Psychology Life Lessons is a podcast where we listen in on conversations with psychology experts and try to extract life lessons, and maybe a little wisdom.
In this episode, Dr. Dan Lannin has a conversation with Dr. Jordan Arellanes and Dr. Anthony Ferraro. They reflect on their experiences navigating academia, both in training and as professionals. Jordan reflects on the importance of developing and maintaining relationships, and how beneficial it can be to lean into some of the experiences that might seem awkward (like approaching people at conferences). Anthony mentions the value of kindness, and the conversation moves into a discussion about mentors and why burning bridges is not the best idea.
Importantly, we learn that Jordan has picked up some unique phrases from the movie Clerks 2, and that Anthony knows a lot about early United States history.
Dr. Jordan Arellanes
Jordan Arellanes is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at Illinois State University; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-0688. He is a mixed methodologist who studies inclusion, diversity, equity, and action (IDEA), Latino school success, and fatherhood. Arellanes’s research focuses on how people develop their roles in society and how the influence of others (friends, parents, teachers, coaches) impacts the desire to maintain or adapt to those societal roles. It is his belief that systemic changes begin with positive relationships and experiences. Recently, his work has been published in Teaching of Psychology, the Journal of Latinos and Education, and the Journal of Research in Personality.
Dr. Anthony Ferraro
Anthony Ferraro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at Kansas State University. He currently serves as one of the co-directors for the Divorce Education Assessment Collaborative, is the Chair of the Family Policy section of the National Council on Family Relations, and sits on the editorial boards for both Family Court Review and the Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. He has been recognized for his contributions to the mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students by the Advancing Family Science section of the National Council on Family Relations with the 2020 Emerging Mentor/Teacher Award and by the College of Health and Human Sciences at Kansas State University with the 2022 Hulsing Mentoring Prize. His research focuses on adjustment during periods of stress and transition, with an emphasis on divorce and co-parenting relationships. Follow him on twitter @docferraro if you want a healthy dose of higher ed nonsense and shenanigans!
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