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Academic Defectors
by Jillian Marshall
Author, educator, musician, and Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, host Jillian Marshall chats with fellow PhDs who left the academy behind. Episodes feature first-hand accounts of PhDs across disciplines who share what drew them to academia, why they chose to leave, and what they've been up to since. Academic Defectors offers fascinating insight into the notoriously opaque academic world, while archiving the increasingly important stories of PhDs forging a new path.To learn more about Jillian's work as a post-academic, visit her website: www.jillian-marshall.net
Episodes
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Allen Roda, PhD in Ethnomusicology: The Journey is the Destination
In Episode 9, Dr. Allen Roda shares his winding career path in and out of academia, and reflects with wisdom on how he weaved various professional (and personal) experiences together into a cohesive life of his own design, currently working as CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the company Dissertation...
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Joe Stubenrauch, PhD in History: Heeding Your Intuition
In Episode 8, Dr. Joe Stubenrauch discusses the series of revelations that led him to choose a life reflective of long-hushed inner goals. Because he left a tenured faculty position in the history department of Baylor University to do so, Dr. Stubenrauch's candid story of leaving academia is...
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Jackie Coley, PhD in Biomedical Sciences / Pathology: Inner and Outer Fulfillment
In Episode Seven, Dr. Jackie Coley discusses how graduate school fed into unhelpful perfectionistic habits that, upon confronting, eventually inspired her current career as a confidence coach. In addition to providing insight into how we can turn adversity into opportunity through retraining our...
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Oscar Pocasangre, PhD in Political Science: Keeping Your Options Open
In our sixth episode, Dr. Oscar Pocasangre shares his journey from his undergraduate student days "at a small school in Connecticut" through both a Master's and PhD at Columbia University, studying an array of subjects that culminated in his research on crime and politics in Latin America. While...
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Brian Leahy, PhD in Physics: Zen and the Art of Scientific Play
In Episode 5, Doctor of Philosophy Brian Leahy explains how he fell in love with physics, the surprisingly playful aspects of scientific and mathematical work, how his research influenced his perception of the physical world-- and how, despite missing certain aspects of academia, his transition...
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Brian Rutledge, PhD in History: Chicken Little Called It
In Episode 4, Brian Rutledge, who holds a PhD in African History from Cornell University, shares his unique trajectory from skateboarding, working at a smoothie shop, and barely passing high school up thorugh community college, a Master's Degree, and a PhD in the Ivy League --never losing sight…
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Ashley Ruba, PhD in Developmental Psychology: Choosing Happiness (and Where to Live)
In Episode 3, Ashley Ruba -- PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Washington, and post-academic social media influencer -- shares her successes within academia, the grim odds at professorship she faced in spite of her credentials, and how she parlayed her talents into a career…
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Benjamin Nigra, PhD in Archaeology: Cracking the Delusion
In Episode 2, we hear the inspiring story of Benjamin Nigra, an archaeologist who earned his degree at the University of California Los Angeles, and how confronting the reality about his career aspirations in academia ultimately led to fulfillment on the other side-- thanks, as we'll hear, to his...
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Jillian Marshall, PhD in Musicology: Embracing Creativity
In our first episode of Academic Defectors, host Jillian Marshall discusses her journey into and out of academia -- from an AB in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago to a PhD in Musicology (with a focus on ethnomusicology) at Cornell University -- and her…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Author, educator, musician, and Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, host Jillian Marshall chats with fellow PhDs who left the academy behind. Episodes feature first-hand accounts of PhDs across disciplines who share what drew them to academia, why they chose to leave, and what they've been up to since. Academic Defectors offers fascinating insight into the notoriously opaque academic world, while archiving the increasingly important stories of PhDs forging a new path.To learn more about Jillian's work as a post-academic, visit her website: www.jillian-marshall.net
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Author, educator, musician, and Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, host Jillian Marshall chats with fellow PhDs who left the academy behind. Episodes feature first-hand accounts of PhDs across disciplines who share what drew them to academia, why they chose to leave, and what they've been up to...
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