Professerror
by Steven K. Ayer and Bryan FranzThis podcast is aimed at providing honest experiences about challenges, failures, and possibly a few success stories related to life in academia.
Copyright: Steven K. Ayer and Bryan Franz
Episodes
Administration... Bryan goes to the Dark Side!
1h 9m · PublishedBryan discusses his new position as a PhD Program Director and challenges and lessons learned in this administration role. Enjoy!
Publishing with AI and the future of research output
1h 13m · PublishedBryan and Steve discuss how generative AI is impacting processes for generating and reviewing research manuscripts. They also offer some food for thought for what a future might look like where academics remain relevant in a world with AI. Enjoy!
Bryan and Steve struggle to teach new courses
1h 4m · PublishedIn this episode, Bryan and Steve discuss their experiences in teaching courses that are new to them. They talk about the moments that were especially challenging, the failures they experienced during the process, and a few lessons learned from surviving it. Enjoy!
'Unfundable' with Fred Sherratt
1h 14m · PublishedFred Sherratt joins us to discuss her experiences in struggling to get academic funding and surviving as a qualitative researchers in a quantitative world. Enjoy!
Risky Business with John Gambatese
1h 13m · PublishedProfessor John Gambatese (Oregon State University) joins us to discuss taking risks in academia and some that he took that worked out, and some that did not.
Bryan's Sabbatical Reflection
55m · PublishedBryan discusses his sabbatical and shares what went well and what could have been better. Enjoy!
Working Abroad with guest Daniel Hall
1h 0m · PublishedProfessor Daniel Hall (TU Delft) joins Bryan and Steve to discuss his experience of growing up and studying in the US, but deciding to launch his academic career in Europe.
Bryan cancels the pie chart
1h 0m · PublishedBryan and Steve discuss successes and failures in developing graphics in academia. An audio discussion about visual communication - maybe this wasn't our brightest move??
Burcu Akinci - Imposter Sydrome
55m · PublishedDr. Burcu Akinci, a full Professor and Department Head at Carnegie Mellon University, a National Academy of Construction member, and most recently a Peurifoy Construction Research Awardee, talks about how she still experiences imposter syndrome despite her many successes. Enjoy!
Moving Institutions
53m · PublishedSteve's moving - and we're talking about it. We discuss what went well in the job application, interview, and moving processes and what didn't. Enjoy!
Professerror has 56 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 56:50:45. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 27th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 8th, 2024 01:40.