- 15
- Episodes
- 2021
- First episode
About GradLIFE Podcast
Chatting about the graduate school experience and how to successfully pursue an advanced degree. One conversation at a time.
- Publisher
- Graduate College (UIUC)
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 3 Dec 2024
Latest episodes
15 episodes in the feed.
3 Dec 2024
AI Conversations: Michael Curtin and Eric Kurt
Michael Curtin and Eric Kurt, innovation experts, explore the practical applications, ethics, and future of generative AI in research and careers, empowering graduate students to navigate emerging technologies.
19 Sept 2024
Building Scaffolds with Kyle Timmer
Kyle Timmer is on a mission to help your body heal faster after an injury. A PhD student in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Illinois, Kyle took home the grand prize at Research Live!, a fun, fast-paced competition where graduate students showcase their research. Research Live! challenges participants to give a three-minute research talk that explains their project to a general audience. Dazzling both the audience and judges, Kyle showcased his work, "A Biomimetic Scaffold to I...
9 Jul 2024
AI @ Illinois: AI and Accessibility with Kyrie Zhou
This episode is part of our special GradLIFE series AI at Illinois (https://blogs.illinois.edu/viewCategory/6397?ACTION=POST_LIST&queryCategory=2106), where we delve into the impacts of artificial intelligence technologies on our graduate students' research, teaching, and thinking. On this episode, Bri Lafond (Writing Studies doctoral candidate and Graduate College Career Exploration Fellow) sits down with Kyrie Zhou (Information Sciences) to chat about generative AI, education, accessibility, and researching bias in new technologies. ____ Show Notes: Kyrie Zhou (https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/kyrie-zhixuan-zhou) Information Sciences (https://ischool.illinois.edu/) at Illinois Kyrie's Website (https://kyriezz.com/) Kyrie's Publications (https://kyriezz.com/publications/) Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo - School of Information Sciences (https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/madelyn-rose-sanfilippo) Ted Underwood - School of Information Sciences Rachel Adler - School of Information Sciences (https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/ted-underwood) University of Illinois Generative AI Solutions Hub - Office of the Provost (https://genai.illinois.edu/) Generative Artificial Intelligence - Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (https://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/instructional-spaces-technologies/teaching-with-technology/generative-artificial-intelligence) Some Miscellany from the Show: Kyrie's Recent Piece: "Accessible Adventures: Teaching Accessibility to High School Students Through Games" (https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04637) Kyrie's Recent Piece: "The Teachers Are Confused As Well: A Multiple-Stakeholder Ethics Discussion on Large Language Models in Computing Education" (https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12453) GradLIFE is a production of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. For more information, and for anything else related to the Graduate College, visit us at grad.illinois.edu (http://www.grad.illinois.edu/)
18 Jun 2024
AI @ Illinois: Surveillance and Syntax with Kainen Bell and Antonio Hamilton
This episode is part of our special GradLIFE series AI at Illinois (https://blogs.illinois.edu/viewCategory/6397?ACTION=POST_LIST&queryCategory=2106), where we delve into the impacts of artificial intelligence technologies on our graduate students' research, teaching, and thinking. On this episode, Bri Lafond (Writing Studies doctoral candidate and Graduate College Career Exploration Fellow) sits down with Kainen Bell (School of Information Sciences) and Antonio Hamilton (English) for a conversation about how AI is impacting conversations around writing, education, and surveillance. ____ Show Notes: Kainen Bell (https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/kainen-bell) Information Sciences (https://ischool.illinois.edu/) at Illinois Community Data Clinic (https://communitydata.illinois.edu/) Wikimedia Foundation (https://wikimediafoundation.org/) Antonio Hamilton (https://cws.illinois.edu/directory/profile/adh8) English (https://english.illinois.edu/)at Illinois Writers Workshop (https://writersworkshop.illinois.edu/) Some Miscellany from the Show: Institute for IP and Social Justice (https://iipsj.org/)Algorithms of Oppression (https://nyupress.org/9781479837243/algorithms-of-oppression/), Safiya Noble Gender Shades (https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/gender-shades/overview/), Joy Buolamwini GradLIFE is a production of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. For more information, and for anything else related to the Graduate College, visit us at grad.illinois.edu (http://www.grad.illinois.edu/)
