The PhD Survival Guide Podcast

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The PhD Survival Guide Podcast

Are you a first year PhD student trying to figure out how to navigate grad life? Or maybe you're a fifth year looking for the motivation to write out the last chapter of your dissertation? Regardless of where you are or where you want to be, this is the podcast that talks all things grad school! The purpose of this podcast is to highlight some of the things that I, and others, wish they knew prior to starting their grad school journey. We will be covering a multitude of topics such as mental health, good practices, how to ace your first seminar, and much much more!

  1. 7 OCT

    25. Casual Conversations: Why you're not broken - With Alison Miller, PhD

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! After our short little hiatus, I am proud to announce that we're back and we're starting strong with a brand new Casual Conversations episode with Alison Miller of The Academic Writers Space! In this episode, we spoke to Alison, who has well over 20 years of experience mentoring students and mentors alike in the academic setting, about various topics such as finding out how to work in a way that works, understanding compatibility in academic work, navigating the inner critic, and so much more. Join us in this insightful conversation and as always, we hope you enjoy the episode! Dr. Miller: Alison Miller is a clinical psychology PhD and entrepreneur who has opened two academic businesses from the ground up, First, in 2000, Alison founded The Dissertation Coach, a coaching and consulting company dedicated to the success of graduate students and faculty. Alison is also the author of Finish Your Dissertation Once and For All: How to Overcome Psychological Barriers, Get Results, and Move on with Your Life, published by the American Psychological Association. Alison recently sold The Dissertation Coach to focus on her newest business endeavor, The Academic Writers’ Space (TAWS), an online coworking community designed for graduate students and academic writers to get real work done in a supportive, kind, and nurturing environment. Connect with Alison and TAWS: Instagram: @theacademicwritersspace TikTok: @theacademicwritersspace YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/TheAcademicWritersSpaceTAWS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAcademicWritersSpace Learn more about TAWS: https://www.theacademicwritersspace.com/ Sign up for a free week of TAWS! https://www.theacademicwritersspace.com/free-week/ Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    1h 20m

  2. 17 JUN

    24. Casual Conversations: Exploring non-academic paths in the PhD - With Dakota, PhD

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! As we always say here on the podcast, every PhD journey is unique. I worked full-time in the laboratory and had the privilege of dedicating the majority of my time to my experiments. While I have talked in depth about the pros and cons of this, not all of you have the same experience. In this episode, I spoke to Dakota, a recent PhD graduate who juggled a full-time PhD with a full-time job outside of academia. We spoke about various topics, such as the challenges she faces, ways to expand on your research and experiences, and how to navigate non-academic careers during, and after, your PhD! As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Dr. Dakota: Dakota is a recent PhD graduate who studied the experiences of Latino young adults using dating apps, their identity construction, partner preferences, and conceptions of happily ever after. She has six years of research experience in both the non-profit and tech sectors and currently works as a mixed methods User Researcher for a tech company. Dakota has previously worked at Facebook studying online connection and community in Facebook groups. In her past in non-profit research, she studied foster youth outcomes at the City University of New York (CUNY)’s Accelerated Studies in Associate’s Programs as well as social welfare intervention analysis for low-income Latino families at the National Hispanic Research Center. She earned her M.A. in Sociology and B.A. in American Studies from Columbia University and is a former Fulbright Spain grantee.  Connect with Dakota: Twitter: @dakotazrc Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    1h 44m

  3. 15 MAY

    23. Casual Conversations: From diverse roots, to doctorate - Crossing academic origins - With Cristina, MPH and Sarah, BS

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In the recent past, some of you have reached out asking these key questions: Does it really make a big difference to have a Master's degree? Or does the research experience you completed in your Bachelor's degree really prepare you for the research burdens in a PhD? What if you don't have either of these things, will you be at a severe disadvantage? In this episode, we tackle the origin stories of Cristina (who has an MPH), Ferass (who has a BS with lab experience), and Sarah (who has a BS with no lab experience). We talked about how how our previous experiences before our PhDs may have impacted or prepared our journies throughout our degrees. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Connect with Cristina on LinkedIn! Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn! Connect with Ferass on LinkedIn! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    1h 55m

  4. 11 APR

    22. Casual Conversations: How to navigate relationships in the PhD - Creating sustainable connections - With Dr. Victoria Godieva

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! Pursuing a PhD can be a very isolating experience. You may soon come to realize that the demands of being a PhD student can consume your time. This drastic shift in your work-life balance can also significantly affect your relationships, including family, friends, and significant others. In this episode we talk with Dr. Victoria Godieva about how starting and pursuing our PhDs changed the relationships around us. We also talked about the qualities we looked for in relationships and how to create sustainable connections. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Dr. Victoria Godieva: Dr. Victoria Godieva is a recent PhD graduate in biochemistry from Florida International University. During her time in her PhD, Victoria worked diligently towards unraveling the mysteries of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK3) in the brain. While juggling her own personal projects, she was also a dedicated mentor to various masters and undergraduate level students within her laboratory, as well as various students in her teaching assistant position at FIU. She has been awarded with multiple honors including the transdisciplinary biomolecular and biomedical sciences fellowship, the Sylvia Turman scholarship, and the dissertation year fellowship. Outside of the laboratory, she is a strong advocate for female representation in STEM and has grown her public platform to voice her opinions on these important topics as well as student life, transparency on a day in the life, and mental health. Victoria will be continuing her academic journey at the prestigious Yale University. Connect with Victoria: Instagram: @Vicky.The.Scientist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-godieva-4b73abaa/ Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    1h 46m

