My PhD Experience Podcast Anthony

This episode is packed with PhD nuggets. Dr Christiana not only shared her PhD experience, but she also has some key lessons every student must pay attention to in order to succeed. The first two years of her PhD were challenging but she remembers those years as years of learning and unlearning. For her, resilience is key to obtaining a PhD because the journey will test you. Her advice to every young lady that is contemplating doing a PhD and listening to this episode is "go for it".

Dr Tendai's PhD journey is intriguing, beginning as a short-gap plan to remain in South Africa and blossoming into a PhD in Sociology with a focus on masculinity and refugees' livelihood. Faced with funding challenges, combining work and studying and the outbreak of COVID-19, no challenge was insurmountable for Dr Tendai in his journey towards attaining his PhD. This episode is different from others, as it contains golden nuggets that will help you navigate your PhD journey. I was joined by a co-host who brought a new perspective and insight from our host. Be sure to listen and share with others.

In this episode, Dr Chinwe shared her PhD experience, highlighting how she combined childcare and family with her PhD work. Her love for learning spurred her interest in pursuing a PhD and nothing could stop her from achieving her dreams. She narrated how she secured admission into her PhD program after many attempts and how the first two years were marred with limited progress in her PhD work due to pregnancy and childcare. She advanced rapidly when her baby turns one year. She has advice for young women aspiring to enrol for a PhD.

Bold, ambitious and daring, Dr Eyitayo Owolabi, with her meagre savings and a promise of a teaching assistantship, relocated to South Africa to pursue a master's degree in Nursing in 2015. On getting to South Africa, she quickly realised her promise of a teaching assistantship position could barely cover her subsistence, leaving her to find resources to cover her rent, data collection and other needs or give up. How did she navigate this funding challenge? Listen to her share her story, challenges and many wins on my PhD experience podcast.

Dr Eyitayo bagged her PhD in 2019 and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Arizona State University, United States.

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As someone who has always dreamed of becoming a professor, Dr. Emmanuel wasted no time deciding to pursue his Ph.D. He was intentional about his choices before, during, and after his Ph.D. He shared with me how his journey started, the never told before grit and graft stories underlying his many successes. One exciting thing about this interview is the openness of Dr. Emmauel in laying out what it takes to be a successful researcher and academic. 

In this interview, Dr Melissa Omino shared her journey towards bagging a PhD while providing insightful advice to prospective PhD students on how to navigate the journey.