Dominique Maciejewski: All things research, parenting, and academia

Hi everyone, In this episode, my guest was Dr. Dominique Maciewski. We recorded this episode a while ago and I only recently had the chance to publish it. After re-listening, I wished I had done it before - it really left me with a big smile. It was such a sincere conversation about life in academia with an inspiring, authentic, and kind researcher. We talked about what first drew her to developmental psychology, balancing parenthood and academia, her research on emotion regulation and psychological measurement, her favourite (all female!) researchers, and much more. I hope the episode leaves you with a big smile as well! If you'd like to skip to specific parts: 00:45 --> What first drew you to developmental psychology? 05:14 --> Was there a moment when you knew for sure that you wanted to stay in academia? 06:40 --> Perks of being a researcher who lived in many different cities and academic cultures. 09:07 --> Balancing personal and academic life 10:41 --> Balancing parenthood and academia 17:21 --> Current research interests: emotion regulation in adolescents, measurement, 25:55 --> If you had all the funding and resources in the world what would you try to explore? 27:48 --> The impact of parenthood on research perspective to developmental psychology 29:56 --> If you could give advice to your PhD self, what would it be? What skills do you think are the most helpful at different stages of an academic career? 33:53 --> Do you think there are skills that makes one stand out when one is applying for professorships? 35:42 -- Her favourite researchers38:55 --> If you had a free day with no responsibilities, how would you spend it? 41:08 --> How do you hope people will remember you?