2.2 Building Online Networks with Karen Costa

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• Women in Higher Ed, monthly newsletter for practitioners, with practical articles that creates a space for women to tell their stories.
• WIHE Editor Kelly Baker's role in creating the community of the publication.
• WIHE's job site and Twitter promotion of women getting promoted at their current institution or hired at new institutions. 
• The #HigherEdReads initiative Karen Costa created with colleague, Clea Mahoney which creates an online space to help people keep on track with their professional reading goals. 
• What Karen is reading right now: Indistractable by Nir Eyal - how to be more moderate with our screen use on devices.
• Figuring out how to talk about health and wellness in higher ed, especially the combination of bodies, minds, and spirits. 
• How Karen's background as a yoga teacher influences her approach to health and wellness in higher ed. 
• The loneliness and isolation of the faculty life and how faculty can use online networks to mitigate that sense of isolation. 
• The importance of creating space for women in higher ed that goes beyond institutions. 
• Ways to use the Women Working in Higher Ed document Karen created for potential collaboration. 
• Using zoom coffee dates to network. 
• Two additional book recommendations from Karen and one from Mary: Social by Matthew Lieberman, HIVEMIND by Sarah Rose Cavanaugh, and Generous Thinking by Kathleen Fitzpatrick. 

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Karen Costa
• Women in Higher Ed
• Kelly J. Baker
• #HigherEdReads
• Indistractable by Nir Eyal
• Clea Mahoney
• Women Working in Higher Ed Google Doc
• University of Venus
• Social by Matthew Lieberman
• HIVEMIND by Sarah Rose Cavanaugh
• Generous Thinking by Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia