Women in Academia
Many women are faced with challenge to balance the career and family life. This could be challenging regardless of profession, but what about the women doing a research. In "Women in Academia" podcast, host Irena Lovcevic interviews female researchers to understand what are the challenges that women in academia are facing and how to overcome these challenges. The goal is to share the stories of inspirational women in Academia and to provide a helpful tips on thriving in both academic and everyday life.
Episodes
18 episodes
Andrea Sander-Montant, M.A. student at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Today it's great to have Andrea Sander-Montant on the podcast. Andrea is an M.A. student at Concordia University in Montreal Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Krista Byers-Heinlein at the Infant Research Lab. Andrea is interested in developm...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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25:49
Dr Monica Barbir, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN)
Today it's great to have Dr Monica Barbir on the podcast. Dr Barbir is the Postdoctoral Researcher at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) BabyLab, University of Tokyo. She is interested in the cognitive mechanisms tha...
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Episode 16
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34:15
Dr Celia Harris, the Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, the MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University
Today it's great to have Dr Celia Harris on the podcast. Dr Harris is the Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, based at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Development, Western Sydney University. She com...
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Episode 15
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16:05
Dr Jovana Pejovic, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Lisbon BabyLab, Portugal
Today it's great to have Dr Jovana Pejovic on the podcast. Dr Pejovic is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Lisbon BabyLab. She completed her PhD studies in 2019 at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Se...
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Episode 14
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16:50
Dr Ruth Brookman, Associate Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
Today it's great to have Dr Ruth Brookman on the podcast. Dr Brookman is an Associate Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Technology and Ageing at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. She recently com...
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Episode 13
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28:16
Dr Marieke van Heugten, Assistant Professor and Director of the Buffalo BabyLab at the University at Buffalo, USA
Today it's great to have Dr Marieke van Heugten on the podcast. Dr van Heugten is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology and Director of the Buffalo BabyLab at the at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She ...
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Episode 12
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12:51
Dr Sabrina Thurman, Assistant Professor and Director of the Infant Development Lab at Elon University, USA
Today it's great to have Dr Sabrina Thurman on the podcast. Dr Thurman is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Elon University and Director of the Infant Development Lab. She received her B.A. degree in Psychology from the Uni...
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Episode 11
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20:44
Dr Julie Beadle on Research Journey from Canada to Australia and on the Exciting Research in the Field of Cognitive Hearing Science
Today it's great to have Dr Julie Beadle on the podcast. Dr Beadle has completed her PhD at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. Her PhD thesis was focused on cognitive ageing and hearing under di...
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Episode 10
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22:52
Stacey Sherwood on Academia, Research, and How to Write Sci-fi Novels while Doing a PhD
Today it's great to have Stacey Sherwood on the podcast. Stacey has now completed her PhD at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. Stacey's PhD thesis is focused on the relationship between languag...
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Episode 9
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31:16
Prof. Dr Sho Tsuji, Principal Investigator at The University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN)
Today it's great to have Prof. Dr Sho Tsuji on the podcast. Dr Tsuji is the principal investigator at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) BabyLab, University of Tokyo. She is fascinated by the question of why babies a...
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Episode 8
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15:06
Jenny Zeng on Speech and Music Perception in Infants and Cognitive Advantages of Bilingualism
Today it's great to have Jenny Zeng on the podcast. Jenny is a PhD student at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. Jenny's PhD thesis focuses on the infants' cue weighting in speech and music rhyt...
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Episode 7
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21:56
Dr Christa Lam-Cassettari, Research Fellow at the MARCS Institute BabyLab, Western Sydney University
Today it's great to have Dr Christa Lam-Cassettari on the podcast. Dr Christa Lam-Cassettari is a Researcher in Infant Studies at the MARCS BabyLab, Western Sydney University. She investigates quantitative and qualitative differences in infant-...
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Episode 6
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24:07
Maddie Radnan on Time Travelling with Technology
Today it's great to have Maddie Radnan on the podcast. Maddie is a PhD student at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. Maddie's PhD thesis focuses on the Time Travelling with Technology (TTT), whi...
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Episode 5
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16:51
Dr Marina Jovic, Assistant Professor at The American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Today it's great to have Dr Marina Jovic on the podcast. Marina is an Assistant Professor at The American University of the Middle East, Kuwait. She completed her PhD studies at the University of Belgrade, Serbia on "Pragmaticalization of modal...
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Episode 4
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12:17
Yanping Li - The importance of strong motivation and hard work in overcoming challenges on the research journey
Today it's great to have Yanping Li on the podcast. Yanping is a PhD student at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. Yanping's PhD thesis focuses on effects of high versus low variability training...
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Episode 3
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54:30
Gloria Maria Pino Escobar, from a Lawyer in Peru to a Researcher in Australia
Today it's great to have Gloria Maria Pino Escobar on the podcast. Gloria is a PhD student at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. Gloria's PhD thesis focuses on bridging the gap between domain-ge...
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Episode 2
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42:12
Interview with Emily Tan, U.S. Postgraduate Fulbright Research Fellow
Today it's great to have Emily Tan on the podcast. Emily Tan is U.S. Postgraduate Fulbright Research Fellow at MARCS BabyLab, Western Sydney University, where she conducted research on the role of lullabies in infant language development. Prior...
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Episode 1
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40:27