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By Self, Rademaker, and Williams

A podcast for doctoral students, with special attention to some of the "soft skills" necessary to earn one's degree. New episodes publish every other Monday.
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Episode 2: Striking the Work/Life/School Balance

Doc101Feb 19, 2020

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Episode 49: Normalizing Learning
Dec 19, 202240:55
Episode 48: Is It Though?
Nov 22, 202239:57
Episode 47: Being Trained To Be A Colleague
Jul 21, 202245:19
Episode 46: I Didn't Know what I Thought I Knew
Jun 23, 202235:24
Episode 45: Managing the Monkey Mind
Jun 09, 202235:27
Episode 44: Seems I'm Not Alone in Being Alone
May 30, 202233:32
Episode 43: It's OK to Be Who I Am
May 13, 202243:33
Episode 42: Scott's Trip to the Diner
Apr 29, 202244:20
Episode 41: Fixin Your DOIs
Apr 20, 202233:46
Episode 40: A Really Big Problem with Forms
Apr 01, 202246:30
Episode 39: Why is Your Why Your Why?
Mar 18, 202230:05
Episode 38: I'm Not the Same as I Used to Be
Mar 04, 202234:03
Episode 37: Knowing Loops
Feb 18, 202230:01
Episode 36: The Mythology of Goals
Jan 31, 202230:08
Episode 35: Two Ends of Imposter Syndrome
Jan 26, 202240:29
Episode 34: The Kruger Imposter
Dec 01, 202127:29
Episode 33: Comfortable with Sucking - Part 2
Sep 30, 202132:45
Episode 32: Comfortable with Sucking - Part 1
Sep 10, 202124:24
Episode 31: Why, Why, Why???
Jul 30, 202128:59
Episode 30: Thank You, Random!
Jul 19, 202131:57
Episode 29: Liars, Damn Liars, and Statisticians - Part 2
Jul 09, 202128:57
Episode 28: Liars, Damn Liars, and Statisticians - Part 1
Jun 15, 202127:19
Episode 27: Living in Two Worlds
Apr 28, 202132:03
Episode 26: A Long Way from Home
Apr 06, 202133:46
Episode 25: The Imposter Within
Mar 16, 202129:53
Episode 24: Witness the Violence Inherent in the System
Feb 15, 202129:54
Episode 23b: A Priori, A Posteriori - Part 2
Jan 25, 202119:51
Episode 23a: A Priori, A Posteriori - Part 1
Jan 11, 202125:34
Episode 22: Speaking Theoretically
Dec 04, 202025:02
Episode 21: DIY Education
Nov 17, 202032:19
Episode 20: Use the Force - Carefully
Nov 02, 202030:49
Episode 19: A Soul in Tension
Oct 19, 202030:11
Episode 18: Of Figs and Simplicity
Oct 06, 202028:45
Episode 17: Standing in Front of Trains
Sep 21, 202032:39
Episode 16: The Art of Being Confused

Episode 16: The Art of Being Confused

We discuss the value of learning to live in a place of cognitive dissonance, and how doc students experience the development of this skill. 

Links and Notes:

"Not by Chance Alone with the Legendary Social Psychologist Elliot Aronson" by Scott Barry Kaufman

"Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong." By M. L. Mencken in "The Divine Afflatus" in New York Evening Mail (16 November 1917) 

Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory. (2006). In J. E. Roeckelein (Ed.), Elsevier's dictionary of psychological theories. Elsevier Science & Technology. Credo Reference: 

Posselt, J., 2018. "Normalizing struggle: Dimensions of faculty support for doctoral students and implications for persistence and well-being. The Journal of Higher Education, 89(6), 988–1013. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2018.1449080  ABSTRACT Faculty mentoring is a durable structure of doctoral education that facilitates intellectual growth, professional socialization, and progressive independence. We must more deeply understand, however, professors’ role in supporting doctoral students’ persistence and well-being, especially for students from groups who have been historically excluded and marginalized in their fields. This study strived for such understanding by evaluating findings of a phenomenology of faculty support in 4 high-diversity science, technology, engineering, and mathematics PhD programs at 2 research universities. I found that holistic faculty support has academic, psychosocial, and sociocultural dimensions, which faculty enact through specific behaviors. Students reported meaningful experiences with faculty that normalized struggle and failure by promoting a growth mind-set, validating student competence and potential, and opening discussion about racialized and gendered dynamics in academia. Collectively, these activities may prevent students from misconstruing the difficulty of graduate school with their ability to succeed. The article discusses how the findings may advance future higher education research and faculty professional development.

Contact Us:

Email: Dr. J. Scott Self

Email: Dr. Linnea Rademaker

Email: Dr. Peter Williams

Aug 24, 202036:27
Episode 15: Valuing the Literature Review
Aug 10, 202030:59
Episode 14: Crazy Walls and Literature Reviews
Jul 27, 202039:42
Episode 13: Getting Paid
Jul 13, 202033:55
Episode 12: Beyond the IRB
Jun 29, 202030:59
Episode 11: Project Management
Jun 15, 202034:18
Episode 10: Becoming Better Humans
Jun 01, 202037:21
Episode 9: On Being Mentored
May 18, 202027:57
Episode 8: The Feedback Loop
May 04, 202028:56
Special Episode 1: Doc Students in COVID-19
Apr 25, 202038:12
Episode 7: You Can't Do It ALL
Apr 20, 202029:53
Episode 6: Stopping Out and Starting Back In
Apr 06, 202029:58
Episode 5: Prepare to Defend Yourself
Mar 23, 202034:05
Episode 4: Social Support Networks

Episode 4: Social Support Networks

We discuss the necessity of a strong social support network and the value of developing a network of cheerleaders.

Contact Us

Dr. J. Scott Self - scott.self@acu.edu 

Dr. Linnea Rademaker - lxr16c@acu.edu 

Dr. Peter Williams - Peter.Williams@tamuc.edu

Mar 09, 202034:55
Episode 3: Writing = Thinking
Feb 24, 202031:49
Episode 2: Striking the Work/Life/School Balance

Episode 2: Striking the Work/Life/School Balance

Students in doctoral programs face unique challenges in adding another major role to all of the other responsibilities that normal adults occupy.  Dr. Williams and Dr. Self discuss some of the issues and offer recommendations for striking a balance.  

Contact Us

Dr. J. Scott Self - scott.self@acu.edu

Dr. Linnea Rademaker - lxr16c@acu.edu

Dr. Peter Williams - Peter.Williams@tamuc.edu

Feb 19, 202035:59