DJ Tequilamockingnerd
I became a cohost on Inspiration Dissemination (ID) in 2015 after being interviewed as a guest. At first, I wanted to be on ID because it seemed like a fun way to practice my own communication and hone my communication skills. Now, I see the role of Inspiration Dissemination as a resource for graduate students and the broad Oregon State and external community.
For graduate students, we provide an opportunity to communicate their research to a broad audience, avoiding jargon and capitalizing on applications of basic science. In addition, the interviews act as a audio CV because we delve into the journey of each guest to graduate school.
For the community, we provide a digestible version of research that is happening locally. At the end of each show, we ask the guest to provide advice: general life advice or advice to students considering graduate school. As an alumnus of an undergraduate only college, I would have found advice from graduate students useful when planning my graduate program because I was not able to interact with graduate students on a regular basis.
Through ID, I have come to appreciate the phenomenal community of graduate students that I am a part of. I have learned so much from my fellow students from non-plant organismal biology, computer science, engineering, forestry, and the humanities. Having interacted with this diverse group, I appreciate even more a diverse network of colleagues and the support they can offer. Being a host on ID has been a very positive experience and I intend to continue hosting until I complete my PhD.
My roles as a part of ID include:
- senior host (as of Winter 2017)
- schedule organizer
- blog editor
- blog author
- DJ
Pardon the Puns
Blog posts I have authored:
- Learning without a brain
- Infection Interruption: Identifying Compounds that Disrupt HIV
- Core Strategies for Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse
- Crabby and Stressed Out: Ocean Acidification and the Dungeness Crab
- Comunicación Científica con Franco
- A Space for Me
- How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- Aquatic Invertebrates: Why You Should Give a Dam
- GROWing Healthy Kids and Communities
- Clean Meat, Clean Conscience
- Studying skeletal muscle physiology to better understand diseases such as type II diabetes
- The Grape Depression: Powdery Mildew in Willamette Valley Vineyards
- Unearthing the Unseen: Identifying drivers of fungal diversity in Panamanian rainforests
- Ways and Means: Attitudes Toward Methods of Restoring American Chestnut Trees
- Project CHOMPIN: Parrotfish, nutrients, and the coral microbiome
- Motor proteins—and people—can change directionality
- Beetle-Seq: Inferring the Phylogeny of Clivinini
- A very Hungry Caterpillar, a very Tenacious Scientist
- Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds
- Blood Quantum: A Pass-fail Exam With No Questions
- Safety is No Accident
- Religion and Spirituality at Work
- Can You Hear Me Now?
- We Answer to the Nucleotide Chain Gang
- James and the Giant Beetle Question
- Workshop-Around the World
- CSI-Cultivated Squash Investigator: Murder in the Pumpkin Patch
- The Earliest X-file: Mysterious Killer of the Tudor Era
- Are You Listening? For Whale’s Sake, Keep it Down!
- Deciphering the Language of the Universe
Episodes:
- Rich Collins
- Natalia Salinas
- Francisco Guerrero Bolano
- Selene Fregosi
- Kris Osterloh
- Matthew Kaiser
- Edwin Wollert
- Drew Hatlen
- Samara Haver
- Hannah Rivedal
- Clint Mattox
- Mackenzie Smith
- James Pflug
- Shannon Andrews
- Zhian Kamvar
- Jafra Thomas
- Murugesh Padmanarayan
- Andres Lazaro Lopez
- Paul Snyder
- Masoud Ghodrat Abadi
- Matt Slattery
- Max Sage
- Zolton Bair
- Madison Rodman
- Lauri Lutes
- Sarah Alto
- Antonio Gomez
- Andrew Popchock
- Nicolette Canzoneri
- Rebecca Maher
- Josh Petit
- Tyler Schappe
- Behrooz Mahasseni
- Brent Warneke
- Ben Lewis
- Harrison Stierwalt
- Dylan Addison
- Bjørn Kristensen
- Evan Hilberg
- Terrah Owens
- Connor Yates
- Erin Abernathy
- Francisco Guerrero Bolano (AAS Fellowship Special Feature)
- Minerva Zayas
- Hannah Gossner
- Paige Mandelare
- Lzz Johnk
- Yathartha Tuladhar
- Ross Overacker
- Claire Revekant
- Francisco Guerrero Bolano (AAS Fellowship Follow-up Feature)
- Daniel Watkins
- Jeana Moody
My interview on ID:
