Category: Inspiration Dissemination
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On the perception of trustworthiness
I had the opportunity to sit down with Zoe Alley along with fellow Inspiration Dissemination host Maggie Exeter on Sunday night to talk about Zoe’s work as a doctoral candidate in psychology. Zoe studies how the brain’s capacity to unconsciously analyze other people’s faces affects our lives. Her focus especially is on seeing how people…
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Feather collections and stressed-out owls
Back in February I had the chance to sit down and chat with Ashlee Mikkelsen, a graduate student at Oregon State who studies the northern spotted owl. With my co-host, Lilian Padgett-Cobb, we talked live on KBVR about the path to graduate school, the benefits of telling people your life goals, and just how much…
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Magnet Blocks, Connect the Dots, and the World of Modern Mathematics
On Sunday, March 17, Maggie Exton and I sat down with Charles Camacho to talk mathematics, graduate school, and life lessons on the weekly radio show Inspiration Dissemination. The link below will take you to the blog post I wrote about Charles’ work. The interview will appear on the ID podcast in the very near…
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Applied medical anthropology – an interview with Holly Horan
On December 9th, Adrian Gallo and I interviewed Holly Horan on the show Inspiration Dissemination. Holly is doing amazing work at the intersection of human health and anthropology in her studies of maternal health and stress in Puerto Rico. She has spent about a year and a half on the island (divided among a few…
Daniel M. Watkins, PhD 