In this insightful episode, we sit down with Dr. Keelin Burke to unravel the intricacies of applying for short-term fellowships at the Newberry Library. Designed especially for graduate students, Dr. Burke shares her expert tips on crafting a compelling application, what makes an applicant stand out, and the key elements that selection committees f…

In this episode, Guillermo engages in a discussion with Dr. Paul Ziche, the director of the Descartes Centre at Utrecht University. Dr. Ziche explains the mission of the center and provides valuable suggestions for graduate students interested in applying for fellowships. If you're interested in further exploring this institution, reach out to Dr. …

In this episode, Mitchell Simpson, a Ph.D. student in English at the University of Arkansas, explains how conferences work. Mitchell offers valuable tips such as preparing abstracts, looking for CFP, and writing strategies. Moreover, Mitchell explains why academic conferences serve you to explore ideas related to your research.…

In this episode, Jesse Greenhill, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arkansas, discusses how to unstuck your writing. Besides likening a dissertation to a blueprint and a relationship, Jesse offers some suggestions on generating content.By Guillermo Pupo Pernet

Doing a non-traditional dissertation does not mean you cannot publish an academic article. In this episode, Gracie Bain, Ph.D. candidate, offers some suggestions for graduate students on publishing their first academic article. She mentions how staying encouraged after feedback and journal rejections. Most importantly, she talks about having accoun…

In this episode, Gracie Bain, a Ph.D. candidate in English, discusses her research and explains why podcasts are a good option for graduate students as a non-traditional dissertation option.By Guillermo Pupo Pernet

Skye Oliver is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Arkansas. We discussed how to prepare yourself before taking the comps. Sky offers the following tips for succeeding: 1. Talk to your committee. 2. Gather as many experiences as possible. 3. Finding people that support you. 4. Resting before it happens. She also mentions how to serve …

Jean Hugues Bitaa MenyeBy Guillermo Pupo Pernet

In this episode, Dr. Maggie Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Arkansas, explains the importance of writing awareness on digital platforms.By Guillermo Pupo Pernet

Our Guest today is Dr. Megan McIntyre, Assistant Professor and Director of Rhetoric and Composition program at the University of Arkansas. She did her Ph.D. in the subject from the University of South Florida and worked with Dart mouth College and the California State University System before joining U of A. She and her team of Grad students work t…

In this episode, we meet Dr. Annie Doucet. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas with an MA and Ph.D. in French Studies from Tulane University. Dr. Doucet talks about her Ph.D. dissertation on the philological approach to the Troubadour lyrics in Occitan, Old French. She shares some interesting examples of linguistic ambiguity…

Our guest today, Dr. Manuel Olmedo Gobante, is an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas. His BA was in Hispanic Philology from Seville, Spain, and his MA from Villanova University, Pennsylvania. He got his Ph.D. in interconnections between the institutions of literature and fencing in the early modern Hispanic world from Illinois Univer…

Our guest today, Dr Daniela D'Eugenio is an Assistant Professor in CLCS at the University of Arkansas. She has MAs in the teaching and acquisition of Italian as a second language and Modern Philology from the Universities of Padua and Florence respectively. Her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature is from City University of New York, specializing in Ita…

As part of Native American Heritage Month, Dr. Hilaria Cruz, Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville, discusses her project of publishing children's books in the Chatino language. Dr. Cruz shares some challenges indigenous peoples face in getting their languages recognized in the United States and Mexico. Dr. Hilaria Cruz's profile Chil…

As part of the Native American Heritage Month, Dr. Judith Maxwell, Professor at Tulane University, discusses the connection between Indigenous peoples, language, and identity. We discussed the project the Tunica Nation has developed with the guidance and support of Tulane University to revitalize the Tunica language. https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/…

As part of the Native American Heritage Month, Chief Cougar Goodbear discusses his experience as a member of the Coco Tribe of Canneci Tinne. He mentioned how Frenchmen described his tribe in the 1700s, the importance of records, and their current role in Louisiana. Websites: Canneci N’De Band of Lipan Apache, Cougar Goodbear of the Lipan-Apache.…

To conclude Latinx Heritage Month, we invited Dr. Yajaira Padilla to talk about her latest book From Threatening Guerrillas to Forever Illegals: US Central Americans and the Cultural Politics of Non-Belonging. Dr. Padilla discusses the representation of Central Americans in the US media and which Latinx bodies are (in)visible.…

