In this AskPsychSessions feature Marianne chats with Kristina Howansky from St. Mary’s College of Maryland about being an early career academic during this intense time (2020-2021). They discuss using safety cues to increase belongingness and how radical empathy can make classes go more smoothly. Plus they end with a bit on Kristina’s new course on the Psychology of Sharks, an AskPsychSessions first!