Academia is slow to change. There's those of us who shake it up, force it to change or even decide to leave and poke it from the outside!
Change does happen but it's a challenge.
When I was a professor, I would write blogs, engage in public outreach that involved I'm A Scientist Get Me Out Of Here, cocktail evenings with science, and other silly ways to get people the knowledge I was producing. I also made experiments fun by bringing VR to prisons and schools. And I brought Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, to psychology conferences!
These creative endeavors and inclusive practices are often not valued as are high-impact publications and large-scale grants.
There are many other ways we are misfits, however. Many are simply due to who we are - queer, BIPOC, etc.
So, I've been called to create a podcast called Academic Misfits, honoring those of us who have gone rogue or have rebelled in our own ways.
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Academia is slow to change. There's those of us who shake it up, force it to change or even decide to leave and poke it from the outside!
Change does happen but it's a challenge.
When I was a professor, I would write blogs, engage in public outreach that involved I'm A Scientist Get Me Out Of Here, cocktail evenings with science, and other silly ways to get people the knowledge I was producing. I also made experiments fun by bringing VR to prisons and schools. And I brought Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, to psychology conferences!
These creative endeavors and inclusive practices are often not valued as are high-impact publications and large-scale grants.
There are many other ways we are misfits, however. Many are simply due to who we are - queer, BIPOC, etc.
So, I've been called to create a podcast called Academic Misfits, honoring those of us who have gone rogue or have rebelled in our own ways.
Chantelle is a multi-talented (common thing for us people with ADHD!) woman who has founded political movements, served as a police officer, created community action projects across the UK, and is completing her PhD in criminology while serving as Labour Councillor and Mayor of Halewood. She shares her journey and her perspective on academia as… Read More »Can Academia Support Political Activism? With Chantelle Lunt
Camilla joins me to talk about academia and politics being 2 peas in a pod – politics right now may be in just as much shambles as academia. And like people’s perception of science, experts, etc, there is a lack of trust in politicians. Check out the song lyrics that Camilla referred to – It’s… Read More »Let’s Get Political With Camilla Hansen
Dr. Marie and I explore how Human Design became the compass that helped her become a better teacher, understand decoloniality, find peace after a lifetime of cyclical burnouts and learn to help others as a Chaos Recovery Supporter. 1. Join us in the Academia+Woo FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/academiapluswoo 2. Run your Human Design chart on my website:… Read More »Adding the Woo to Academia with Dr Marie Gasper-Hulvat
Michele Veldsman, founder of Playroom, and a recovering academic, who pivoted from both academia and industry to create her own path. She gets vulnerable and discusses her journey from academia to biotech to CEO and tech founder. We explore: 🔹 Why she left academia (spoiler: systemic barriers played a big role) 🔹 The realities of… Read More »Leaving Industry AND Academia with Dr Michele Veldsman
Grab the new Academic Misfits book here: https://www.routledge.com/Academic-Misfits-Questioned-Belongings-in-Higher-Education/Hoppe-Siegert-Temiz-Hasselgren-Seifan/p/book/9781032482217 In this Academic Misfits episode, we discuss belonging and pedagogy from the perspective of folkloric traditions, the meaning of education, and how we cultivate a love of learning free from the neoliberal marketisation of education. A pedagogy of care and process over product were concepts Si introduced.… Read More »Bringing Edu-Punk to Academia with Si Poole
This was a shooting the 5h!t kind of episode, with Kim Williams – Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies talking about her subject area getting the only pass in academia to be a raging advocate without shouting from those on the other side to be objective in their scientific pursuit. We talk about how all… Read More »Can Academics Change the World? with Kim Williams
Content warnings: suicide, oppression, murder – brief discussions with no detail. In today’s pod, we talk to Georgie, whose Marie Curie’s fellowship allowed her to create a film about the toxic practices in academia – it’s called Academic Puszi https://www.academic-puszi.com/ Note: We recorded this episode in November prior to the Iranian woman’s release. We mention… Read More »Academics as Activists with Dr Georgiana Turculet
Dr Claire Lawrence and I discuss how much our skills in academia can be translated to other forms of work, how she left academia basically at the altar with wedding dress on and about to make a lifetime commitment, and how her mum thought she was a mug to keep working at a place where… Read More »Leaving Academia Like a Runaway Bride with Wedding Celebrant Dr Claire Lawrence
Christie and I speak about the challenges of parenthood in academia, the child penalty for researchers, and conferencing when you don’t have another parent figure . Here’s the link to the article I talked about https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/10/29/what-makes-the-child-penalty-in-academia-different/ We also applaud Meryl Streep. See more here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-meryl-streep-lactating-762988/ If you’re looking to leave academia, you may want to… Read More »Solo Mothers by Choice with Dr Christie Margrave
Dr Nicole shares her experience of not realizing she was a misfit in several ways and how burnout brought her to the realization that she was indeed an academic misfit. She also shares her publication journey and how to get started if you want to be an author. Get her free course: http://startyourbookin5days.com/ Buy the… Read More »Burnout Pushed Me Out of Academia with Dr Nicole Janz
Academia is slow to change. There's those of us who shake it up, force it to change or even decide to leave and poke it from the outside!
Change does happen but it's a challenge.
When I was a professor, I would write blogs, engage in public outreach that involved I'm A Scientist Get Me Out Of Here, cocktail evenings with science, and other silly ways to get people the knowledge I was producing. I also made experiments fun by bringing VR to prisons and schools. And I brought Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, to psychology conferences!
These creative endeavors and inclusive practices are often not valued as are high-impact publications and large-scale grants.
There are many other ways we are misfits, however. Many are simply due to who we are - queer, BIPOC, etc.
So, I've been called to create a podcast called Academic Misfits, honoring those of us who have gone rogue or have rebelled in our own ways.
