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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Kate Sweeny: Shake Off Your Anxiety
Season 2014
Episode 15
Kate Sweeny is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California Riverside. She studies threat management in everyday life – how we wait for potentially bad news. By night and on the weekends, Kate pursues her passion for belly dancing. She’s been “shaking it” now for more than a decade.
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