Best Christine Ogilvie Hendren Podcasts (2024)

We take stock of the past 32 episodes and plot a course for future episodes of the show. We both work in roles where we help integrate teams and enable them to co-create knowledge, and we are going to focus on sharing more of those insights going forward. After a paternity leave for Matt we will return with the show later in the Fall. We will have …

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Better Onboarding Onto Your Team 49:16

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Creating your own style as a team leader means gathering the best ideas that are out there and adapting them to your personality. We asked 9 different podcast hosts to join the show to share their best ideas for onboarding others into teams or groups. They discuss positives and negatives have they experienced when being onboarded themselves. The bo…

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How to Apply New Technologies in the Classroom to Engage Your Students- Helium Podcast Episode 31 47:29

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Too much technology and you overwhelm the students and yourself. However, today's students are digital natives and may expect a different approach to learning than students just a few years ago. How do you harness the best of what technology has to offer to improve your courses and make your job easier? Dr. Monica Burns, host of the Ed Tech Made Ea…

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Transforming Your Teaching in Small Steps 45:56

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How do you obtain the first experiences in the classroom? How do you learn the vocabulary you need to discuss your teaching experience? As host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast and a faculty member herself these are the two questions Bonni Stachowiak sees early career researchers struggle with. She answers these questions and also jam packs thi…

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Design or Redesign a Course From Start to Finish 1:00:15

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As an early career faculty member you are often called upon to design or redesign a course. This can be something faculty dread as a distraction from research. But by following a framework for course design you can enjoy and excel in this process. In this episode Liesl Wuest walks us through a framework that will allow you to intentionally create y…

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Boosting Cognitive Processes By Learning More About Your Mind And Meditation 40:46

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Your brain creates your mind which creates your experience. It determines your happiness levels and your ability to make new discoveries. But how well do you understand your brain? How well do you take care of your brain? Author and engineer Sean Webb joined the show to talk about the benefits of understanding how your mental states are created and…

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27 - How More Voices Strengthen Scholarship: Perspectives From a First Generation Academic 54:02

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Dr. Olivia Aguilar, Associate Professor at Denison University, joined the show to talk about her wide ranging experiences. How tough is the tenure process? How much tougher it is for someone who is a first generation in her family college grad? How do you manage and vet the opportunities given to you as a new assistant professor? How do you authent…

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26 - Increasing Your Impact Beyond Impact Factor 46:57

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When you think to yourself, how do I make a bigger impact with my research? Are you lost about where to start? It was great to host Mark Reed, host of Fast Track Impact podcast, on this episode. We dove into the questions you should be asking yourself when you want to increase your impact beyond impact factor. We also discussed how to use social me…

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25 - Towards Professional Joy 41:58

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How do make space for the joy in your career? Early on it feels like you must say yes to anything and everything but as Dr. Emily Bernhardt explains in this interview it quickly shifts to having to make space. This is space for those things that will both define your career and bring you joy. One strategy she shares is putting both financial and ti…

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24 - How to Create High Quality Human Interaction in Your Research Group 49:15

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Is it possible that graduate school transformed you into a less human version of yourself? Are you prepared to handle all humans that will be in your care as an advisor to your students? Are you prepared to take care of yourself properly so you can help others maximize their potential? If you said maybe to any of these questions this episode is for…

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23 : An Inside Perspective on Collaboration and Funding with Government Agencies 41:48

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What are some ways that university researchers can build relationships for collaboration and funding at mission driven government agencies? Gayle Hagler of the US Environmental Protection Agency joined us to talk about how she has seen this work at the EPA. Much of this knowledge can apply further to other agencies that are also mission driven. Und…

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Episode 22 Rittman Stepping Up to Leadership 24:55

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How do you have to step up your ability to be outgoing in certain situations when you are working in academia? You might not expect a person in the National Academies for Engineering and Science to say that self-doubt still resonates at times. But Professor Bruce Rittmann can still get in touch with that feeling and identifies himself as shy. Dr. R…

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21- Unlocking Undergraduate Research Power with Karen Dannemiller 22:05

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Do you want to start working with undergraduates in your research group? Dr. Dannemiller shared her process on how to interview them for the job and design undergraduate-sized projects. She also details her process for onboarding them including the research expectations document she reviews, the type of proposal she has them all write, and the expe…

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Take Your Research Conference Travel and Planning Off Of Autopilot 30:39

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As researchers we can spend a good part of the year traveling to and attending conferences. How do you step back and make the most of that time by making a strategy for the conferences you attend and how you divide your time during those conferences? Our guests from the AEESP conference share their strategies and approaches for success and we share…

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Nurturing Industry Relationships for Research Sponsorship, Collaboration and Student Mentoring 33:44

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Dr. Richard Huysmans joined the show to discuss how to develop and nurture relationships with industry. These relationships will lead to more well-rounded mentoring for your students, more research collaboration opportunities and possible sponsorship of you work. How do you start? Ask your senior mentors to introduce you to their industry collabora…

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Episode 18 - How to find enjoyable and generous relationships with senior faculty when you are just starting out 34:23

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Dr. Beth Calhoun joined the show to discuss when and how to navigate out of bad relationships with senior faculty. How to avoid the confidence traps she sees young faculty fall into. How to be flexible and not set in stone what your biosketch will look like in the future. How team science helped her early in her career and still helps her to this d…

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Episode 17 - Reprograming Your Technology Relationships to Regain and Maximize Your Most Creative Self 46:11

