ISA Canada, Professional Development

Acting Like A Doctor

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When looking to pursue a scholarly career in international studies, one crucial question is: how? How do you decide where you want to live? How do you determine what you’ll study? Teach? How do you think about what the job is and what it entails? How do you remain a whole person in a job that can demand ever-increasing amounts of your time? Hosted by aspiring academic Rebekah Pullen (Season 1), this series of interviews will look at ‘how’ people have built and managed careers in academia, exploring some of the potentials, pitfalls, and positives. Aimed at early career scholars (graduate stude...

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'Watering plants in the faculty lounge...' with guest, Dr. Gabrielle Daoust 18.09.2025 1:02:01

It's our final episode of season 1! Joining Rebekah, over zoom, is Dr. Gabrielle Daoust, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. In our season finale (!), Rebekah and Gabrielle talk about the benefits and challenges of a multi- and interdisciplinary academic trajectory, the ways we can demonstrate kind...

'Your interest is interesting...' with guest, Dr. Philippe M. Frowd 04.09.2025 53:23

Welcome to episode 4! Joining Rebekah and Liam, over zoom, is Dr. Philippe M. Frowd who is an Associate Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. In this episode, Rebekah and Phil talk about the wide variety of advice that graduate students and ECRs receive, how to support yourself through the various stages of academia, and the importance of differentiating between...

'The expectations of academic mobility...' with guest, Dr. Will Greaves - Part 2 28.08.2025 30:47

*cross-posted under part 1* Joining Rebekah and Liam, over zoom, Dr. Will Greaves shares his 'deceptively straightforward' academic journey, and the role that travel has played throughout his teaching, research and service projects. Will is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria, and was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Victoria in...

'The expectations of academic mobility...' with guest, Dr. Will Greaves - Part 1 21.08.2025 42:28

Joining Rebekah and Liam, over zoom, Dr. Will Greaves shares his 'deceptively straightforward' academic journey, and the role that travel has played throughout his teaching, research and service projects. Will is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria, and was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Victoria in April 2025. We were very for...

'Something about performativity, presumably...' with guest, Dr. Veronica Kitchen 07.08.2025 39:57

You made it to episode two! Welcome! Join Rebekah and our second guest, Dr. Veronica Kitchen from the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs as they discuss what it means to be a successful mid-career scholar in academia. Topic Spotlights: embracing the chaos of teaching; the benefits of learning to play Taylor Swift on the guitar; and romance novels – for fun a...

Introducing 'Acting Like a Doctor' with guest, Dr. Liam Midzain-Gobin 23.07.2025 45:53

Welcome to the very first episode of Acting Like A Doctor! In this episode, Rebekah Pullen (our host) interviews Dr. Liam Midzain-Gobin of Brock University (also, our producer) about his experiences studying International Relations in Canada and his work as an Early Career Researcher (ECR) in academia. They also introduce the goal of this podcast series, produced as a project with ISA Canada'...