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Grad Chat
by PhD Balance
Grad Chat by PhD Balance highlights grad school experiences, especially the ones that may be harder to talk about in our day to day life. We have 4 rotating hosts: Linda Corcoran, Niba, Courtney Applewhite and Liesl Krause! One of our hosts is joined every second week by a special guest to talk about a different topic relating to their experiences in grad school!
Episodes
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Being Disabled in Grad School w/ Dr. Roo Steinberg
Dr. Roo Steinberg of Dragonfly Mental Health discusses her experiences with disabilities in graduate school. She earned her Ph.D. in cellular and molecular medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2020 and has worked in the mental health in academia advocacy space for over 10...
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Leaving with a Masters and starting a new PhD w/ Brittney Hauke
This week, we will be joined by Brittney Hauke (she/they). Brittney Hauke is a 3rd-year Ph.D. Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University. She previously got her Master's in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University and their BA in Physics and...
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Narrowing Down A Vague Topic w/ Emeline Beltran
This week, we will be joined by Emeline Beltran (she/her). Emeline is a Master of Arts Candidate from California State University, Los Angeles studying Communication. The main subfields in this discipline that she focuses on are intercultural, global, and health communication. Her research...
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Building Transferrable Skills w/ Eleni Routoula
This week, we will be joined by Eleni Routoula (she/her). Originally from Greece, Eleni moved in the UK 6 years ago to pursue further studies. Her educational background has been in chemical engineering, but after 10 years of chemeng studies including a PhD on the topic, she realised that my...
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Navigating Academia as a First-Gen Black Woman w/ Kamille Harris
This week, we will be joined by Kamille Harris (she/her). Kamille is currently serving as a Psychology Intern at the University of Memphis Counseling Center where she provides individual and group psychotherapy, as well as crisis interventions and campus outreach. She completed her Master of...
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Navigating Difficult Topics w/ Ti'Air Riggins
This week, we will be joined by Ti'Air Riggins (she/her). Ti’Air Riggins is a current Biomedical Engineering PhD researcher at Case Western Reserve University who just became the first Black Biomedical Engineering PhD recipient from MSU. She received her bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from…
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Finding Community Online in Grad School w/ Jennifer Van Alstyne
This week, we will be joined by Jennifer Van Alstyne (she/her). Jennifer van Alstyne is a communications strategist for professors and researchers. At The Academic Designer LLC, Jennifer helps people share their work effectively online. The Social Academic blog has articles and interviews on...
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Chronic Illness in Grad School w/ Kasia Kuzmicz-Kowalska
This week, we will be joined by Kasia Kuzmicz-Kowalska (she/her). Kasia is a PhD Student at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria studying Developmental Biology. She is also the host of the Science on Trial [and Error] podcast. You can connect with Kasia on Twitter @kuzmiczkowalska and...
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Building an Additive Skills Portifolio w/ Manasi Apte
This week's guest is Manasi Apte, PhD (she/her). Manasi is a Scientist and Communicator, currently based in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. She is an accomplished science research scientist, seasoned science communicator, and avid public engagement practitioner, working with several initiatives in the...
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Boundaries w/ Julia Jones
This week's guest is Julia Jones, PhD (she/her). Julia Jones is a scientist, coach, and founder of the Academic Life Community. With over two decades of experience in academia, Julia studied and worked at institutions across seven countries. She holds two masters degrees in biology and in...
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Job Searching without Mentor Support w/ Daniel Jefferies
This week's guest is Dan Jefferies, PhD (he/him). Dan received his PhD in Chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 2019 after which he did a postdoc at Harvard University. Although he is no longer in a fume hood, he has been able to find a career that keeps him close to the action and involved in...
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Pregnancy in Grad School - A Panel
Let's talk about pregnancy in grad school! A bonus episode of Grad Chat by PhD Balance. Big thank you to our panellists: 1. Javi Rudolph, PhD (Twitter @javirudolph) 2. Alexa M. Quinn, PhD (Twitter @AlexaMQuinn) 3. Iben Rickett Sullivan, PhD, MPH (Twitter @imickrick) 4. Pamela Fullerton, NCC…
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Changing Working Environments w/ Victoria Gray
This week, we will be joined by Victoria Gray, PhD (she/her). Victoria just finished her PhD in (Statistical) Cancer Genetics at Cardiff University and is getting ready to start a research position at the University of Bristol. Her research focuses on genetic variation in patients with various...
