Interviews – The Academic Designer

Get Your Research Funded with Dr. Julia Barzyk

Are you a wise investigator? As a PI, getting your research funded is a priority. Meet Dr. Julia Barzyk who is uncovering the hidden curriculum to getting funding for your research.

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Writing Your Book for Minoritized Women Academics with Jane Jones, PhD

Book coach Jane Jones on anxieties and struggles when writing your book. Your book is meaningful and you want to see it out in the world. Authors, this interview is for you!

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LinkedIn for PhDs with Dr. Gertrude Nonterah of The Bold PhD

How can PhDs use LinkedIn to invite opportunity for themselves? Dr. Gertrude Nonterah is a LinkedIn expert. Learn how opening up about her struggle to find a job with a PhD helped people. And, invited job offers and opportunities!

Author Linda More on Attribution and Feeling Comfortable Talking About Your Book

Author Linda Moore talks about her new book Attribution (2022) about a PhD student named Cate who finds a mysterious painting in her university's basement. We dive into how to get comfortable talking about your book too!

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How to Get Media Attention For Your Research With Dr. Sheena Howard

How can academics get publicity and media attention for their work? Plus, what to charge for speaking engagements. Meet Dr. Sheena Howard.

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Podcasting with Allanté Whitmore, PhD of Blk + In Grad School

Allanté Whitmore started her podcast Blk + In Grad School on an air mattress with her cell phone. Looking forward to a new season of motivation and inspiration for grad students.

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What Are Informational Interviews? With Jennifer Polk, PhD

Informational interviews can help you get from PhD to Life. Meet career coach Dr. Jen Polk who joins me to talk about info interviews and networking.

Grad School with Dr. Toyin Alli of The Academic Society

Toyin Alli, PhD helps student succeed in grad school at The Academic Society LLC. She's a math lecturer who helps students survive grad school! We talk about her book, YouTube, and more.

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Academic Writing and Finding Community Online with Dr. Lisa Munro

Dr. Lisa Munro talks about how to kickstart your journal article. Did you know she has a private community for academic writers on Mighty Networks?

Lisa Munro, PhD on The Social Academic blog and podcast

Successes and Setbacks of Social Media Cheyenne Seymour, EdD

Cheyenne Seymour, EdD joins me to talk about her book Successes and Setbacks of Social Media: Impact on Academic Life.

Cheyenne Seymour, EdD of CUNY Bronx Community College on The Social Academic blog

Racism in Education in New Jersey with Walter D. Greason, PhD

Walter Greason, PhD returns to talk about racism in education in New Jersey, the January 6th insurrection, and the upcoming Black Panther movie.

Dan Marrable of 448 Studio Helps Academics with Digital Media and Technology

Did you attend a virtual event or conference during the pandemic? Meet Dan Marrable, founder of 448 Studio. We talk about digital media, events, and educational technology advancements.

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Professor Chinasa Elue on Grief, Trauma, and Talking About Loss Online

How do you talk about grief and loss online? Chinasa Elue, PhD opens up about the death of her mom, and the research she's doing to help leaders move forward with trauma-informed practices.

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Graphical Abstracts and Animations To Share Your Science Online with Dr. Tullio Rossi

Tullio Rossi, PhD helps scientists share their research with visuals Dr. Tullio Rossi is a marine biologist turned entrepreneur helping scientists around the world share their research. Tullio found that video animations and graphical abstracts increase the impact of your science. And, they’re great for sharing your research with the media. Now as Director of…

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Your Personal Website Can Grow Over Time with Interview Guest Jane CoomberSewell

Your personal website can adapt to meet your needs as they change over time. Hear from recent PhD Jane CoomberSewell on how her website redesign is going.

RJ Thompson is a Professor and Digital Marketer in Higher Education

RJ Thompson, MFA is a digital marketer and a professor in Higher Education. Learn how to get better students and what it's like to collaborate with university communications to promote your research.

Academic YouTubers Talk About Getting Started on YouTube

Susan Heavey, Franziska Sattler, Nichole Lewis, and Erika Romero join me for a featured interview about starting the Academic YouTubers community.

Live on The Social Academic YouTube Channel

Social media, collaboration, and networking are all topics from the 2020 YouTube live series.

Aaron Shepard Talks NASA, Robots, and Starting Company Cogito

Aaron Shepard is a robotics intern at NASA Langley. This feature interview focuses on talking about your science on video. Learn about Aaron's TEDx Talk and why he loves science communication.

