ATGthePodcast 291 - A Conversation with Rob Johnson, Managing Director, Founder, Research Consulting
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Release Date: 09/15/2025
ATGthePodcast 291 - A Conversation with Rob Johnson, Managing Director, Founder, Research Consulting
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Rob Johnson, Managing Director, Founder, Research Consulting. Rob Johnson is founder and CEO of Research Consulting, well-known in scholarly publishing for investigations into policy. In this interview, we talk with Rob about his background and talk about his group’s recent large-scale reports on society publishing. Social Media: LinkedIn: Twitter: Keywords: #AcademicWriting, #AcademicNetworking, #ScholarlyWriting, #PublishingAdvice #GlobalAcademia #career #collaboration...
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ATGthePodcast 290 - A Conversation with Steve Gump, Author and Associate Director, Fellowships, University of Virginia
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Steve Gump, Author and Associate Director, Fellowships, University of Virginia. Steve is author of the recently published How to Review Scholarly Books (Princeton University Press). In addition to working as a fellowship advisor at University of Virginia, he has also worked as a book review editor for the Journal of Scholarly Publishing since 2024, where he solicits, develops, and publishes scholarly book reviews. He talks about the benefits of building a network through reviewing,...
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ATGthePodcast 289 - A Conversation with Rice Majors, Associate University Librarian, University of California, Davis
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Rice Majors, Associate University Librarian, University of California, Davis. Rice studied music and worked in the library as an undergraduate, where he was initially hired during the Summer to work on a retroactive barcoding project of their collections, looking at stacks of the music library. In this conversation, Rice talks more about his background, his current role as Associate University Librarian and his involvement as principal investigator for Project LEND, a major...
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ATGthePodcast 288 - A Conversation with Ronald Snijder, CTO, Head of Research, OAPEN Foundation
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Ronald Snijder, CTO, Head of Research, OAPEN Foundation. Ronald first obtained his bachelor’s in librarianship, then worked in IT, and then moved into academic publishing with Amsterdam University Press. He says he combines all these experiences with OAPEN library work, where he focuses on open access for books, and is responsible for the technical infrastructure of both OAPEN and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). In this interview, he talks about his compelling career, which...
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ATGthePodcast 287 - A Conversation with Brian Nosek, Executive Director, Center for Open Science
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Brian Nosek, Executive Director, Center for Open Science. Brian is co-founder of three different non-profit organizations: The Center for Open Science, Project Implicit and the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, all of which are centered around advancing research and education on implicit bias, improving research culture, transparency, integrity and reproducibility. He also co-developed the Implicit Association Test, a method that advanced research...
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ATGthePodcast 286 - A Conversation with Damien Pattinson, Executive Director, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Damien Pattinson, Executive Director, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. Damien earned his PhD in neuroscience. After a postdoc at Kings College, London, UK, he began his career in scholarly publishing almost twenty years ago, first joining BMJ as a scientific editor, then PLOS ONE as executive director and then as editorial director, and Research Square as VP of Publishing Innovation. Damien joined eLife in 2020. In this conversation, he talks about Open Science and the eLife...
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ATGthePodcast 285 - A Conversation with Emily McElroy; Matt Carson; Wind Cowles and Dr. Rebecca Taylor-Grant
Against the Grain - The Podcast
This episode is sponsored by Taylor & Francis, and the views, opinions, and content expressed during this sponsored episode are those of the participants, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcast or the Charleston Hub. Sponsorship does not imply endorsement of any products, services, or statements made during the episode. Thank you to Taylor & Francis for supporting ATG the Podcast and its mission to connect librarians, publishers, and vendors. Today’s episode features Emily McElroy, Vice President, Academic Relations, Taylor & Francis, who talks with Matt...
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ATGthePodcast 284 - A Conversation with John Willinksy, Founder, Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with John Willinsky, Founder, Public Knowledge Project. In this conversation, John talks about his career beginnings as a schoolteacher, then becoming a college professor and researcher. In 1998, he became frustrated with being unable to share research findings with the public due to copyright issues. So, he founded the Public Knowledge Project to improve discoverability and indexing in scholarly research. The PKP has since grown into a global, open-source initiative now used by over 50,000...
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ATGthePodcast 283 - A Conversation with Stephen Webster, Director, Science Communication Unit, Imperial College, London
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Stephen Webster, Director, Science Communication Unit, Imperial College, London. Stephan began his career by studying biology and the life sciences and attended Cambridge University where he studied the philosophy of science, and became interested in how science is understood and taught. He spent several years as a secondary school science teacher in London and eventually led one of the first science communication master’s programs, and is currently a senior lecturer at Imperial...
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ATGthePodcast 282 - A Conversation with David Worlock, Digital Strategy Advisor
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with David Worlock, Publishing Veteran and Digital Strategy Advisor. David began his career in the scholarly publishing industry over 50 years ago. In this conversation, he reflects on the evolution of scholarly communication since the 1970’s when he began working in law publishing, the shift to digital formats and working with other publishers and, currently, the transformation brought on with AI. He also talks about preprints, self-publishing, and the evolving role of librarians and...
info_outlineToday’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Rob Johnson, Managing Director, Founder, Research Consulting.
Rob Johnson is founder and CEO of Research Consulting, well-known in scholarly publishing for investigations into policy. In this interview, we talk with Rob about his background and talk about his group’s recent large-scale reports on society publishing.
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