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Is your brain more important than your teeth? Do you have daily mental hygiene habits? Author Matthew Kent joined us for this episode based where we discuss his Medium article 5 Ways Your Technology Is Destroying You (and What to Do About It) We get into just how addictive multi-tasking can be and how you brain pushes you to believe you should do m…

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Career Success Through Focusing on Fundamentals and Perceptive Pivots 34:23

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As an early career researcher how do you transition from covering multiple research areas to focusing and becoming the expert in a specific area? Greg Lowry talks about how he made this transition and learned to say no to opportunities that did not align. He also gives advice on how to stay grounded in the fundamentals so you can pivot to related s…

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Episode 15 - How do you play to your students' strengths for maximum engagement and productivity? 31:18

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You'll hear about how to build a research group through careful recruiting, listening to students and letting go of what is out of your control. Greg dives into the way he mentors students from the day they arrive in his group, he also discusses how he recruits graduate students to join his group and how he has worked through bad fits before. His p…

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Episode 14- Opening Doors for Students by Celebrating PhD Career Path Diversity 37:59

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Maren Wood and Jen Polk from Beyond the Professoriate joined us to talk about how mentors can open doors for graduate students and enable them to explore alternative career paths. The key for them is eliminating the default career mindset in academia. Your students can pursue other careers after their time with you and go on to have impactful caree…

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Episode 13 - Follow Your Own Compass, Show the World Who You Wish You Were 29:31

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Mentoring is a big part of the conversation in this second half of our interview with Thomas Seager. The conversation also spanned scales from the day to day practical to broad visions of defining personal metrics for success and the fundamental purpose of research, engineering, and the personal growth and mentoring needed to reach our potential.…

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Episode 12 - Incentives and Measures of Academic Success 28:02

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What are the incentives and measures of academic success? What are your measures of success? Do these align or will you need to decide what is important to you? We had Thomas Seager on for episode 12 and he shared a ton of insight into the history and future of the university. If you are an early career researcher, or someone who plans on working w…

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Episode 11 - Investing in Deep Listening with Oscar Trimboli 39:18

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Listening is fundamental to what we do in academia, we take the information and progress of others and build upon that. Yet, listening is never formally taught as a skill. It is assumed that listening can be learned like we learn to walk. With his book Deep Listening Oscar Trimboli is on a mission to change this approach to learning listening. In t…

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Episode 10 - Curious Mentorship - Leadership Grounded in Listening 40:27

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Caren Weinhouse was starting a new position at Oregon Health & Science University. Before she left her postdoc she wanted to capture a graduate student snapshot of what good mentoring looks like. Caren began by listening to Anthony and Jessica, and brought the mentality that each graduate student, within their time in a research group, can really o…

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Episode 9 - Peer Review Integrity: Mentoring Early Career Researchers 45:32

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Gary McDowell and Becki Lijek from the Future of Research joined us for conversation about better practices around peer review processes. We learned about the Future of Research (Gary is the Executive Director). FoR is now focused on getting better data on early career researchers. This means getting a handle on how many postdocs are out there and …

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Episode 8 - Dr. Nina Vance: Big Wins and Lessons Learned 35:38

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Professor Nina Vance from the University of Colorado joined us to talk about the thought process of becoming a professor. She describes her tortuous path, how she finally overcame imposter syndrome and convinced herself that work-life balance was possible in academia. We also asked her how she creates a good group culture, how she weaves creativity…

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Episode 7 - Time Management Meets Reality 37:27

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Sarah K. Peck joined us for a show about the realities of time management. Sarah has some great advice about learning what to let go from your life and what to hang onto. She is ruthless, but it is something we all need to hear if we have big dreams for our lives and work. She also told us about how she runs a mastermind program for people who want…

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Episode 6 - A Leap into Professorship Part 1 with Courtney Gardner 32:51

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Dr. Gardner talks with us about what she anticipates as she enters a new professorship. She has plans in place for how she would like to mentor, create a research group culture and maximize her efficiency. This is part one of an episode we will complete next year when we check in with Courtney to see how her first year went.…

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Episode 5 - Thrive in a Noisy World with Shannon Guild 29:04

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Shannon talks about how to distill the message of who you are, what you do, and why it matters. She also emphasizes how to think about your center, group, or lab as a business that depends on growing in both financial sustainability and in impact.By Christine Ogilvie Hendren and Matt Hotze

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Episode 4 - Research Proposals for Mission Driven Agencies 32:24

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Dr. David Jassby joined us to share advice for academics who want to explore funding from mission driven agencies in the United States. He talks about what it takes to be successful working with these agencies. There are funding opportunities for people working throughout academia. You need to know how to frame your research.…

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Episode 3 - Practical Advice for Mentors from the Graduate Student Perspective 35:26

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Dr. Katy Peplin joined us to share advice for professors who want to be better mentors to graduate students and graduate students who want to be better mentees. Don't miss the practical steps in the worksheet with the show notes.By Matt Hotze & Christine Ogilvie Hendren

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Episode 2 - Creating a Vision for You and Your Research Group 34:35

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Dr. Jose Cerrato joins us to talk about developing a vision for you and your research group. How does starting with you help inform your strategic decisions as an academic?By Matt Hotze & Christine Ogilvie Hendren

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Episode 1 - Introducing Helium Podcast - Elevating Research Leadership 16:26

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Welcome to Helium Podcast. If you are a professor or a scientist who struggles to stop wasting precious time we would like to be your guides to a more well-connected, secure and purposeful life as an academic.By Matt Hotze & Christine Ogilvie Hendren

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