Dr. Joli Jensen

Hazel Rogers Professor of Media Studies, The University of Tulsa
  • The University of Tulsa

Dr. Joli Jensen received her PhD in 1985 from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois. She has been a faculty member at the University of Virginia (1984-86) and at the University of Texas at Austin (1986-91). She joined the Faculty of Communication at the University of Tulsa in 1991, where she is now the Hazel Rogers Professor of Media Studies. Dr. Jensen also founded and directs the TU Henneke Faculty Writing Center.

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Episode 2: Dr. Jennifer Ragsdale

By • Oct 1, 2018

Our guest is Dr. Jennifer Ragsdale, Associate Professor of Psychology, who discusses her research on how people deal with work stress. She describes what causes stress at work, including information overload, the fight-or-flight reaction, and a culture of overwork. Dr. Ragdale's research explores the notion of work-life balance, identifies activities that help us disengage from work, and considers how technologies like cellphones can make stress recovery more difficult.

Episode 1: Dr. Gabriel LeBlanc

By • Aug 22, 2018
The University of Tulsa

Our guest is Dr. Gabriel LeBlanc, the Wellspring Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at TU. He tells us, among other things, how undergraduate chemistry lab classes lured him away from soccer, how 3D printing makes expensive lab equipment easily affordable, and how his research team applies electrochemistry to biomaterials in order to help understand diseases like Parkinson's.