Acting Like A Doctor
When looking to pursue a scholarly career in international studies, one crucial question is: how? How do you decide where you want to live? How do you determine what you’ll study? Teach? How do you think about what the job is and what it entails?
How do you remain a whole person in a job that can demand ever-increasing amounts of your time?
Hosted by aspiring academic Rebekah Pullen (Season 1), this series of interviews will look at ‘how’ people have built and managed careers in academia, exploring some of the potentials, pitfalls, and positives. Aimed at early career scholars (graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and ECRs) our guests share the lessons they've learned, the advice they've been given, and the successes that have shaped their careers. This podcast is produced with support from ISA Canada, through their Professional Development Committee; and we focus on Canadian academics in international studies - but there is certainly something for everyone, whatever your career stage, discipline, or research.
Join us for Season 1, and check out what we think is key to Acting Like a Doctor.
Original title: How? ISA Canada's PD Pod
Acting Like A Doctor
Introducing 'Acting Like a Doctor' with guest, Dr. Liam Midzain-Gobin
Welcome to the very first episode of Acting Like A Doctor!
In this episode, Rebekah Pullen (our host) interviews Dr. Liam Midzain-Gobin of Brock University (also, our producer) about his experiences studying International Relations in Canada and his work as an Early Career Researcher (ECR) in academia.
They also introduce the goal of this podcast series, produced as a project with ISA Canada's Professional Development Committee.
Show notes from the episode:
- Assessing Three Elements of “Canadian” International Relations, by Michael P. A. Murphy and Andrew Heffernan (2020)
- Unlearning: A messy and complex journey with Canadian Foreign Policy, by Heather A. Smith
- Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, McMaster University
- Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, Brock University
- Forge FC (CPL), Hamilton, Ontario #goforgego
Update since recording: Dr. Midzain-Gobin is now an Associate Professor at Brock University
Thank you for listening!
You can find Rebekah on Bluesky and X @rbkpulln and ISA Canada on Bluesky @isa-canada - look for #aladoctor for podcast updates. You can also find updates on the show by following the ISA on Instagram, Facebook, BlueSky and LinkedIn.
Reach us by email at aladoctorpodcast@gmail.com
