The #MeTooPhD crowdsource survey we did in 2018 showed that sexual harassment is an epidemic in the academy. Karen and Kel break down why academic settings are so conducive to sexual and gender harassment of all kinds, how tenured men and women often protect the predators, why we are sick of the shitty behavior of so-called “Great Men,” and what people can do to stay safe and push back.
Karen and Kel talk white water rafting as metaphor for your job search. In rafting you can’t fight the river – it’s bigger than...
We talk about the “capitalist gaze” and how it impacts the creativity of academics. Casting our research outcomes as “products” can be deeply chilling...
We are delighted to bring the remarkable Allante Whitmore onto the show. The founder of Black and In Grad School (https://www.blkingradschool.com/), Allante, an Engineering...