For this episode, The Gateway will explore what it means to have a professonal calling, who we think should do what occupations, and how work and our identiies are interwoven. To help us explore the work we do, The Gateway is happy to have Dr. Bethany Cockburn. Bethany Cockburn earned her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (2018). Her expertise and interests relate to work-related transitions, workplace stress and how team membership affects individual and team outcomes. For example, she has studied the impact of stress on physical and mental health and mortality; the effect of retiring and returning to work on one’s identity; and how team membership affects helping behaviors, deviant behaviors, and performance. Her research has been published in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology and Journal of ...