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BIJTG
by BIJTG
This is BIJTG, a podcast where two black women doctoral students discuss the trials and tribulations that one must go through on the path to putting Dr. in front of their names. Twitter:@BIJTG_podcast Facebook: BIJTGPodcast Email: [email protected]
Episodes
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Negotiations
In this episode we talk about happens after the job offer and the most important thing to consider to ensure you have life balance. It’s not always about the $$$, but what you need to live comfortably.
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Career Paths: Going on the interview
In our last episode we discussed the different parts of the application, the cover letter, CV and research statement. And congratulations, the search committee was impressed and invited you for an interview. In this episode we are going to discuss the interview process. From start to finish. And...
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Career Paths: Preparing you CV and Statements
In this episode we discuss the different parts of the application, the cover letter, CV and research statement. Its time to showcase all your hard work through grad school to ensure you are invited for the interview.
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Career Paths: Planning for the job you want
In this episode we are going to discuss career paths and how to plan for the job and career you want. This is the first of three job related episodes, as we are now just in the midst of the job season.
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Where the hell have we been?
Listen...sometimes you got to put stuff down and truly take care of yourself. TIMES UP! WE'RE BACK!
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Prelims and Quals
Depending on your field, sometimes they are one in the same, sometimes they are different. We are gonna talk about both. You don't need luck, you got this.
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None of your goddamn business: Small talk in the workplace
Enough said....
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Bitch Betta Have My Money: After I Apply for It!
We talking about grants and fellowships. The difference betweeen the two and how to find the best option for you. Unfortunately, the more grants you get the more grants you get and you are more likely to get money when you have a track record of getting money. We hope this episode is helpful...
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Research Do's and Don'ts
There's many types of research. Since it's the beginning of the 2019/2020 school year we are talking about research, the different types of research, and the best ways to get it done effectively. From planning it, collecting data, analyzing it and writing it up. Cause it gotta be done to get your...
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Summer Recap
It's time for Season 2! We're back. Summers over and the semester has started again. We hoped y'all had a great summer cause we did! Some family time, beach time, celebrating a 1st marriage anniversary (someones husband is a doctor now!), and starting a new faculty job #newPI. We have an awesome...
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Get Ready For Season 2
Coming August 26th
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Summer Time Magic: A grad students guide
Classes are over but that doesn't mean that we as grad students get a vacation. For our last episode of the academic school year and season, we discuss summer funding and insurance, planning field work, time management, writing, self care and how summer is kinda a vacation but not really. And…
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Homecoming: HBCUs vs PWIs (ft. Kadeem R.)
On this episode, we talk about HBCUs and PWI from the perspectives of those who started out at a PWI or a HBCU and ultimately ended up at a PWI for graduate school. The major takeway is to not speak on experiences you don’t understand. If you never went to a HBCU, don't speak on it. If you never...
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Conferences and Networking
Prepare your presentations, lay out your clothes, clean up your portfolios. Shine your armor and sharpen your swords and train your dragons. . #conferencesarecoming
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Go sit down somewhere: Self-care is the best care!
We are back from our spring break and admidst relaxing on the beach and finishing up a manuscript, we decided to research self-care and its importance to both your mental and physical health. From exercising, to cooking, to mediation, wash day and self reflections, they are many ways to enact…
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Angry Black Women: Where she at?
Coming to you live from Florida with a bottle of red wine, we talk about the angry black women trope and how even though we may have plenty of reasons to be angry, we aren’t. We are passionate about our research and refuse to let others invalidate us. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter...
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Say it loud, I'm black and I'm Proud!
We just proud to be black!
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Grad school interviews for 200 Alex ... What is a struggle?
We are back with a new episode. Today we are going to talking to you about the PhD interviewing process aka the most important day of your early career. Starting is PhD is hard and finding a lab that can match your research interest and style can be even harder. There are a lot of factors that…
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Dealing with barriers and being your own advocate
The path to earning your degree can be a bit bumpy. Alot of it is learning how to advocate for your self so that you have everything you need to succeed. We want to prevent you from getting into a funk. The psychology term for it is "Learned Helplessness" where you don't have the necessary...
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The same rules don't apply to us
Ya girl, Samniqueka, successfully defended her dissertation but she needed to unpack the interactions that happened over the course of that two hours. From giving suggestions on how to improve papers that have already been published to a handshake that was a little too firm. It took a second to…
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I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired: Leaving grad school for your best life. (ft. Kadeem F)
Lets talk about dipping out. Its December, you might be tired and seriously considering giving up on grad school. And thats okay. But lets talk about it with someone who decided after complete two years of their masters and in the first year of their Ph.D. decided that this just wasn’t for you.…
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Writing!
Today we are going to talk to you guys about the bane of graduate schools existence...writing. When pursuing you graduate degree, you are unknowingly signing a contract to become a writer. In graduate school, writing is the end all be all of your entire career. You have to write a research...
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Presentations Dos and Don'ts
This episode is all about keeping it real when presenting your research in whatever form you choose.
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Creative Thinking And Living Your Scientific Truth
We’re talking about the battle of old school academics and the next generation. They tell use to make our research our own, but then theres that resistance between the so-called “white” way. Minoritized people catch hell for not being “creative enough”, but keep doing you. Its your project, your...
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Setting Boundaries with friends, family and labmates
Graduate school is hard. Make it easier by setting boundaries. Boundaries are drawing a line in the sand, the difference between saying yes and no. They will let you know who your real friends and family are. Setting boundaries isn’t being petty, its knowing your limits cause people will take as...
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A brief update
For the past two weeks, we’ve been navigating the loss of a beloved advisor. Its been kinda rough and people grieve different. Working till midnight and eating a pint of ice cream most nights. But we not giving up. No worries we both gonna hold this department to their promises for all four of…
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Advisor or Adversary: The Good and the Bad
We dropping gems today. In your first year of grad school, you are a free agent. Feel out your advisor and bounce if you have to. Your advisors' model should be that your progress is a reflection of them, so they should be trying to support your progress. Regardless, make sure you have multiple...
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Time Management: Just Do It!
A graduate degree is a unique time where you are essentially both your boss and you employee. You are responsible for setting your own deadlines and ensuring you adhere to them. Cause your advisor will give you plenty of room to fail. We talk about our best experiences with time management and…
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Grad School or Whatever: What's the 411?
It's the start of the fall semester. Let us introduce ourselves, tell you about our educational journey, why we decided to go to grad school and how we started grad school (ohh, we got some stories to tell ya). Finally, we have tips on how to start your semester off right, both academically and...
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We are here to be your magical black unicorns! Let's take this journey together through grad school without losing ourselves in these institutions and universities that we are now apart of.
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Introducing Bitch, I'm Just Tryna Graduate
Get ready for you new favorite podcast, Bitch I'm just tryna graduate, hosted by two black women doctoral students who learned how to survive and thrive in an environment that wasn't built for us, all in the quest to put "Dr." in front of our names. So Subscribe... Come through!
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This is BIJTG, a podcast where two black women doctoral students discuss the trials and tribulations that one must go through on the path to putting Dr. in front of their names. Twitter:@BIJTG_podcast Facebook: BIJTGPodcast Email: [email protected]
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This is BIJTG, a podcast where two black women doctoral students discuss the trials and tribulations that one must go through on the path to putting Dr. in front of their names. Twitter:@BIJTG_podcast Facebook: BIJTGPodcast Email: [email protected]
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