Dr. Jane Willenbring is an Associate Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and will be joining the faculty as an Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Stanford in fall 2020. Dr. Willenbring was also featured in the recent

Rose Ferreira - I just wanted to talk into the void

Jul 10th, 2020 9m 47s

This week I had the absolute pleasure of talking to astrophysicist Rose Ferreira. I've been following and learning from Rose on Twitter for ages, and am so glad she agreed to talk to me for the podcast! Please check out her website at rosedf.ne

Jodie Wiggins - I was told what I really wanted to be

Jun 26th, 2020 13m 5s

*Content warning - death of a child* In this episode I had the pleasure of talking to Dr. Jodie Wiggins, Teaching Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Wiggins has found her place at the nexus of teaching and research after many

Tessa Logan - Persistence Over Perfection

Jun 19th, 2020 16m 50s

*Content warning for: domestic abuse, death of a friend.* Tessa Logan is a graduate student at Stanford, and it was a long road to get there. Logan has persisted despite pauses, restarts, and personal tragedy. Hear how she decided to be like Do

Krishna Pakala - I don't want to treat everybody as a number

Jun 12th, 2020 17m 26s

Dr. Krishna Pakala is today's guest and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Boise State University. He is the Faculty in Residence for the Engineering and Innovation Living Learning Community and

Jennifer Freyd - Personal and Institutional Courage

Jun 5th, 2020 15m 36s

Dr. Jennifer Freyd is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, as well as the Founder and President of a new non-profit, the Center for Institutional Courage. Dr. Freyd spoke with me about her journey from studying cognitive psych

Vassiki Chauhan - Courage is a hard word

May 29th, 2020 13m 53s

Vassiki Chauhan is a PhD candidate at Dartmouth in psychology and brain sciences. She has also been a courageous activist against sexual harassment in science. Hear her story, and then learn more about her amazing science: you can read her scho

Max Liboiron - The courage of dealing with extreme ambivalence

May 22nd, 2020 15m 36s

I am so pleased to share with you this week's CSP interview. Dr. Max Liboiron is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Associate Vice President of Indigenous Research, and the Director of CLEAR, the Civic L

Aunchalee Palmquist - There isn't a recipe for success

May 15th, 2020 17m 3s

Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist is an assistant professor of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is an affiliate of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute and is the co-host of the podcast Anthrolactolog

Asmeret Berhe - I would choose a healthy workplace climate over anything

May 8th, 2020 24m 12s

Dr. Asmeret Berhe is a soil biogeochemist and the Falasco Endowed Chair in Earth Sciences at the University of California at Merced. Join me in learning about the brave ways Dr. Berhe has shown up for science by making hard decisions and refusi

Rebecca Shansky - The way we talk about women

May 1st, 2020 12m 4s

Dr. Rebecca Shansky is an associate professor of psychology at Northeastern University. Dr. Shansky studies the behavioral neuroscience of rodents and has taken on her field's exclusion of female animals in research. As she points out, the way

Introduction to the Courageous Scientists Podcast

Apr 24th, 2020 6m 23s

Join Kate Clancy as she introduces her new podcast, and answers the three questions of this pandemic passion project: what brought you to science? How do you show courage in science? What do you want others to know about what it means to be a c