A Brown Girl and A White Girl: The Podcast

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Follow along with Diana & Mary (your Brown Girl & White Girl hosts, respectively) as they uncover how to survive grad school and thrive outside of it. Twice a month, Diana & Mary will interview a special guest and explore why folks go to grad school, their experiences, and what they do to be a human beyond all the work. Filled with sarcasm and sass, this podcast will bring you candid information and hopefully a good laugh. If that’s not enticing enough through our Instagram you can share with us who you’d like to hear from or what you'd like to learn!

  1. 03/19/2024

    Surviving Burn Out (w/ Diana Magaña, MA)

    We interview our very own resident Brown Girl! Diana Magaña is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara and fellow co-host for the " A Brown Girl and a White Girl" podcast. Diana received a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Education Sciences from UC Irvine and an M.A. in Sociology and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She was an Administrative Assistant for a TRIO Upward Bound program for a year prior to beginngin her doctoral degree. Her research interests largely revolve around the postsecondary experiences of first-generation Latinx college students, with a specific focus on how systems of support, whether they be social or institutional, influence the postsecondary experiences of first-generation Latina/o/x students and their eventual success. Her current research focuses on the relationships between first-generation Latina students and the role that parents and familial support play in undergraduate postsecondary experiences. In her free time, Diana enjoys binge watching family focused TV dramas, cross stitching, and keeping up with the British royals.

  2. 03/05/2024

    What... Is a psychometric? (w/ Dr. Melissa G Wolf)

    Melissa Gordon Wolf is a Quantitative Researcher and Psychometrician. Melissa is broadly interested in the application of statistics to the social sciences and her work has focused on the intenionaity behind the design, validation, and analysis of surveys and self-report assessments. She is passionate about bridging qualitative feedback to surveys with quantitative measures to improve data collection. When Melissa is not deep in her coding and numbers, she can be found taking long walks on the beach with her dog or playing any outdoor sport with friends. Website: melissagwolf.com

  3. 02/26/2024

    Goals & Deadlines & Learning Curves - Oh My! (w/ Travis Candieas)

    Travis Candieas is a Ph.D. (candidate) at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Candieas’s research focuses on the alignment of policy, practice, and experience particularly within educational contexts. His projects span globally with higher education research and evaluation partners located in the U.S. and Latin America. Additionally, he is developing methodologies for reducing bias in large administrative data sets and policy analysis by combining machine learning and causal inference. Travis’s research interests are inspired by his experiences growing up on a dairy farm in Northern California and simultaneously navigating public policies and educational institutions as the first in his family.

  4. 02/09/2024

    Finding Your Fit (w/ Isaac Castro, M.A.)

    Isaac Castro is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Education under the Policy, Leadership and Research Methods emphasis. Working with advisors Dr. Jeff Milem and Dr. Sharon Conley, his research focuses on equity and higher education more broadly, and diverse university leaders more specifically. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Sociology in 2010 prior to serving in Americorps through Communities in Schools of Greater Phoenix. He then returned to the SF Bay Area to lead an after school program before making the shift to higher education as the PPIA Director and Student Services Advisor at the Goldman School of Public Policy. Isaac has also received MAs in Higher Education, Administration and Leadership from Fresno State and Education (Policy, Leadership and Research Methods) here at UCSB. Currently, he works as a graduate research assistant for Dean Jeff Milem and Dr. Rebeca Rios, as well as a teaching assistant in the departments of Sociology and Education. His latest research takes a critical approach to understanding how university leaders preside over institutions with diverse student bodies. http://www.linkedin.com/in/isaac-castro

  5. 01/30/2024

    Dealing with Grad School's Hidden Curriculum (w/ Fátima Andrade Martínez, M.A.)

    Fátima is an undocumented first generation mujer with roots in Michoacán, México and Oakland, CA. She is a third year PhD Student in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UCSB. Fátima is a double UCSB alumni, receiving her BA in Latin American & Iberian Studies and her MA in Education. Fátima's research looks at the way that institutions of higher education serve and support undocumented college students. She is interested in looking at undocumented students holistically and looking at their needs to survive institutions that tend to other them.

  6. 01/18/2024

    Staying Well in Grad School (w/ Dr. Michael W. Moses II)

    Michael W. Moses II is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education & Qualitative Methods at the University of California, Riverside's School of Education. His research examines the experiences of students and scholars of color, the racialized implications of qualitative research methods, and academic writing and professional development. He is from the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia and played NCAA Division II soccer. When he's not scholaring, you can find him teaching yoga, opining about pop culture, and relishing in his newfound love for tacos.

  7. 11/14/2023

    Leaving your job and doing what you love (w/ Hannah Amann, M.A.)

    Hannah Amann (she/her) is a small business owner located in La Crosse, WI. She is a freelancer who works across various projects in different industries all at the same time. Before becoming a creative consultant, she received an MA in Postsecondary Education from the University of Northern Iowa and managed events in the wedding industry. She has a passion for helping to further develop and empower groups of people along with inclusive language. In her downtime, she enjoys taking her dog on walks, mini-golfing with her partner/husband, playing board games, and reading books while eating ice cream.

  8. 11/03/2023

    Prioritizing Happiness (w/ Somer Levine, Ed.M.)

    Join us as we talk with Somer about finding happiness and advocating for yourself in graduate school. Somer Levine is a fourth year doctoral student at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education with a focus in literacy. Somer can be found brainstorming ways to demystify the process of learning to read for elementary students and parents, developing stewards of the ocean through marine-focused elementary reading instruction, and leading public school reform in BIPOC communities. Somer’s current research explores how parental and teacher perspectives on elementary reading align and differ in Spanish dominant schools. Somer is a first-gen college student, a state licensed reading specialist, and the first in her family to pursue a doctoral degree. She earned an Ed.M. in Reading Education from Boston University in 2012, her M.A. in Secondary Education from Loyola Marymount University in 2008, and B.A. in English from UC Santa Barbara in 2006. Somer is a mom to two brilliant elementary kiddos. In her free time she enjoys kayaking with her family, gardening, and training her 9 month old puppy.

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Follow along with Diana & Mary (your Brown Girl & White Girl hosts, respectively) as they uncover how to survive grad school and thrive outside of it. Twice a month, Diana & Mary will interview a special guest and explore why folks go to grad school, their experiences, and what they do to be a human beyond all the work. Filled with sarcasm and sass, this podcast will bring you candid information and hopefully a good laugh. If that’s not enticing enough through our Instagram you can share with us who you’d like to hear from or what you'd like to learn!

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