PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

This series of interviews was conducted at STP's Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-22, 2022. We want to thank all of our guests, ACT, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) for their support. The views or product endorsements expressed do not represent the views, support, or endorsements of STP.

In this episode Garth and Eric met at PsychSessions World Headquarters in Mountlake Terrace, WA to celebrate the 5th anniversary of PsychSessions.  We recount the founding of the podcast and re-tell some of the critical moments along the way that lead to our current success.  We also share some of the episode download statistics, discussing how this non-traditional method of telling the story of p...

In this episode Garth interviews Jerry Rudman from Irvine Valley College in Irvine, CA.  Spanning six decades, Jerry has been devoted to undergraduate education through many venues.  He has contributed to APA Guidelines 1.0, 2.0, and the forthcoming 3.0 revision, as well as part of the P3 Conference and the Introductory Psychology Initiative (and more). When he starts a Psi Beta chapter at IVC in...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Dr. Onnie Rogers of Northwestern University. They talk about how running a research lab is a form of teaching and the benefits of doing qualitative research.

In this episode: making your way through the academic ranks, work-life balance changes over the course of one's career, opportunities are to be evaluated and money is not evil, self-care strategies (including Diet Mountain Dew), positive mental health, couples dining together, exercise is related to energy, writing habits, imposter syndrome

In this episode Garth interviewed Jordan Wagge from Avila University in Kansas City, MO.  Jordan is one of the international leaders in the Collaborative Replications and Education Project (CREP), with her focus on projects through a social justice, diversity, and sustainability lens. These interests may harken back to undergraduate days, when she started as a political science major before switch...

In this episode: social beings don't always agree, dealing with conflict, collegiality, strategies for avoiding grading bias when a student irritates a professor, being aware of personality quirks, both our own and others, recognizing one's level of privilege and status in their career, a maturity tipping point, the uneven distribution of service, sometimes you need to take tenure out for a spin T...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne speaks with Dr. Katie Kroeper of Sacred Heart University about fixed versus growth faculty mindsets and how they impact students.

In this episode: Asani shares her story of leaving higher education, weight and diabetes clinic work, sustainability and work-life balance, talent, multi-faceted interests, and larger metropolitan area help this type of pivot occur (clinical training too), the importance of wrapping up commitments, props to mother (no limits), the doctorate and its versatility  

In this episode Garth interviews LaDonna Lewis from Glendale Community College in Glendale, AZ. Part of LaDonna's success comes from the determination of her parents for LaDonna to have a better life; the "ticket" out of a poor neighborhood was education for LaDonna.  LaDonna's love of learning matched well with parental goals, as she loved to read as a child, including reading encyclopedias.  Her...

In this episode: making academic commitments to others, that special end-of-semester time, when you choose to give away your expertise for free, the sanctity of "off-contract," saying no now can give one the power to say yes later, Maria Bamford and negotiating commencement, fun parts of the end of the semester, listening to The Kinks Maria Bamford commencement speech: https://youtu.be/BV5qcto2IRs...

In this episode: spring cleaning in the (faculty) office, what to do with graduate school notebooks, reprints in the olden days, paper books and digital books, what books have lasting shelf life, what to do with old exams, Susan's weekly one-inch rule

In this episode Eric interviews Noland White (for the second time) from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA.  Noland is a true Southern gentleman in the best sense of the phrase; we chat about his long-term colleague Lee Gillis, a silly conversation about failing to reject peach cobbler, and the pronunciation of PEcan vs. peCAN.  Eric asks a lot of questions about Noland's te...

In this episode: how do we share psychological science with the public, TV and radio interviews, journal impact factors vs. real impact, faculty fears of being misunderstood, lack of training in how to communicate science, sometimes "no" is the appropriate response when asked for expert opinion, academics fiercely fear the perception of bragging, taking risks

In this episode: teaching the Sex and Gender course at a Catholic university, adjuncting is academic gig work, Lorraine balances being an artist and an academic, professional tool sharpening, the challenges and benefits of adjuncts serving on committees, the criticality of finding the joy, faculty tips for work-life balance, Lorraine's professional work with survivors of trauma

In this PsychSessions Sidebar episode, Garth Neufeld interviews Laura Pople from APA's PsycLearn. Offering titles for Research Methods, Statistics, and Introduction to Social Psychology, PsycLearn is an all-digital textbook alternative that immerses students in multidimensional learning experiences. To learn more about PsycLearn, please visit pl.apa.org/sessions

In this episode Garth interviews Jasmine Mena from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Jasmine talks about growing up between Queens, NY, and the Dominican Republic, her strong role model mother (who was also a teacher), and her deep understanding of her own research field and the pioneers of multiculturalism research who have been working for decades. Jasmine reminds us all that science is impa...