On today's episode, Dr. Scott Lynn (Cal State Fullerton) joins us to provide insight into the differences between the academic world and the professional world for people with PhDs. He discusses his academic journey, finding balance between being a professor and being in the industry, working with professional sports teams, and gives advice on which direction might be best for someone.

On today’s episode, Dr. Valenzuela and Dr. Boyer discuss the concept of Academic Integrity and what it means from the perspective of the student and the teacher. In general, when we think of Academic Integrity, we think of cheating. However, cheating, plagiarism, and academic dishonesty have significantly evolved over the years as technology has become so prevalent in our world.

On today’s episode, we discuss concept of being a parent and being a professor at the same time; exploring how work life has changed after big changes in our personal lives: becoming dads. Also joining today are two special guests/friends/colleagues: Dr. Elizabeth (Lizzy) Taylor and Dr. Amanda Young, who will be able to provide the motherly perspective on parenting in academia.

On today’s episode, Dr. Boyer and Dr. Valenzuela discuss job expectations within academia, especially the unwritten ones. Job postings give you some insight into what the position will entail, but most job postings these days have something towards the end which says “other duties as assigned”, which can be quite vague.

In the very first episode of Raw Academia: Unfiltered and Real, Dr. Boyer and Dr. Valenzuela introduce themselves, joke about their shared academic history, and tackle the topic of Professionalism in higher education.