Found@TU

Monthly Podcast

Found@TU is a monthly interview podcast in which University of Tulsa faculty discuss their research in a clear, accessible, and engaging manner: how they conduct such research, why they love doing so, and what they're finding out. The podcast is hosted (and was created) by Dr. Joli Jensen, the Hazel Rogers Professor of Media Studies at TU, and it's produced and edited by Scott Gregory, the Production Director at KWGS / Public Radio Tulsa.

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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.