5 Mar 2024
AI @ Illinois: Making AI Legible with Clara Belitz and Ali Zaidi
This episode is part of our special GradLIFE series AI at Illinois (https://blogs.illinois.edu/viewCategory/6397?ACTION=POST_LIST&queryCategory=2106), where we delve into the impacts of artificial intelligence technologies on our graduate students' research, teaching, and thinking. On this episode, Bri Lafond (Writing Studies doctoral candidate and Graduate College Career Exploration Fellow) sits down with Clara Belitz (School of Information Sciences) and Ali Zaidi (Computer Science) for a dynamic conversation about how AI has the potential to affect a lot of different aspects of our day-to-day lives. ______ Show Notes: GradLIFE Blog | Graduate College, Illinois (https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/6397) AI @ Illinois | GradLIFE Blog (https://blogs.illinois.edu/viewCategory/6397?ACTION=POST_LIST&queryCategory=2106) Generative AI Center of Expertise (https://genai.illinois.edu/) @ Illinois (https://genai.illinois.edu/) School of Information Sciences @ Illinois (https://ischool.illinois.edu/) Clara Belitz @ School of Information Sciences, Illinois (https://ischool.illinois.edu/people/clara-belitz) Computer Science @ Illinois (https://cs.illinois.edu/) Karrie Karahalios @ Illinois Computer Science (https://cs.illinois.edu/about/people/faculty/kkarahal) Ranjitha Kumar @ Illinois Computer Science (https://cs.illinois.edu/about/people/faculty/ranjitha) GradLIFE is a production of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. For more information, and for anything else related to the Graduate College, visit us at grad.illinois.edu (http://www.grad.illinois.edu/)
17 Jan 2024
Studying Stress in Graduate School with Joe Mirabelli
Joe Mirabelli (PhD, '23, Educational Psychology) has spent years studying how graduate students experience and cope with stress. In this conversation, Joe sits down with John Moist to discuss what he's learned about how graduate students excel in grad school. ______ Show Notes: Joe Mirabelli in Research Live! 2023 (https://youtu.be/vDKflDrpEDM?si=kAycMdt7x1mArQFi&t=1579) Educational Psychology at Illinois (https://education.illinois.edu/edpsy) Jennifer Cromley, Professor, Educational Psychology @ Illinois (https://education.illinois.edu/faculty/jennifer-cromley) Research Live! @ UIUC (https://grad.illinois.edu/research-live/about) GradLIFE: Joe Mirabelli | Lessons Learned from a PhD Student who Studies PhD Students’ Stress and Coping (https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/6397/1248059) GradLIFE is a production of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. For more information, and for anything else related to the Graduate College, visit us at grad.illinois.edu (http://www.grad.illinois.edu)
30 Oct 2023
Encountering Imposter Syndrome with Lisa Abston and Darrien Watson
When you're in graduate school and doing awesome work, it's not uncommon to experience imposter syndrome: doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud in your work. In this episode of the GradLIFE podcast, John Moist sits down with Lisa Abston (Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion here in the Graduate College) and Darrien Watson (fourth-year PhD student in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism) for a discussion that ranges from the emotions of graduate study and experiences with feeling like an imposter in academia to some practical tips and strategies for keeping your way when imposter syndrome rears its head. ______ Show Notes: The GradLIFE Podcast is a production of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois. Learn more about the GradLIFE Blog, Podcast, and Newsletter here. (https://grad.illinois.edu/pubs/gradlife) UIUC Graduate College: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (https://grad.illinois.edu/diversity/about) Some readings (and a listen) on imposter syndrome: UIUC College of Law Library: How To Survive Law School Without Losing Your Mind (https://libguides.law.illinois.edu/c.php?g=1157939&p=8451652) Healthy Illini Podcast - Episode 53: Imposter Syndrome (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Kwb-sl-M0) Harvard Business Review: Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome (https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome) Inc.: 3 Reasons Imposter Syndrome Is Actually a Professional Superpower, According to a Professor Who Wrote a Book on Spotting Talent (https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/imposter-syndrome-hiring-tyler-cowen.html)
25 Apr 2023
Playing Cyberball with Haley Skymba