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Filling Your Cup w/ Sangeeta Nair
This week, we will be joined by Sangeeta Nair, PhD (she/her). Sangeeta recently graduated with her PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience and is currently enjoying her life as a small business owner. Today she’s here to chat about finding a community in graduate school, working to fill your cup back up,...
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Personal & Professional Development in Grad School w/ Sean Bittner
This week, we will be joined by Sean Bittner, PhD (he/him). Sean holds a PhD in Bioengineering and the Associate Certified Coach credential from the International Coaching Federation. His graduate research focused on 3D printing and biomaterials research, and he has a combined 6 years of writing…
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Going to School and Working Full-Time w/ Mikel Joachim
This week, we will be joined by Mikel Joachim (she/her). Mikel Joachim is a research program manager with Badger Athletic Performance and a full-time PhD student in Clinical Investigation, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research broadly focuses on injury prevention and recovery…
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Setting your Goals & Defining Success w/ Erin Berlew
This week, we will be joined by Erin Berlew (she/her). Erin is a PhD candidate in bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focus is on making optogenetic tools to control the cytoskeleton and, more generally, thinking about how to use natural photoreceptors to perturb cell...
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PhD Career Transitions Beyond Academia w/ Holly Prescott, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Holly Prescott, PhD (she/her). Holly is currently the Careers Adviser for Postgraduate Researchers at the University of Birmingham (UK) and author of the new PhD Careers blog "PostGradual" (phd-careers.co.uk). She completed her PhD in English Literature at the...
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Going to Grad School after Working w/ Courtney Applewhite
CW: This episode contains mentions of death and the context of death. This week, we will be joined by new Grad Chat host, Courtney Applewhite (she/her). Courtney Applewhite is a PhD Candidate in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara studying death. When she is not...
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Isolation in Grad School w/ Elana Gloger
This week, we will be joined by Elana Gloger (she/her), host of the Dear Grad Student Podcast! Elana is a brand new PhD Candidate in health psychology. She is also the creator, and host of the amazing Dear Grad Student Podcast. You can find Elana on Twitter (@elana_gloger) and you can find Dear...
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Tackling Academic Mental Health w/ Zoë Ayres
CW: This episode contains mentions of suicidal ideation This week, we will be joined by Zoë Ayres, PhD (she/her). After spending several years in academia post-PhD, Zoë moved to industry and is now an analytical Senior Scientist in the water industry. She is also a mental health advocate in her...
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Transitioning To A Postdoc w/ Ubadah Sabbagh, PhD & Kaela S. Singleton, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Ubadah Sabbagh, PhD (he/him) & Kaela S. Singleton, PhD (she/her)! Dr Kaela S. Singleton is a Black, Samoan, Queer developmental neuroscientist and postdoc in Dr Victor Faundez's lab at Emory University. Her research focuses on the cellular and molecular signals…
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Recovering from Academic Abuse & Bullying w/ Dr Heloise Stevance
This week, we will be joined by Heloise Stevance, PhD (she/her). Originally born and raised in France, Dr Stevance moved to the UK to study Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. She earned her Masters of Physics in 2015 and her PhD in 2019. She is currently a Research Fellow at…
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Navigating Academia as a Queer & Trans Person w/ Schuyler Borges
This week, we will be joined by Schuyler Borges (they/them). Schuyler is a 4th year PhD student in Astronomy and Planetary Science at Northern Arizona University. Their dissertation research focuses on astrobiology; specifically, they study Antarctic microbial mats as potential analogs for life…
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Becoming a Mentor to Undergrad & Graduate Students w/ Zori Paul
This week, we will be joined by Zori Paul (she/her). Zori is a clinical mental health counselor and doctoral candidate in counselor education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Currently, her research interests include bisexual+ women of color and identity affirmation, which she’s focusing...
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Graduate Student Mental Health w/ Susanna Harris, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Susanna Harris, PhD (she/her) to talk about Graduate Student Mental Health. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. At the 37:30 mark, Liesl discusses a technique to calmly call out those who say inappropriate things in meetings. This...
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Power Abuse and Reporting w/ Marta Oliveira, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Marta Oliveira, PhD (she/her). During the PhD in Berlin, Marta crossed paths with a sexual harassment victim that fuelled her energy to engage in mental health advocacy and organizational culture/design. Her focusing was on the prevention and tackling of power…
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Starting Grad School after a Short Break from Higher Education w/ Silvi Di Pietro, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Silvina "Silvi" Di Pietro, PhD (she/her). Dr Silvina "Silvi" Dr Pietro is a postdoctoral graduate fellow within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). She graduated from Florida International University (FIU) in March of 2021 with a PhD in…
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Creating a Medium to Normalize Grad School Experiences w/ Monica Molinaro, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Monica Molinaro, PhD (she/her). Monica just defended her PhD at Western University on Thursday! Her research involved critically examining the caregiving narratives of pediatric oncology nurses. Through her dissertation research, Monica came to understand the...
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The Importance of Hobbies During Grad School w/ Ariane Panzer
This week, we will be joined by Ariane Panzer (she/her). Ariane Panzer is currently a 6th year PhD candidate. After working as a research technician for several years, she joined the Biomedical Sciences program at UC San Francisco. In her spare time, Ariane focuses on her other passions: science...
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Getting Involved in Grad School w/ Caitlyn Cardetti
This week, we will be joined by Caitlyn Cardetti (she/her). Caitlyn is currently a PhD candidate in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stoney Brook University in New York. As she is finishing her graduate school career, she has been reflecting a lot on her experiences and realized how...
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Self Advocacy as a Woman in Physics w/ Lipi Gupta, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Lipi Gupta, PhD (she/her). Lipi just defended her PhD in Physics 10 days ago from The University of Chicago!!! She is now headed into a software engineering-focused postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Being a woman in academia, STEM or…
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Making Change for Disabled Grad Students & Academics w/ Haley Branch
This week, we will be joined by Haley Branch (she/her). Haley is currently a PhD candidate in Botany at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Being a disabled person in the academy can be challenging but when you are in a discipline that includes fieldwork, like hers, there are additional...
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Future Careers - A Panel on Careers Outside of Academia
BONUS episode - #PhDStrongerTogether presents Future Careers: A panel on careers outside of academia! Our host Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) chats with Dr Andrea Hindman (AAAS Technology Fellow), Dr Camillia Monestime (Medical Writer), Dr Amanda Preske (Owner of Circuit Breaker), and Dr Paul Evans (Head...
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Parenting and Pregnancy in Grad School w/ Alexandra Bobb-Woodson
This week, we will be joined by Alexandra Bobb-Woodson (she/her). Alexandra (Allie) is currently a doctoral candidate in school psychology. She became a mom for the first time in 2014, two years after she failed out of undergrad. Allie returned to school when she found out she was expecting her…
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Advisor Conflict & LGBTQ+ Mentorship w/ Abby Nissenbaum
This week, we will be joined by Abby Nissenbaum (she/her). Abby is an MBA candidate and a data analyst in Nashville, Tennessee. After refusing to falsify data as requested by her advisor, she received retaliation and was asked to leave her PhD in Social Psychology. Abby is ALSO a talented…
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Navigating Post-PhD Unknowns w/ Stephanie Deppe, PhD
This week, we will be joined by Stephanie Deppe, PhD (she/her). Stephanie is a science communicator with the Vera C Rubin Observatory! After completing her PhD in Physics from the University of Michigan in 2019, she decided to pursue a career in Science Communication and even though she had a lot...
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Finding Your Voice in a Large Collaboration w/ Ben Davis-Purcell
This week's guest is Ben David-Purcell (he/him). Ben is a physics PhD candidate at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He works on the ATLAS Experiment, based in CERN, Switzerland. ATLAS is an international collaboration with about 5000 members worldwide (Woah!) He's here to talk…
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Talking About Transitions w/ Fátima
This week's guest is Fátima (she/her/he/him)! Fátima is currently an assistant researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison researching ECR training spaces and developing mentor training interventions. She's going to be talking to us about all the transitions in her life so far! Find her on...
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Leaving Grad School w/ Niba of NotesByNiba
BONUS episode - Leaving Grad School Conversation on Clubhouse hosted by Susanna Harris, PhD featuring Niba of NotesByNiba and Diana Klatt. Over 50% of people who start a PhD program leave without the degree. Why? Niba of NotesByNiba on YouTube talks about her experience of leaving Grad School as...
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Bipolar II in Grad School w/ Kiara Sofia Vega Bellido
This week we will be joined by Kiara Sofia Vega Bellido (she/her). Kiara is a Neuroscience PhD student at Baylor College of Medicine studying the neuroplasticity underlying contextual fear memory in the Schaffer collateral synapse. Kiara joins us to discuss her experiences navigating Bipolar II…
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Choosing an Advisor w/ Kyle M. Kabasares
This week, we will be joined by Kyle M. Kabasares (he/him). Kyle is currently a PhD Candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) where he studies supermassive black holes. Kyle completed his undergraduate degree in Physics at the University of...
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Leaving Grad School w/ Niba Nirmal
This week, we will be joined by Niba Nirmal (she/her). Niba's video, 10 Stories on Leaving Grad School + Why I Left premiered on April 15th, 2021! "Last year, I made a choice to leave Duke University -- not with a PhD as I had originally planned, with a masters degree. Though it was the right...
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Building a Community Around Mental Illness w/ Dr Susanna Harris
PhD Balance is celebrating its 3rd anniversary! In this special Grad Chat, we'll talk with founder Dr Susanna Harris (she/her) about the PhD Balance journey thus far, and the launch of the PhD Balance speaking team! Check out the PhD Balance website for more info about our speaking event…
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Reporting in Academia w/ Dr Dessie Clark
This week we will be joined by Dr Dessie Clark (she/her)! Dessie completed her PhD in Community Sustainability at Michigan State University in 2020. Her doctoral work focused on evaluating community-based programs and organizations that serve survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). As such,...
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Sense of Belonging in Grad School w/ Dr Chrissy Stachl
This week we will be joined by Dr Chrissy Stachl (she/her/ella)! Chrissy earned her PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. She is now the Director of Education, Outreach, and Diversity at the Center for Genetically Encoded Materials. Chrissy started her PhD in...
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Navigating Legal Status During Grad School w/ Sameera Nayak
This week we will be joined by Sameera Nayak (she/her). Sameera is a PhD candidate in Population Health in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and a graduate researcher at the Institute for Health Equity & Social Justice Research at Northeastern University. Sameera has a background in Clinical...
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Black Mental Health Matters w/ Brianna Baker
This week we will be joined by Brianna Baker (she/her), co-founder of Black In Mental Health. Brianna is a first-year Counseling Psychology PhD student at Columbia University's Teachers College studying intersectional approaches to mental health and wellness at the individual, community, and…
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Student Wellbeing in Higher Education w/ Layne Scherer
This week we will be joined by Layne Scherer (she/her). Layne is a senior program officer at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where she works for the Board on Higher Education and Workforce. Layne recently led an expert committee on the report, Mental Health…
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Making STEM Accessible for Underrepresented Scientists w/ Co-founders of Científico Latino
How can we make STEM accessible for underrepresented scientists? Join us as we chat with the co-founders of Cientifico Latino, Dr Robert Fernandez (@latinodeciencia) and Olivia Goldman (@oliwiagoldman)! "Científico Latino is a volunteer-run grassroots STEM organization dedicated to increasing the...
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Grad Chat by PhD Balance highlights grad school experiences, especially the ones that may be harder to talk about in our day to day life. We have 4 rotating hosts: Linda Corcoran, Niba, Courtney Applewhite and Liesl Krause! One of our hosts is joined every second week by a special guest to talk about a different topic relating to their experiences in grad school!
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