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PhD 010: “Drug and Substance Use Among Graduate Students” with Oren Gur, PhD Candidate in Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago

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Release Date: 06/19/2014

PhD 022: PhDs No Longer In Progress! – The Dr. Nikhil and Dr. Kelly Show show art PhD 022: PhDs No Longer In Progress! – The Dr. Nikhil and Dr. Kelly Show

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher This week, the hosts recount their final days as graduate students and their first days as doctors. How are the last steps of the PhD process? Finalizing thesis, defense talk, and job search simultaneously Stressful days leading up to the defense “No one cares about […]

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PhD 021: Post-doctoral Life and the European Experience with Aleksandra Badura show art PhD 021: Post-doctoral Life and the European Experience with Aleksandra Badura

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/phdinprogress/PhD_021.mp3 Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher This week we talk to Aleksandra Badura, a neuroscience post-doctoral researcher at Princeton University about the post-doc life and differences between the US and European PhD programs. (This episode was recorded a LONG time ago. We have all since defended and will catch up on […]

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PhD 020: Dr. Ben McNeil on the Creativity Deficit in Science and Thinkable.org show art PhD 020: Dr. Ben McNeil on the Creativity Deficit in Science and Thinkable.org

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PhD_020.mp3 Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher Dr. Benjamin McNeil is a Senior Lecturer at University of New South Wales and creator of Thinkable.org. He wrote this piece for Ars Technica titled “Is there a creativity deficit in science?” What are the hurdles to professors getting funding? How can we pursue projects that […]

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PhD 019: Starting an “Alternative” Career Symposium at Your Institution with Mark Esposito show art PhD 019: Starting an “Alternative” Career Symposium at Your Institution with Mark Esposito

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher A very special thank you to Mark Esposito who also runs the Breaking Bio blog found at breakingbio.org.  Mark wrote a guide about creating the career symposium you heard in this show at http://www.breakingbio.org/resources/ Discussion points: Understanding your career path and constantly questioning your goals Problems with […]

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PhD 018: Engineering Management, Industry, and Informational Interviews with Kyle Imatani show art PhD 018: Engineering Management, Industry, and Informational Interviews with Kyle Imatani

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher Discussion points: What are informational interviews? Understanding what you’re interested in Keeping a casual conversation Learning about prospects of the company, the culture, how promotions work Overcoming being hesitant How did you jump into informational interviewing Strategies: Leveraging Alumni Network Being earnest What roles with […]

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PhD 017: “We’re NOT Morons!” – Facing Impostor Syndrome show art PhD 017: “We’re NOT Morons!” – Facing Impostor Syndrome

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher [Episode card image adapted from a Flickr photo by Derek Mindler, used under the Creative Commons] If you would like to donate to help cover costs, please click here.This week we have a friendly dialogue about facing Impostor Syndrome and how it has appeared in […]

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PhD 016: Mental Health Awareness and Treatment as a Grad Student show art PhD 016: Mental Health Awareness and Treatment as a Grad Student

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher   [Episode card image adapted from a Flickr photo by Bhernandez, used under the Creative Commons] Questions asked: What is a “lifeguard”? How did you decide to seek help? What does help look like? How is mental illness perceived in graduate school? Am I alone […]

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PhD 015: Financial Basics- Priorities, Budgets, and Credit with Patricia Berhau show art PhD 015: Financial Basics- Priorities, Budgets, and Credit with Patricia Berhau

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher   Patricia Berhau is an ISLES Asset Building Coordinator who works primarily with moderate and low-income people. She encourages graduate students to remember that their income-level is only temporary as their income potential is much higher in the long-run. [Episode Card uses a Flickr image by epSos.de under […]

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PhD 014: “12 Years A Graduate Student” with Parag Gupta show art PhD 014: “12 Years A Graduate Student” with Parag Gupta

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher     This week, Jason talks to Parag Gupta, 12th-year materials science and mechanical engineering PhD student at Northwestern University about his perspective on graduate school and learning from mistakes. Resources: Parag Gupta’s April 2014 TEDxNorthwesternU  “So, Um…12 Years, Huh?!” can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32QCk1fRpfY.  Robert Fulghum’s […]

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PhD 013: Parenting and Raising a Family as a Graduate Student with Jessica Rowland Williams show art PhD 013: Parenting and Raising a Family as a Graduate Student with Jessica Rowland Williams

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Click here to subscribe and rate us in iTunes | Or Subscribe on Stitcher This week, Jason and Kelly talk to Princeton University graduate student Jessica Rowland Williams about starting graduate school with a child and deciding to raise a family. Resources Parenting in Grad School by Andrea Zellner at GradHacker.org Grad School and Parenting: If I Knew Then What […]

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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 more information at [email protected] 

NOTE:
While drug and substance use and/or abuse is a serious subject, the hosts and guest decided to keep true to the show’s  unique voice. We integrate levity and a sense of humor into discussion of an important topic of academic research. Jokes made in this show should not be confused with endorsement of illegal/harmful drug use but should promote thoughtful dialog.