If you can, cast your mind back to high school. For some of us, it's been a little longer than others. You might think of the sound of chattering classmates in the hallway, or maybe of studying late for an important test. Adolescence is a particularly challenging time that comes with many difficult emotions, and it's never been easy to be a teenager. But here at the University of Illinois, researchers have demonstrated that past experiences with bullying, friendlessness, and other forms of social exclusion directly impact teenage girls' perceptions of their self-worth. Beckman Institute researcher and Professor of Psychology Karen Rudolph and her team think this is a crucial first step in crafting intervention programs to improve teen mental health. On this episode of the GradLIFE Podcast, Graduate College Communications Specialist John Moist chats with Haley Skymba, a doctoral student at UIUC and Beckman Institute researcher, to talk about her work on Dr. Rudolph's research team. Haley was gracious enough to come in and chat about her research, background, and where she plans to take her work from here. __ Show Notes: The GradLIFE Podcast is a production of the Graduate College at the University of Illinois. Learn more about the GradLIFE Blog, Podcast, and Newsletter here. (https://grad.illinois.edu/pubs/gradlife) To read more about this research, visit the Illini News Bureau (https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/510371203) and The Beckman Institute (https://beckman.illinois.edu/about/news/article/2023/01/09/rudolph-skymba-story) Dr. Karen Rudolph (https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile/krudolph) Haley Skymba (https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile/hskymba2) Click here to access the research featured in this podcast from the Journal of Research on Adolescence. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jora.12741) The Beckman Institute's clip of Haley Skymba is kindly provided from this video (https://youtu.be/PS8BYuxAQLo). Learn more about the Family Studies Lab (http://labs.psychology.illinois.edu/familystudieslab/index.html) Check out The Beckman Institute (https://beckman.illinois.edu/) The research discussed in this podcast was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/) of the National Institutes of Health (https://www.nih.gov/) under award numbers MH105655 and MH68444. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and guests and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
26 Jul 2021
Your Portfolio Will Never Be Perfect or Done
Landscape Designer Saloni Chawla (https://www.stimsonstudio.com/people-listing/schawla) (MLA '18) sits down to talk with us about how she landed her dream job at STIMSON (https://www.stimsonstudio.com/studio) an urban and rural landscape architecture studio with a working farm and a plant nursery, and why she considers it a perfect match with her interests in cultural landscapes and people.
26 Jul 2021
A Research Pivot, One Year Later
It has been a year of COVID. Our graduate student podcasters share their funniest Zoom stories and how they have been navigating this new landscape. Burning Man expert Caitlin Brooks (Recreation, Sport, and Tourism) speaks about mourning canceled ethnographic dissertation fieldwork and the power of community in times of isolation.
26 Jul 2021
Highs, Lows in Grad School During COVID - Cat & Shelby
SAGE graduate student podcasters Cat (Physics) and Shelby (Kinesiology) interview each other about choosing their research fields and Illinois for graduate education. How “virtual everything” affects their grad school highs and lows and teaches them a few tricks.
26 Jul 2021
Highs, Lows in Grad School During COVID - Abby & Sebastian
SAGE graduate student podcasters Abby (Social Work) and Sebastian (Labor and Employment Relations) interview each other about choosing their research fields and Illinois for graduate education. How “virtual everything” affects their grad school ups and downs and teaches them a few tricks.
21 Jul 2021
Bringing Childlike Approaches to Self-Care
SAGE grad student podcasters get to know more about fellow podcaster Abby Valtierra, who is pursuing a master’s in Social Work. Abby shares some techniques to lower stress in elementary school students, such as a 5-4-3-2-1 mapping exercise, that might also work for grad students. And our podcasters share powerful “mesources” including the importance of positive self-talk.
21 Jul 2021
You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup
SAGE grad student podcasters interview the Counseling Center’s Kamau Grantham, who gives everyone permission to take care of themselves and encourages the practice of self-care, an intentional skill that takes time to figure out. Things get salty as they contemplate the balance of ingredients in chocolate chip cookies. The podcasters continue the discussion with their favorite “mesources.”
21 Jul 2021
The Fine Art of Balance
Theatre doctoral student Vincent Carlson performs "You and Your Work," a poem he wrote inspired by boundary setting and conflicting ideas about work ethic. Training for an actual half marathon, he contemplates how grad school is a marathon and that you have to pace yourself. There is also a tasty discussion about the importance of treats!
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