. Sharon Khalifa-Gueta
January 14, 2021 04:31 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBWhat is the connection between ancient Greece, Renaissance and Games of Thrones? Dragons and women. In this episode Danni chats with Dr. Sharon Khalifa-Guetta, aka Dr. of Dragons. Sharon talks about how she discovered the world of dragons and women, and their meaning in art history - from ancient Greek times to Da Vinci and Titian and Daenerys Targaryen of Games of Thrones. She explains how her academic journey led to do a PhD on "The Dragon and Femininity in Saint Margaret Paintings by R...
Episode 27 - Sharon Khalifa-Gueta
January 14, 2021 04:31 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBWhat is the connection between ancient Greece, Renaissance and Games of Thrones? Dragons and women. In this episode Danni chats with Dr. Sharon Khalifa-Guetta, aka Dr. of Dragons. Sharon talks about how she discovered the world of dragons and women, and their meaning in art history - from ancient Greek times to Da Vinci and Titian and Daenerys Targaryen of Games of Thrones. She explains how her academic journey led to do a PhD on "The Dragon and Femininity in Saint Margaret Paintings by R...
Episode 26 - Microaggressions in Academia (Dr. Broderick Sawyer)
December 31, 2020 04:30 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBWhat is "Microaggression"? How does it come into play in academia? What can we do to prevent or handle it? In this special episode, Danni chats with Dr. Broderick Sawyer about microaggressions in academia. We have asked our followers on twitter to share with us their personal stories and experiences of microaggressions. In this episode we play 5 of those testimonials which Dr. Sawyer helps analyze using the ideas and philosophy of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Freud. The stories...
Episode 25 - Dr. Omri Grinberg
December 17, 2020 03:30 - 56 minutes - 62.1 MBIn this episode, Danni goes back to her hometown university when she speaks to Dr. Omri Grinberg, who is a post doctoral researcher at the Minerva Center of the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa – and also at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Omri is the first Anthropologist on the show and talks about starting in a different BA program than he originally wanted, moving to Toronto for the PhD, and provides tips on how to land a post doc...
Episode 25 - Omri Grinberg
December 17, 2020 03:30 - 56 minutes - 62.1 MBIn this episode, Danni goes back to her hometown university when she speaks to Dr. Omri Grinberg, who is a post doctoral researcher at the Minerva Center of the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa – and also at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Omri is the first Anthropologist on the show and talks about starting in a different BA program than he originally wanted, moving to Toronto for the PhD, and provides tips on how to land a post doc...
Episode 24 - Joanne McCuaig
December 03, 2020 03:30 - 55 minutes - 61.6 MBAs a Canadian married to a South Korean, who moved to Seoul, and is doing her part-time PhD in English language and applied linguistics via distance in the UK, Joanne is probably the most global guest we have ever had on the show. Listen to her story about making such life changing transitions, about changing her PhD topic because of North Korea tyrant's decision, and being a foreigner in South Korea. In this log distance episode Joanne drank hot lemon water and Danni drank coffee (due to t...