  5. 1 APR

    21. NOTHING IS WORKING!!! - How to properly troubleshoot - Don't be the definition of insanity

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In my PhD, behind every single successful experiment, there were multiple (and I mean a ton) of failed experiments. That's totally normal! It's through failure that we learn how to find success, and you're going to fail a lot in your PhD. As such, it's important to learn how to properly troubleshoot an experiment or procedure. This also applies to those students that are doing their PhDs outside of STEM. So in this episode, I lay out a 6 step (technically 7 but whatever) guide as to how to generally tackle any troubleshooting procedures. So before you go back to banging your head against the wall, please listen in! I hope you enjoy the episode! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    35 min

  6. 25 MAR

    20. Casual Conversations: Transforming your notes to transform your PhD - Tending to the knowledge garden - With Jorge Arango

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, I talk to author Jorge Arango about his book - Duly Noted: Extend your mind through connected notes. This episode is packed with information on how to think differently about notes as well as how to use notes as tools to progress your research. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode! Get Duly Noted: Extend your mind through connected notes from Rosenfeld today with discount code PHDPOD for a limited time! Jorge Arango: Jorge Arango is an information architect, author, and educator. For the past three decades, he has used architectural thinking to bring clarity and direction to digital projects for clients ranging from non-profits to Fortune 500 companies. He’s the author of Duly Noted: Extend Your Mind Through Connected Notes, Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places, co-author of Information Architecture: for the Web and Beyond, and host of The Informed Life podcast. Besides consulting, writing, and podcasting, Jorge also teaches in the graduate interaction design program at the California College of the Arts. Connect with Jorge Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! ⁠@PhDSG_Pod ⁠ DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    1h 17m

  7. 26 FEB

    19. Casual Conversations: Recruitment limitations, online PhD, working full-time - With Vinita Puri

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk about so many different topics and issues that various students face, but I never had to deal with personally. I spoke to Vinita Puri, an international online PhD student from Canada doing her research in the United States. Vinita covers her experiences with recruiting for her research, what it's like to do an online PhD, having a full-time job while being a full-time student, and so much more. Vinita has a robust background in academia and considers herself a lifelong learner. Her passion for her research is exemplified in this episode as well as in her bio below. Vinita Puri: Dr. Vinita Puri is a highly experienced Registered Social Worker, Accredited Mediator and Industrial/Organizational Coach that provides evidence-based and solution-focused services to support positive outcomes for individuals, families and groups. Over the past 20 years, she has gained expertise in alternative dispute resolution and clinical psychotherapy which has enhanced her ability to support individuals as they navigate through life transitions and develop resiliency in the face of adversity. Her passion for social justice fueled her desire to advocate for disability prevention and anti-oppressive policies/procedures in the workplace. Over the last 6 years, Dr. Puri has been providing consulting and coaching services to a wide range of organizations and human resource teams on change management, crisis/conflict management, addressing barriers to inclusion and employee engagement. Her expertise in mediation and clinical psychotherapy facilitates her ability to help individuals identify their unique strengths so they can remove barriers that impede personal growth and development. Dr. Puri holds a Doctorate (Honoria Causa) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a Master’s in Criminological Research, a Master’s in Social Work, and a Specialized Honours B.A. in Sociology. At the present time, she is completing her PhD at Walden University in Psychology (Self Design) while owning and operating a clinical practice. She is the Clinical Director of Resilience Counselling and Coaching Services which provides a range of specialty mental health services and programs that include mindfulness based training and cognitive psychotherapy. Dr. Puri is a Board Member of the Ontario Association of Family Mediators (OAFM) and on the Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC) of the Psi Chi International Honorary Society in Psychology. Most recently, she has joined Western State University as a Faculty Member for the MS. in Psychology Program at Western State University (USA). Connect with Vinita: Instagram: @Resilience_16 Twitter/X: twitter.com/vinita_puri LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-vinita-puri-7647b7 Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    1h 43m

  8. 5 FEB

    18. Conquering comprehensive exams - Comps, quals, prelims - What are they and why are they so scary?

    Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! At some point of your career as a PhD student, you will have to take the dreaded comprehensive exams (comps for short). Doesn't sound familiar? Maybe you call them preliminary exams or qualifying exams. Regardless, this exam is a necessary requirement for all PhD students to become PhD candidates. In this episode, I talk about why comps are so scary, what exam committees are and how to use them to your advantage, as well as the major formats of your comps and what to expect! Want to be a guest or send me a voice message? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our linktree!⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy this podcast and want to tune in as more episodes of the PhD Survival Guide come out, please leave the podcast a like or follow! This way, you will be notified every time a new episode airs. Please share us with your friends! Don't forget to leave us a review! If you have any suggestions for future episodes or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know in the Q&A section below!  Follow us on Instagram! @PhDSG_Pod  DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time. We are also on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

    35 min
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Are you a first year PhD student trying to figure out how to navigate grad life? Or maybe you're a fifth year looking for the motivation to write out the last chapter of your dissertation? Regardless of where you are or where you want to be, this is the podcast that talks all things grad school! The purpose of this podcast is to highlight some of the things that I, and others, wish they knew prior to starting their grad school journey. We will be covering a multitude of topics such as mental health, good practices, how to ace your first seminar, and much much more!

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