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Maddy and Zenon talk to Sai Auelua-Toomey, a down-to-earth and deeply knowledgeable doctoral student at Stanford University. Sai gives us first-hand insight into his discoveries about romantic racism. We also discuss the role of identity in academia and research, Sai's cross-cultural research experiences, and the future of diversity on college campuses. Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @preoccpodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

Our intrepid hosts venture out of academia and into business to learn from Dr. Kizzy Parks, founder and CEO of several successful businesses and Ph.D. industrial organizational psychologist. Listeners will enjoy Dr. Parks's exciting life journey, inspiring perspective on life, and practical advice for anyone who wants to make a living by starting a business. Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

In this episode, Maddy and Zenon interview Dr. Francine Dolins, a professor of comparative psychology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dr. Dolins shared experiences with us that ranged from pursuing an education in England to following lemurs through the jungles of Madagascar. We also discuss how Dr. Dolins's research on spatial cognition can relate to humans with spatial reasoning impairments. In our introduction, we discuss how cognition depends on our bodies, the various primate species that Dr. Dolins works with, and more!  Embodied cognition article: https://bit.ly/3e1K3GS Developmental topographical disorientation article: https://bit.ly/3nybJ9i Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

The hosts set the stage for upcoming episodes with a bit of background information about their own inclinations toward psychology, their friendship, and the podcast's conception.  Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

We each read and discussed a research article to review some recent research. Maddy talked about a study reviewing the perception of dark humor during and after the Hurricane Sandy crisis, and Zenon discussed an article about babies' moral expectations when watching bear puppets stealing from one another. Maddy read McGraw et al. (2014): https://doi.org/f575tt Zenon read Stavans and Baillargeon (2019): https://doi.org/fqsb Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

In Episode 18, Zenon and Maddy interview Dr. Myles Durkee, a warm, insightful professor at the University of Michigan and expert on the psychology of racial identity. Dr. Durkee shares his findings from his studies about "acting White" – what it looks like, why it happens, and its consequences. We also talk about what a more equitable field of psychology would look like and the role of psychology in social justice. Qualitative methods, structures of the peer-review process, and historical cases addressing racial inequality are also discussed. Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

Dr. Marie Waung, an engaging, funny, and deeply knowledgeable professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, returns to the show to share her experiences in I/O scholarship and academia. We discuss personality in the workplace, the science of resume building, balancing an academic career, and loving what you do. The Holland Code Assessment and a brief history of I/O psychology are also discussed. Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @preoccpodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

Maddy and Zenon come together over Zoom with Mrs. Krista Siefert to discuss the pathogen that's swept both the nation and the world over the past six months.  The novel coronavirus has affected not only the physiological health of millions of people, but also the psychological health of everyone in a country that's experiencing lockdowns or economic hardship. Mrs. Siefert tells us what it's like working in the school system during this time, working to address students who need additional support while everyone is staying home and staying safe. We also reviewed psychological research relevant to pandemics and isolation to bring some insight into the behavioral phenomena that occur during pandemics and how best to stay connected with others. Here are links to the articles we discussed in the episode: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200401-covid-19-how-fear-of-coronavirus-is-changing-our-psychology https://heterodoxacademy.org/social-science-liberals-conservatives-covid-19/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/sunday-review/zoom-video-conference.html https://theconversation.com/facing-the-coronavirus-crisis-together-could-lead-to-positive-psychological-growth-134289 Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @preoccpodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

Zenon and Maddy talk to Mrs. Krista Siefert, a school psychologist with Farmington Public Schools. We discuss special education, the diagnosis of ADHD, and violence prevention on the individual and district-wide level. We also discuss how school psychologists advocate for evidence-based change in a wider context. Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

Maddy and Zenon talk to Dr. Sarah Tannenbaum of Harvard Medical School-affiliated Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Tannenbaum gives us keen insight into the world of a child mental health expert. We talk about the doctoral journey, finding your drive, and what it means to be an advocate for mental health. We also discuss a few of the evidence-based practices used to treat children with mental illness at Judge Baker. Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

Zenon and Maddy are back in Ann Arbor talking to Dr. Thad Polk, a cognitive neuroscientist and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. His interdisciplinary research combines tactics from neuroimaging and computational modeling to better understand cognitive architecture. Dr. Polk and his team use innovative methods in cognitive neuroscience to create detailed, holistic mental maps to capture the complexity of one’s neural structures. We also discuss aging, technology, and the mysterious process of IRB approval. Dr. Polk’s stories (and North Carolinian twang) will leave you hanging on every word! Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!

Maddy and Zenon interview Dr. Laura Richardson of Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Richardson is an authentic, compassionate, and deeply insightful outpatient therapist. In this interview, we discuss the evolution of patient-therapist relationships, elaborate on the applications of attachment theory, and think critically about the importance of our connections with others. Send us an email at [email protected]! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!