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One thing that people may not know about me is that
I... My field of study is industrial and organizational psychology,
which is, by its own definition, a scientist's practitioner field.
And so there's a constant push and pull
between the scientist's side of things and the practitioner's side of things.
And there's different values at work. Practitioners get things done;
and scientists think a reason and argue.
And those two different focuses or foci, those two different things have...
each have their importance.
It's important to get things done.
And it's important to think about them carefully.
So the tension between scholarship and practice, between science and practice,
is of one of thought versus action, I think.
So a graduate student is, at least in our school, is someone who usually is very focused on practicing,
getting things done.
While a graduate scholar is a person who is also willing to take a step back,
more towards the scientist side of the world.
willing to take a step back and think about things and say, "Hey, maybe there's a better way
to do this." Maybe if we reason it out,
or argue or brainstorm.
There will be something that is demonstrably improvements.
Not only will we think about it, but we will be willing to collect evidence and
prove ourselves wrong if necessary.
And all that requires taking a step back from getting things done,
which is the focus of practice.