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Plucky Ladies
by Jess Kapp
Plucky Ladies explores female curiosity, perseverance, and feats of excellence through discussions with women at the University of Arizona, across many disciplines, and from a variety of backgrounds. Guests include scientists, artists, performers, and authors.
Episodes
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Emilia Caylor
I chat with Emilia Caylor, a graduate student in geosciences at the University of Arizona, about being a young woman pursuing a career in STEM, growing up in a large family in Texas, and following your passions!
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Dr. Faten Ghosn
I chat with Dr. Faten Ghosn, associate professor of practice in the School of Government and Public Policy at UArizona. We talk about her journey from growing up during a civil war in the middle east to working on issues of conflict management as an educator and researcher here in the United...
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Dr. Maha Nassar
I talk with Dr. Maha Nassar, an associate professor in the school of Middle Eastern and North African studies at UArizona, about Palestine, the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, being Palestinian in the U.S., and the wonderfully diverse and complex Arab world. Dr. Nassar won the 2018...
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Dr. Netzin Steklis
I chat with Dr. Netzin Steklis, an Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences at the University of Arizona. She has studied a variety of nonhuman primates in captive and wild settings, in particular the ecology, social behavior and conservation of…
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Dr. Amanda Kraus
Dr. Amanda Kraus is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the College of Education at UArizona studying educational policy and practice. She is also the Executive Director for Disability Resources (one of the largest in the nation), and the Assistant Vice President for Campus Life. We talk about...
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Dr. Guada Lozano
Dr. Guada Lozano is an associate research professor of mathematics and director of CUES (Center for University Education Scholarship) at University of Arizona. Born and raised in Argentina, her path to mathematics was circuitous, influenced by curiosity and experimentation. She talks about the...
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Dr. Melody Buckner
Dr. Melody Buckner is the associate vice provost of digital learning initiatives and online education at UArizona. We talk about her circuitous path to this career from being an animator, learning to code, hiking a national park for a year, and living in over 40 different places all over the…
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Dr. Joela Jacobs
Dr. Joela Jacobs is an assistant professor of German studies and an award winning teacher. We talk about her fascination with the grotesque as a genre of writing, how plant reproduction has been thought to threaten morality, and what it means to be alive.
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Dr. Ananya Mallik
Dr. Ananya Mallik joins me to discuss finding her curiosity for geosciences as a child in India, her journey to the United States, and being an experimental petrologist who simulates the conditions of the deep earth in her laboratory.
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Dr. Joellen Russell
Dr. Joellen Russell talks about growing up in rural Alaska and dreaming of studying the oceans from a young age. She is an oceanographer and professor of biogeochemical dynamics in the department of geosciences at the University of Arizona, where she is also the Thomas R. Brown Distinguished…
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Dr. Barbara Carrapa
Dr. Barbara Carrapa talks about growing up in Italy, being educated in Europe, and her life-long love of mountains. She is a geologist and the department chair at the University of Arizona in the department of geosciences.
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Dr. Jamie Edgin
Dr. Jamie Edgin is an associate professor studying cognition and neural systems in the department of psychology at the University of Arizona. Her research includes studying how sleep influences memory and learning in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as down syndrome and autism. In...
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Renee Angle
Renee Angle is a writer/poet whose work is thought provoking, lyrical, and edgy. We met when we were both teaching at the same charter school - her, English Language Arts, me, Math and Science. Our paths crossed again at U of A, and I am so thrilled to have had this chance to catch up. Her book,...
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Dr. Tammi Walker
Dr. Tammi Walker is a former lawyer who left her D.C. job to get a PhD in psychology. She is a professor in both the law and psychology departments at the University of Arizona, where she studies how universities and colleges handle sexual assault accusations.
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Nikolas Glazier Hodge
Nikolas Glazier Hodge is the director of the Transfer Student Center at the University of Arizona, and is dedicated to fostering healthy and productive transitions for transfer students. She is a self-made techie, applying her skills of organization and management in unique ways throughout her...
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Molly McCloy
I chat with Molly McCloy, a writer and performer who holds an MFA in nonfiction from the New School. Molly is a four-time Moth StorySlam winner, creator/performer of a one woman show, and a frequent storyteller at FST (Female Storytellers) and Odyssey in Tucson, AZ.
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Dr. Diane Thompson
Dr. Diane Thompson is a marine geoscientist who uses coral reefs to study climate change and the affects of global warming on ocean ecosystems. We talk about how she fell in love with coral reefs, how corals reproduce, her reef restoration experiments at Biosphere 2 in Tucson, Arizona, and being...
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Dr. Wendy Moore
Wendy Moore is an entomologist who studies beetles, in particular, beetles that shoot super-heated chemicals out of their butts! She is an associate professor of entomology at the University of Arizona, and insect systematics curator of the Arizona Insect Collection. Learn more at...
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Melo Dominguez
In this episode, I sit down with Melo Dominguez, a Tucson artist who was inspired by graffiti art and cartoons as a child growing up in a rough neighborhood in East Los Angeles. Mel's difficult childhood didn't stop them from pursuing their dream of being an artist. We talk about their struggles,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Plucky Ladies explores female curiosity, perseverance, and feats of excellence through discussions with women at the University of Arizona, across many disciplines, and from a variety of backgrounds. Guests include scientists, artists, performers, and authors.
HOSTED BY
Jess Kapp
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Plucky Ladies explores female curiosity, perseverance, and feats of excellence through discussions with women at the University of Arizona, across many disciplines, and from a variety of backgrounds. Guests include scientists, artists, performers, and authors.
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