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My guest on this episode is Dr. BethAnn McLaughlin, a neuroscientist in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a faculty member in the School of Medicine. Dr. McLaughlin is the founder of the #MeTooSTEM nonprofit group and was awarded the MIT Disobedience award for her advocacy for victims of sexual harassment and misconduct. We recorded this interview on February 28th, the same day that her employment at Vanderbilt was set to expire following an unusual tenure process. Change.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/vanderbilt-don-t-fire-prof-bethann-mclaughlin-for-standing-against-sexual-harassment Topics by minute: 1:20 - Personal background and education 2:07 - What drew you to the field of neuroscience and what was your path to becoming a neuroscientist? 3:30 - Your post doc adviser was a man. What was that experience like and how did it contrast with that of other women? 5:00 - Do you think that sexual harassment is worse in STEM programs than in private industry and other parts of academe? If