Fitting your story in: An interview with Sarah Sohkey

Why is it challenging to tell our stories, even when we are deeply passionate about the subject matter? On today’s episode of The Ampersand, Sarah Sohkey, an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado Boulder, reflects on her fascination with Russia, policy reversals and territories within the former Soviet Union and the strategies she has tried to convey her research to students, colleagues and the public. She also describes her efforts to transform undergraduate research, wishing she grew up in the 1980s, effective lying and more.

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For more information about Sohkey’s research on Russia and policy reversals, visit Sohkey’s faculty bio or Sohkey’s research page.

Learn about CU Boulder’s undergraduate STUDIO Lab.

Music by Nelson Walker.

Written and produced by Erika Randall and Tim Grassley.

Episodes recorded at Interplay Recording in Boulder, CO.