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Jennifer Adams Talks Being an Instagram Influencer and PhD Life

PhD student Jennifer Adams @RunwayRedLA joins me to talk about what it's like to be an Instagram influencer.

Writer Steven Dunn Talks Facebook and Community

Novelist Steven Dunn joins me to talk about writing, Facebook, and being yourself online: "Facebook is my playtime."

Ruth C. White on YouTube and Being on TV

Ruth C. White, PhD joined YouTube with the goal of getting on TV. Her 1st YouTube video landed her on The Today Show, and she's booked recurring TV spots since. Learn how.

Brittany Trinh Talks STEM Website Design

In this interview I chat with scientist and STEM website designer Brittany Trinh. And this one's on video! Dive into this chat about all things websites.

Chris Cloney of GradBlogger Talks Turning his Blog into a Business

Chris Cloney, PhD of GradBlogger and DustSafetyScience joins me to talk about how his grad school research blog has grown into an independent research company. Then he answers your questions about blogging.

A Chat with Jacklyn Lord of the Society for Scholarly Publishing

Jacklyn Lord manages marketing and communications for the Society for Scholarly Publishing. She loves pop culture and social media. We talk online identity in this interview and her advice for scholarly writers like you.

EdD Candidate Andrew Paulsen Talks Teaching and Travel

Andrew Paulsen is a senior educational advisor and doctoral candidate who loves to travel A doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt University, Andrew Paulsen is making strides to change education in America. In this interview we talk about his travels across the United States in his role as a senior educational advisor at Agile Mind. And how…

Melanie Bruce of The Leveraged PhD Talks Instagram

Melanie Bruce wears many hats as a marketing professor and as an entrepreneur with multiple businesses. In the final academic interview of 2019, we chat about why that balance works well for Melanie, who says, "the research that I'm doing, the up-to-date knowledge that I'm gaining, that I'm keeping up-to-date from my academic position, that helps me be a better entrepreneur." We talk about social media, balancing academic life, and more.

Norman Eng Author of Teaching College Talks Self-Publishing

Norman Eng teaches educators to communicate with their audiences. We talk balancing teaching with being a business owner. And, how self-publishing can be a great option for academics. Check out this interview for Norman's clear and concrete advice.

Journalist Lauren Smart Talks Social Media and Teaching

Lauren Smart is a journalist and professor of practice at Southern Methodist University. In this chat we talk about social media in and out of the classroom.

Historian Walter D. Greason Talks Twitter and Community

Walter D. Greason, PhD is a historian, educator and urbanist prolific on social media.

Learn how he uses Twitter and social media.

Sophie Arthur of Soph Talks Science on Instagram

Sophie Arthur, is a science communicator interested in curiosity.

Based in the United Kingdom, she runs the blog Soph Talks Science, winner of the 2018 UK Blog Awards.

Meet the Social Academics, My Interview Guests of 2019

Meet the interview features of 2019: Leigh A. Hall, Greg Loring-Albright, Jazmine Benjamin, Echo Rivera, Daisy Shu, and Jessica Doble, Sophie Arthur, Walter D. Greason, Tomi Oluwasanmi, Lauren Smart, Norman Eng, and Melanie Bruce.

PhD Candidate Jessica Doble Talks Fanfiction and Social Media Management

PhD candidate Jessica Doble researches fanfiction and online communities in popular culture media.

We chat about Instagram, Twitter, and having the feed you really want.

Postdoc Daisy Shu Talks Science Communication on Instagram

I chat with Daisy Shu, a postdoc at Harvard's Schepens Eye Research Institute.

We talk about her journey to enjoying social media and the people who inspired her. Then, learn about her experience crowdfunding her PhD research!

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PhD Student Jazmine Benjamin Talks Community on Twitter

I chat with Jazmine Benjamin, a Cellular and Molecular Biology PhD student at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

She's made great connections on social media. Learn about her research, and social media life!

Echo Rivera Talks Presentations and #DeathByPowerPoint

I chat with Dr. Echo Rivera, who helps academics and scientists communicate through presentations.

We talk about using Twitter all day, jumping into conversations, and more.

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PhD Student Greg Loring-Albright Talks Crowdfunding on Social Media and Game Design

Greg-Loring Albright is a 2nd year Communications and Media PhD student at Drexel University.

We talk about game design, Twitter, and social media life.

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Leigh A. Hall of Teaching Academia Talks About YouTube

Meet Leigh A. Hall, PhD, Professor of Adolescent Literature at the University of Wyoming in the 1st feature interview on The Social Academic blog.