In this interview with Dr Rianna Walcott, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland and King’s Alumni, we discuss careers in academia. Rianna talks through her own career journey and demystifies the process of pursuing an academic career – something she had to navigate as the first person in her family to do so. She also discusses her experience as one of only a handful of Black academics in the UK higher education system, including the unpaid labour that often falls upon Black members of staff, as well as how this compares to her experience in the US university system.

​Rianna Walcott, a postdoctoral associate in the Black Communication and Technology Lab at the University of Maryland shares how we can prioritize long-term self-preservation for people of color and how to stay whole while driving social change. Recorded Feb. 15-17, 2023 at the frank gathering (frankgathering.org)

This interview was recorded on 7th October 2022. Click our Audio button to listen to the full interview on Anchor.

In this webinar we find out more about the impact of algorithms and bias on who is seen and heard in the digital sphere, and how, or even if, their creative work is presented to the world.