As part of the Latinx Heritage Month celebration, Dr. Castro discusses her service learning experience in NWA through Sin Limites. Dr. Castro, Caroline Judy, and Nahomi Gonzalez discussed the importance of Spanish in their lives and their role in the Sin Limites program in Springdale Public Schools.By Guillermo Pupo Pernet

As part of the Latinx Heritage Month celebration, Dr. Martinez discusses opportunities and challenges graduate students face when doing a graduate program. We discussed the importance of classes, volunteer service, and advisors. Besides this, Dr. Martinez gave some tips when looking for a teaching position.…

As part of the Latinx Heritage Month celebration, Dr. Iván Iglesias discusses his immigration experience to NWA in Spanish. We talked about Colombia, choosing a program in the USA, and poetry.By Guillermo Pupo Pernet

In this episode, Dr. Elena Foulis discusses the meaning of home, the importance of oral history, and the use of Digital Humanities. Podcast team: Host: Guillermo Pupo Pernet Guest: Dr. Elena Foulis Edition: Guillermo Pupo PernetBy Guillermo Pupo Pernet

Description: In this podcast, JL Wright discusses the concept of the meme, what visual rhetoric is, why boobs are so symbolic, and how all of this is really just human thought transference. JL: Please refer to me as JL Wright in writing, and I use they/them pronouns. JL is a cultural studies interdisciplinarian whose research is in the areas of lit…

Today Anthony discusses his research on the relationship between italianità (Italianness) and race, sexuality, citizenship, and belonging. Utilizing contemporary hip hop as his data set, he unravels the complex and often white-washed history of Italian colonization and its lasting legacy." Podcast team: Host: Jeff Wright Guest: Anthony Sargenti Edi…

Caspar and Sicco talk academic careers and what motivates you to stay in academics with Alexandra Vennekens from the Rathenau Institute. Is #LeavingAcademia really happening and what do academics actually value in their own work? And does the university think about that the same way?Some background reading: - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-…

ShownotesFirst, thanks to the great Bianca Kramer we now have a transcript! You can find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zhpOk-yw8G-xLRCXDNad1zwUaxAe2Wgev77bwPUl5Y8/edit#heading=h.xvuiepf8k4ajFrom the newsynews:- HELIOS (Higher Education Leadership initiative on Open Scholarship): https://www.heliosopen.org/news/22/3/22- Discussion ser…

Sicco and Sanli talk to the new chair of the Utrecht University open science platform about her vision on promoting good scientific practices, collegiality, and the implementation of the university policy on recognition and rewards based on the TRIPLE criteria.mentioned in this episode:- Polution map of Utrecht measured by UU professors on their ou…

This episode we talk 'Team Science' and how to really 'Open Up' your science with Ruth van Veelen and Judith de Haan. Together with colleagues they worked on the Utrecht University Open Science Monitor of 2020. In this episode we mentioned: > Sicco's thread on Royal Academy (KNAW) report on recognition and rewards https://twitter.com/SiccodeKnecht/…

“Who are these Open Science people, anyway?” In this special installment Felix and Sicco interview Susanna Bloem and Martijn van der Meer on their project called ‘Faces of Open Science’. These two young researchers in the field of the history and philosophy of science went out to find oral histories – as it happens – for which they spoke to a myria…

We talk to Jose Urra Llanusa and Santosh Ilamparuthi, founders of the open hardware community at Delft Technical University, on promises and pitfalls of open hardware, and how to scale up good quality devices.Show notes:+ [Guide to preprints](https://zenodo.org/record/5600535)+ [Book launch "Open Science, the Very Idea"](https://www.uu.nl/nieuws/on…

We talk to Michael Bon, founder of the Collective Science Platform (CoScience) on his take on the big sin of academia and how reviving the scientific debate in the digital age make science great again.Show notes:+ Climate Helpdesk: https://www.klimaathelpdesk.org/+ National measures to combat threats against scientists: https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/ne…

The recognition and reward discussion surged during the summer. Charisma Hehakaya (PhD candidate at the UMC) had co-authored a opinion piece about including early career academics, because the decisions affect them the most. She talks with us about the background of this discussion and why she is active in the Young Science In Transition.Show notes…

Can science be truly open if it doesn't allow for all perspectives? In this episode we talk diversity and inclusion with associate professor at the UMC Utrecht Gönül Dilaver. Also, we touch base on the newsynews and talk education with Gönül. Shownotes: - Interview Paul Boselie on not using the Journal Impact Factor: https://www.nature.com/articles…

"Code often isn't your project, the research question is your project." Research software is a major component of modern science, but not everyone is a specialist in this regard. Barbara Vreede and Lieke de Boer from the Netherlands eScience center talk about the increasing importance of version control and the role of the research software enginee…

How do you replicate history? No, this is not a rhetorical question but an actual ongoing open science project by historians from Utrecht University. Together with a group of students Pim Huijnen and Pieter Huistra are shaping an entirely novel approach to historical research.Also, your shownotes:Innovation is overvalued, hail the maintainers!: htt…

Yet another installment of the Road to Open Science podcast where we tackle the question of how to find a needle in an ever growing haystack: Automated Systematic Reviews (ASReviews). With Rens van de Schoot we discuss what drives him and his team to run this project, and why they opted for the 'open' approach.SHOWNOTESSanli introduces himself as a…

In this episode, Sicco and Sanli review some open-science-related projects and events. They talk to dr. Marieke Adriaanse and prof. Paul Boselie, co-chairs of the “Recognition and Rewards” workgroup at Utrecht University, about their vision document. This document, recently approved by the University board, will set the basis for transformation of …

In this episode, cohosts Sicco and Sanli share their personal takes on the essence of open science and how it benefits the academic community and the society at large taking examples from the hot debates around handling of the Covid19 pandemic by national health agencies. They review the recent announcements and news. They talk to Melanie Imming ab…

In the first University Cooperative workshop on May 14th 2019, at Utrecht University, participants were introduced to the issues, the concepts, and successful examples of governing common resources. They also investigated two cases related to the university and knowledge dissemination. In this podcast some of the participants reflect on the program…

Nearly thirty years ago, Elinor Ostrom published her groundbreaking book Governing the Commons, in which she showed that users of natural and agricultural resources can and do govern such resources themselves. They do not have to rely on hierarchical state or corporate regulation, nor on a pricing mechanism to overcome the collective action problem…

In the May episode of the Road to Open Science newschat, Melanie Imming and Loek Brinkman talk with Jeroen Bosman and Bianca Kramer about some of the latest developments in Open Science in Utrecht and beyond. Topics discussed include recent activities of the Open Science Community, developments within the National Platform Open Science (NPOS), and …

[Bianca Kramer](twitter.com/MsPhelps) and [Jeroen Sondervan](twitter.com/jeroenson) share recent development with open science activities in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and the EU. We also discuss a recent report from the Horizon 2020 expert group on Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication provided to the European Commission .…

[Anita Eerland](twitter.com/AnitaEerland) and [Jeroen Bosman](twitter.com/jeroenbosman) share some hot news about open access publishing. We also discuss the recent growth of the Open Science communities in The Netherlands and formation of the Open Science platform at Utrecht University with an ambitious plan.…

Micah Vandegrift is Open Knowledge Librarian at North Carolina State University, and recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to study the state of Open Science in two European Countries, Denmark and The Netherlands. He tells us about his observations in Europe and his vision on the future position of libraries in the "discovery" decade of open science.…

[Bianca Kramer](https://twitter.com/MsPhelps) and [Barbara Vreede](https://twitter.com/barbaravreede) tell us some good news and we review the newly released information about the execution of planS and the discussions around it.By Open Science Community Utrecht

Jeroen Sondervan reports from the KNAW- organized meeting on Plan S and publishing open access booksBy Open Science Community Utrecht

We hear from Marleen Stikker and Bianca Kramer on governing scholarly work like creative commons.Marleen Stikker is founder of Waag. She is also founder of De Digitale Stad (The Digital City) in 1993, the first virtual community introducing free public access to the Internet. She leads Waag, a social enterprise that consists of a research institute…

Barbara Vreede and Jeroen Bosman talk about Plan S and the Force2018 conference in MontrealBy Open Science Community Utrecht

In episode 5 of the Road to Open Science podcast we talk to Cameron Neylon.David Cameron Neylon is an advocate for open access and Professor of Research Communications at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University. From 2012 - 2015 he was the Advocacy Director at the Public Library of Science.Cameron is one of the four authors of Th…

Rosanne Hertzberger is a microbiologist, writer and columnist. She obtained her PhD at the University of Amsterdam and worked at the Washington University in St. Louis at the Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research. She is now a visiting researcher connected to the VU University in Amsterdam. Within the context of open kitchen science, she s…

Egon Willighagen is assistant professor at Maastricht University, in the Department of Bioinformatics. Egon is active in various projects and initiatives connected to open science. For example BridgeDb, a framework for finding and mapping equivalent database identifiers, WikiPathways, a database of biological pathways, The Chemistry Development Kit…