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Research in Action is a weekly podcast about topics and issues related to research in higher education from experts across a range of disciplines.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Katie Linder makes research methods and higher education practice legible through patient, practical interviews that keep evidence tied to real decisions.
Research in Action turns the working problems of higher education research into careful, useful conversation. Katie Linder asks guests to explain how choices are made, from planning a dissertation and selecting grounded theory to defining quality academic advising.
Katie Linder makes room for a dissertation requirement you might forget: remain a functioning human being.
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A careful discussion of research ethics that treats responsibility as part of the full research process.
Research ethics is treated here as something that runs through the whole research process, not as a one-time approval step, and Helen Kara carries that point clearly without flattening the subject.
A grounded-theory episode that shows how the method fits messy, still-emerging questions.
Dr. Katie Linder and Dr. Rebecca Wilson frame grounded theory as a practical tool for working through messy questions that are still taking shape.
A practical dissertation conversation about planning, flexibility, and staying functional through the writing process.
This episode treats dissertation work as a series of steps, not a solo ordeal. Dr. Rebecca Tompkins talks through how the topic grew out of pilot work, how she and her advisor shaped the structure before much writing was underway, and why the plan had to stay flexible when it…
A practical look at making smartphones a little harder to ignore.
Dr. Larry Rosen's conversation stays close to the practical problem: smartphones and social media can pull at attention, sleep, communication, and well-being, and small changes may help people push back.
A measured conversation about democratic education that keeps power, inclusion, and classroom practice in view.
This episode treats democratic education less as a slogan than as a question of who gets seen, heard, and counted. Dr. Stephen Camicia ties his work on perspective consciousness and social justice to curriculum and instruction, then extends it through collaboration with…
A grounded conversation about faculty support, inclusive teaching, and student-success questions around diversity and inclusion.
Higher education's diversity and inclusion work is framed here as a teaching concern, not a side topic. Dr. Katie Linder's conversation with Dr.
A focused conversation on grading contracts and the possibilities of anti-racist writing assessment.
Research in Action's archived conversation looks at writing assessment as part of a classroom ecology shaped by grades, teacher feedback, and peer response.
A focused look at how higher-education sustainability data becomes evidence for goals, progress, and policy decisions.
Research in Action treats sustainability accounting as a practical numbers problem: how financial records, purchase card data, and activity categories become greenhouse-gas estimates.
Campus radio from the wrong side of reality.
Campus decisions, Northeast news, and Northeast priorities.
How research culture changes in practice.
Conversations from inside the IT channel.
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Stefania Fregosi, Sustainability Analyst at Portland Community College, explains how PCC tracks energy, water, waste, commuting, and photovoltaic output for sustainability reporting.
Stephen Jenkins discusses his dissertation on academic advising for online learners in a cross-institutional project led by Dr.
Research in Action examines Stephen Jenkins's dissertation on academic advising experiences among students completing entire degree programs online.
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