Within & Between

Peer review is, for now, an essential part of the scientific process. Writing a good peer review is not easy, and we feel it’s rarely formally taught. We get no feedback on the process, so it’s difficult to learn. Listen to Jess and Sara talk about how they decide when to say yes to a review (and when to say no), how to schedule them into your work week so you don’t lose track, and what your job i...

Grant information continues! This time from the reviewing side. Jess and Sara talk about the process of reviewing grants for the big three US federal agencies. The grant reviewing process is an elaborate, multi-step process, which we will outline and discuss. Listen to this if you’re curious what kinds of things your reviewers are doing when they get a stack of grants to review, or if you’re new t...

Writing is one of the loneliest activities. For some of us, it can be hard to keep yourself accountable, especially right now with not much of a regular schedule and lots of working from home. On this episode we talk about our paper writing process, how we go from an idea to a submission, and the wonders of co-writing. We are divided on the use of the phrase “dot-jot notes”, which google says is N...

It’s grant season! In this episode Jess and Sara talk about the way they approach writing grants. There are many different kinds of grants, so in this first grant-focused episode we briefly discuss the different funders for developmental science research, how to choose a grant mechanism to apply for, the general rules and process that we follow for any grant, and the critical role of ice cream. Re...

Now required by most funding agencies, data sharing is gaining some traction in developmental science. Jess and Sara happen to love data sharing, but acknowledge that others may be more hesitant. In this episode we dive into some information about how to data share, and why if you try it, you may find out you love it too. We mentioned a few data repositories, here are ICPSR, RE3Data, Databrary, an...

This week, we tackle the history of racism in our specific developmental science fields. We believe that Black Lives Matter. We believe it’s our job to do the anti-racist work within our own departments and fields. In thinking about actionable steps we can each take to work be anti-racist in the academy, we first acknowledge that we are two white women who can not speak to the lived experiences of...

In this episode, Jess and Sara describe how our labs operated pre-COVID, and how our sciencing has changed during the shutdowns. We also talk about the kinds of data we collect, and the different ways we collect it. Connect with the podcast on twitter @within_between, or email us letters about developmental science at withinandbetweenpod@gmail.com . More episodes and podcast information at Withina...

Jess and Sara continue the COVID discussion, talking about ideas for alternative ways to collect data during the 2020/2021 school year, the reasons NOT to collect data next year, and some alternative ideas for your research. For those of you who do intervention work, we also discuss some analytic options you have if, due to school closures or forced research lockdowns, you suddenly find yourself i...

When one person asks for advice, you give it to them. When five people ask you for advice, you start a podcast. In this introductory episode, we introduce our vision for Within & Between, tell you who we are, and give you an idea of what you can expect with Within & Between.  Connect with the podcast on twitter @within_between, or email us letters about developmental science at withinandbetweenpod...