Podcasts by Research Matters Podcast
In the Research Matters Podcast, I interview leading scientific researchers in psychology and other social sciences in an effort to understand what they do that makes them productive. This podcast is intended to help graduate students, professors, and scientists learn actionable strategies that can help them in their own research endeavors. I strive to help draw out the tips, tricks, habits, and routines of extraordinarily productive researchers.
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Tony Biglan, Ph.D., on balancing funding with following your true passions from 2021-08-09T22:40:58
Tony Biglan, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist at Oregon Research Institute and Co-Director of the Promise Neighborhood Research Consortium. For the past thirty years, he has conduct...
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Dean McKay, Ph.D., A.B.B.P. on mental health in academia, getting into grad school, authorship, and personal planning from 2021-05-13T19:15:09
Dean McKay, Ph.D., A.B.B.P. is Professor of Psychology at Fordham University where he is a member of the clinical psychology doctoral program. His lab, Compulsive, Obsessive...
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Steven C. Hayes, PhD, on controversy, his lab culture, and how political organizing can help you in science from 2021-02-08T23:35:50
Dr. Hayes is a Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology in the Behavior Analysis Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. An author of 46 books and nearly 650 sci...
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Jessica Borelli, Ph.D., on Work/Family Conflict, Gender Roles, and Intervention Research with Diverse Communities from 2020-12-10T16:34:43
Jessica Borelli, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is a clinical psychologist specializing in t...
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James Kirby, PhD, and Jeffrey Kim, on incorporating physiological data in psychological research from 2020-11-11T17:00
James Kirby, Ph.D., is a researcher and senior lecturer at the University of Queensland in Australia, who studies the effects of kindness and compassion. Jeff Kim, a graduate student under Dr. K...
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Bethany Teachman, PhD, and Jeremy Eberle, on embracing an open-science mindset from 2020-10-02T19:00
Does the thought of practicing open science give you sweaty palms? That’s a normal reaction for those of us who weren’t formally trained in the open-science methodology. The sweaty-palm reaction...
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Jessica Schleider, PhD, on Open Science and Replicability Practices and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia from 2020-08-14T19:00
Jessica Schleider, PhD, is an assistant professor of clinical psychology at Stony Book University and a graduate of the Clinical Psychology Program at Harvard Univer...
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Maria Karekla, PhD, on wearables in research and getting a psychophysiology lab up and running from 2020-07-10T19:00
Dr. Maria Karekla is an assistant professor at the University of Cyprus where she studies anxiety and cravings and specializes in utilizing psychophysiological measurements in her research. I de...
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Todd Kashdan, on going against the grain, idea capture, and autonomy from 2020-04-24T19:55:15
Todd Kashdan, PhD, is a professor of psychology at George Mason University, where he’s senior scientist at t...
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Ken Weingardt, on personal mission statements and tech startups in the mental health space from 2020-02-12T23:04:48
How many people do you know who have a personal mission
statement…and have it memorized…and actually live by it? Well, now you know of one more. Dr. Ken Weingardt’s personal mission statem...
Kelly Wilson, PhD, on the importance of theory, chasing your interests, and giving away ideas from 2020-01-14T22:47:01
Dr. Kelly Wilson is a recently retired, emeritus faculty at the University of Mississippi. He is a leading researcher, theorist, and trainer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and an important...
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Lynnette Averill, PhD, on moving from counseling psychology to neuroscience, getting a Fulbright, and ketamine research from 2019-12-13T20:00
Dr. Averill is an assistant professor in the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and research fellow in the clinical neurosciences division of the National Center for PTSD VA Conne...
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Lynnette Averill, PhD, on moving from counseling psychology to neuroscience, getting a Fulbright, and ketamine research from 2019-12-13T20:00
Dr. Averill is an assistant professor in the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and research fellow in the clinical neurosciences division of the National Center for PTSD VA Conne...
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Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, on embracing the messy and dissemination and implementation science from 2019-11-12T19:47:46
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Medical School and is Acting Deputy Director, Dissemination and Training Division, Na...
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Alan Kooi Davis on Getting Started in Psychedelic Science, Collaboration, and the Source Research Foundation from 2019-09-27T15:58:03
Dr. Alan Kooi Davis is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at The Ohio State University and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Psychedelic Research Unit at Johns Hopkins University. He’s a ...
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George Bonanno on Unconventional Research, Being Led by Curiosity, and How to Deal with Setbacks from 2019-09-04T00:09:30
Dr. Bonanno is chair of the department of counseling and clinical psychology at Columbia University’s Teachers College. He is a world leader on research around traum...
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Joanna Arch on Disciplined Time Tracking, Grant Writing, and the Blending of Passion and Profession from 2019-08-08T22:23:46
Joanna Arch is an associate professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is also a member of the Cancer Center in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Her research initially f...
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Evan Forman on Nurturing Collaborations, Finding Stellar Project Coordinators, and Healthy Skepticism from 2019-06-05T16:47:34
Dr. Evan Forman is a professor of psychology at Drexel University and a director of the University’s “WELL Center” (Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science), an interdisciplinary clinic,...
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Matthew McKay on How to Write More than 30 Professional Books from 2019-05-30T20:44:12
Today’s interview is with Dr. Matthew McKay. Dr. McKay is a co-founder of New Harbinger publications and a professor at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. For those who don’t know, Ne...
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Jonathan Bricker on Creating Research Teams and Life at an Independent Research Center from 2019-04-10T15:11:57
I’m pretty sure that Jonathan Bricker has more research funding to study Acceptance and Commitment Therapy than any other researcher (it’s hard to confirm this as there is no central database). ...
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Kelly Koerner on Finding the Edge of What is Known in Research from 2019-03-22T18:34:38
Dr. Kelly Koerner is currently the Creative Director of the Evidence-Based Practice Institute, a company she founded. Her work combines ...
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E1 - Mike Twohig on Producing Tons of Research While Biking Hundreds of Miles a Week and Having a Family from 2019-02-15T23:41:55
For this show I interview Dr. Mike Twohig, a professor at Utah State University. I’ve known Mike since the end of graduate school where I first observed the remarkable ways in which he goes abou...
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