Season 1, Episode 3, Associate Professor Sandy O'Sullivan

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with Associate Professor Sandy O'Sullivan about their educational journey and experiences.

In this episode we yarn about their journey from being someone who left high school at age thirteen...to now being a PhD holding, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of a School in a university! Also +imposter syndrome, family, alternate pathways to, and through, university, AND the power of museums that work!

People in this episode

Guest: Sandy O'Sullivan

Topics covered

• imposter syndrome
• education pathways
• museums
• higher education
• personal journey

Keywords

• Associate Professor
• PhD
• imposter syndrome
• education
• museums
• high school dropout
• university pathways

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