graduate school

Are You a Sellout if You Leave Academia After Your PhD? With Jennifer Polk

Welcome to Season 4 of Papa PhD! To kick of this new season, I have the great pleasure of bringing you my recent conversation with someone I’ve been looking up to since before the launch of the podcast, someone who has been hard at work to help PhDs figure out their careers for a long…

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Networking and Job Hunting as a PhD With Parag Mahanti (rerun)

This week on Papa PhD, I’m bringing you another great conversation from Season 2 of the show. This interview was recorded during Thanksgiving, so you might hear some background noise throughout. But please bear with us, because the advice Parag shares is pure gold. For example, we talked about Parag’s experience interviewing for jobs –…

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Expanding Your Career Toolkit with Mark Herschberg (rerun)

This week on Papa PhD, I’m bringing you a great conversation from Season 2 of the show. In it, Mark Herschberg shares an incredible amount of insights and advice on how to take control of your career as a PhD, be it in academia our outside of it, so be sure to have pen and…

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Becoming a Full-Time Science Communicator with Sarah Habibi

This week one Papa PhD , I’m over the moon happy to have with me Sarah Habibi, aka Science Bae, to talk about her journey into full-time science communication. During our conversation, Sarah shared her academic and scientific journey and we discussed what key choices and strategies allowed for Sarah to build a brand around…

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Le tiers secteur de la recherche avec Anaïs Trousselle

Cette semaine sur Papa PhD, je réponds à la question ” Qu’est-ce que le tiers secteur de la recherche ? ” avec la cofondatrice de la société à mission Narrau – Anaïs Trousselle. Au long de notre conversation, Anaïs a partagé son trajet académique, les réflexions et les passions qui ont guidé ses choix à…

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University and Indigenous Peoples – Paths for Reconciliation With Naiomi Metallic

This week on Papa PhD, I have the pleasure of bringing you Naiomi Metallic, member of the Listuguj Mìgmaq First Nation to talk about her academic journey and about her reflections on paths to reconciliation with indigenous peoples in the context of access and inclusion in university. VIDEO Naiomi is from the Listuguj Mìgmaq First…

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How to Make an Impact With Your Career with Amani Said

Today on Papa PhD, I have the pleasure of bringing you my recent conversation with Amani Said. During this high energy conversation, Amani shares how her career transition experience after her PhD has inspired her to coach scientists to start thinking about their long-term vision and mission early on in their careers. We also talked…

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Leveraging Your Personal Brand in Academia and Beyond with Samantha Lynch

Hi! If you find value in Papa PhD and in the content I bring you every week, click on one of the buttons below and send some of that value back to me 🙂 Now with the added perk of receiving the brand new Papa PhD and PhD Dojo stickers, if you become a monthly…

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Mental Health in Graduate School with Susanna L. Harris (Rerun)

Get the Papa PhD Career Readiness Tool kit ! Warning: Please note that this episode mentions different mental health issues, including suicidal ideation. This week, given that this holiday season might be particularly difficult for some of you, I’m having a rerun of a great conversation around mental health in graduate school I had in…

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First Year PhD – Staying Healthy Within and Without

Welcome to the PhD Dojo! This week, I’m bringing you part four of the PhD Dojo series on tools and strategies to make the best out of your PhD experience. Today – Staying Healthy Within and Without, what three habits you need to nurture to stay balanced during grad school. Below, you’ll find the full…

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