Dr. Amy Brand - The Academic
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Amy Brand is an American Academic and the Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated Documentary 'Picture A Scientist'. She is the Director of MIT Press and a cognitive scientist by training. Aldo speaks to Amy about her life-long career in and for academia, why there is still a lot of work to be done to get more women in STEM and how sounds, syllables & words play a crucial role in human development.
Find out more about 'Picture a Scientist' here: https://www.pictureascientist.com
You can find out more about Amy’s work for MIT Press here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/
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