If your academic credentials are being met with confusion – or worse, silence – outside the ivory tower, it might be time for a branding reframe. In this episode, David Mendes speaks with Michael Dargie – international speaker, brand strategist, and author of Brandjitsu. Known for helping creative rebels go from “meh” to memorable, Michael…
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What happens after you land your first job post-PhD? For many researchers, the transition from academia is just the beginning. In this episode of Beyond the Thesis with Papa PhD, Katerina Thomas joins David to explore how mentorship, self-awareness, and internal motivation shape the next stages of a PhD’s career journey. Drawing from her own…
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Welcome back to Beyond the Thesis with Papa PhD! In this week’s episode, host David Mendes is joined by Al Zdenek—a seasoned entrepreneur in the wealth management industry, acclaimed author, and passionate advocate for financial literacy. With over 40 years of experience as a CPA, personal financial specialist, and now co-founder of K Club, Al…
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Welcome to this new episode of Papa PhD Gold! Here’s the big takeaway from this excerpt from my conversation with scientific writing expert Anna Clemens: Selling isn’t a dirty word in academia – it’s all about communicating your research in a way that connects with people, even if they aren’t specialists in your field. If…
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This week on Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD we will be talking about demystifying academic branding with Dr. Sheena Howard, author of “Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation”, “Black Queer Identity Matrix: Towards An Integrated Queer of Color Framework”, “Critical Articulations of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation”, and “Encyclopedia of Black Comics”, who…
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