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The Peer Review

The Peer Review

Written by: Emme Christie; Shumaila Bhatti
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The Peer Review is a podcast that uses humor, everyday language, and experiences to highlight what it is like to be an academic. We delve into institutional processes related to being a graduate student, doing research, and publishing...we even talk to faculty about their experiences. Everybody is included!

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Episodes
  • Academia Across the Seas
    May 6 2025

    In this episode, we discuss our experiences as international scholars and scholars from non-English backgrounds. Dr. Michael Mikulewicz, Assistant Professor in Climate Studies at SUNY-ESF, joins us to share his experiences as an editor, reviewer, and research advisor. Despite academia's global and borderless nature, it is still heavily influenced by language hegemonies, which limit access to knowledge production spaces, especially among scholars who do not speak English as a first language. Tune in for more. Go cop a copy of Dr. Mikulewicz's book, Climate Justice in the Majority World.

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    52 mins
  • What's Bad Review? - Tales from an Exemplar
    Apr 4 2025

    In this episode, we talk to a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Geosciences and principal investigator of the Computational Organic Chemistry, Geochemistry, and Astrobiology at Virginia Tech, Dr. Floyd Nichols. Dr. Nichols shares his experiences as a published author and reviewer, with no Reviewer #2 experience in sight. There is hope yet. Tune in to this episode as we share examples of what a peer review can and should be.

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    42 mins
  • Anatomy of the Reviewer: 6 Typologies
    Mar 22 2025

    On this episode of The Peer Review, Drs. Shu and EmCee share posts from the Facebook group Reviewer 2 Must Be Stopped. Through engagement with other scholars in this Facebook group of scholars, we identified six (6) typologies of Reviewer 2. Join us as we describe experiences with the Cite Me, The R2 Advocate, Demolition Man, Grammar Police, Exemplar, and the Diametrics. Which Reviewer 2 have you encountered? Let us know by leaving a comment on any of our socials.

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    54 mins
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