PhD (in Progress) Podcast | Education, Career, Life

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher This week Jason, Nikhil, and Kelly discuss productivity resources that have worked for them in their graduate studies. For more information, visit our blog entry on Productivity Web Tools for Graduate Students. There is more information on Mendeley, Papers, Google Calendar, and Mint. Resources Mentioned and […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher What dating challenges and mistakes do grad students face? How do you start dating as a graduate student? Should you using online dating services? How can you maintain a relationship while in grad school? This week we discuss having a love life as a grad […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher This week Nikhil interviews PhD candidate in Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Oren Gur. They discuss Oren’s research on drug and substance use among graduate students and the challenges associated with his dissertation work. You can e-mail Oren Gur for […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher This week Jason, Nikhil, and Abigail sit down with Amy Pszczolkowski, Assistant Director of Princeton University’s Career Services office to discuss career search resources and networking strategies. We encourage you to reach out to your career service office and tell us about your experience! What […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher This week, I talk to former PhD student Doug Swanson and current Chief Technology Officer of Malwarebytes about his decision to leave grad school and his advice to current grad students who might be considering an exit from academia. Thanks again to Doug for his time and […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or find us on Stitcher This week we talk to our co-host Dr. Abigail Sporer about what it’s like to continue education after a few years out of academia and how she felt while finishing her PhD dissertation defense. Thank you to Nick @diacritic for an important topic […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or find us on Stitcher This week we have Kelly LaRue in studio to discuss public outreach, a targeted career search, and the importance of finding value outside of your main research. Kelly is the recipient of the Princeton Graduate Student Recognition Award for her work with Princeton University’s […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes Or find us on Stitcher This week Jason, Nikhil, and Abigail hope to help newer graduate students by discussing what they WISH they knew earlier in their studies. Self-management, the production mindset, and failure are the 3 broad topics we dive into for this discussion. We mention a couple […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or find us on Stitcher This week we talk to Zach about taking a leave of absence, self-education, and preparation for consulting job interviews. Abigail gets ready to defend, Nikhil finishes up experiments, and Jason is a subpar caterer. Nikhil interviews Zach. They discuss the reasons Zach […]

Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or find us in Stitcher This week Jason, Nikhil, and Abigail continue the discussion initiated in Episode 2 by Fatimah Williams Castro, PhD on how we should approach our career searches. We then make public some “anecdata” while briefly summarizing the steps we are taking to 1) obtain skills […]