Episode #44: Brad Davidson
04/02/24 • 79 min
“We all end up training ourselves throughout our careers”
Brad Davidson is a linguist and medical anthropologist with extensive experience in marketing, positioning, branding, and overall customer and patient provider experience. He received his PhD in Linguistics from Stanford University and worked as a professional namer, before moving into life sciences and healthcare marketing. He’s currently employed as the SVP of Medical Anthropology at Havas Health, and hosts the podcast Breaking the Code.
Content warning – there are some swears, and discussions of medical conditions and treatments.
Topics include
– applied linguistics – medical anthropology – medical linguistics – naming – branding – networking – research – medical communication
The post Episode #44: Brad Davidson first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
“We all end up training ourselves throughout our careers”
Brad Davidson is a linguist and medical anthropologist with extensive experience in marketing, positioning, branding, and overall customer and patient provider experience. He received his PhD in Linguistics from Stanford University and worked as a professional namer, before moving into life sciences and healthcare marketing. He’s currently employed as the SVP of Medical Anthropology at Havas Health, and hosts the podcast Breaking the Code.
Content warning – there are some swears, and discussions of medical conditions and treatments.
Topics include
– applied linguistics – medical anthropology – medical linguistics – naming – branding – networking – research – medical communication
The post Episode #44: Brad Davidson first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
Previous Episode
Episode #43: Dmitry Tereshenko
“It feels weird to say I’ve ‘just’ been working”
Dmitry Tereshenko is a neurodivergent, first-generation college graduate who earned his Master’s degree in the MLC program at Georgetown. His work has explored human-human and human-computer interaction (HCI), specializing in the intersection of how digital technologies mediate our communication in virtual spaces. In his employment, Dmitry has variously labelled himsels as a language specialist, discourse analyst, language engineer, and language technologist. He is currently employed as a Generative AI Strategist and Conversational Interface Developer at Deloitte Consulting.
Topics include
– cancel culture – interactional sociolinguistics – LLM – generative AI – conversational AI – language technologist – language engineering – discourse analysis
The post Episode #43: Dmitry Tereshenko first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
Next Episode
Episode #45: Emily Gref
“Passion doesn’t always have to be the thing that pays you”
Emily Gref has been a bookseller, copy editor, literary agent, and, most recently, an exhibit content manager for the Planet Word museum in Washington, DC. She received her BA in linguistics from McGill University and an MA in Language Documentation and Description from SOAS, University of London, where she began creating books and resources for minority language communities. Her current position is as a Project Manager at Dragonfly Editorial.
Planet Word in Washington DC
ACES: American Copy Editors Society
Topics include
– editing – publishing – indigenous languages – endangered languages – copyediting – museums – literary agents – organizational skills – networking – project management – data analysis
The post Episode #45: Emily Gref first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/linguistics-careercast-303125/episode-44-brad-davidson-48038887"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to episode #44: brad davidson on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy