Welcome to episode 100 of the Papa PhD podcast! In a lot of the conversations I've had in past interviews here on the show, we have talked about how academia and graduate school need to change. For this special episode, I'm bringing you a conversation during which I got a glimpse at what that change can look like. With this week's guest – Shaz Zamore – we dove into the current diversity and inclusivity challenges facing academia today and into how addressing them can change the face of science a...
Mar 25, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Télécharge la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant ! Que deviennent les docteur.e.s une fois sortis du milieu universitaire? Quel est leur rôle dans le tissu socio-écomonique aujourd'hui? Cette semaine, sur Papa PhD, on va parler du tiers secteur de la recherche et de projets d'intégration de docteur.e.s au sein de missions de science citoyenne et d'autres initiatives scientifiques en dehors du cadre académique. Pour ce faire, j'ai invité à mon micro quelqu'un qui Klask! (vérifiez sur so...
Mar 18, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 27
This week on Papa PhD, I'm talking with Caolan Kovach-Orr about his journey from the wet lab to a career in data science. During our conversation, we talked Caolan's academic journey, about what skills you should focus on as a candidate, today, if you're interested in data science, about the specifics of the interviewing process for data scientist positions, and Caolan shared specific advice based on his experience as a PhD in the corporate space, so be ready to take notes! What you’ll learn abo...
Mar 11, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This week on Papa PhD, I'm bringing you my recent conversation with Kerri Twigg, career development coach, TEDx speaker, and author of “The Career Stories Method”. During our conversation, we talked about her book and about how her approach applies to PhDs transitioning out of academia and wanting to learn how to retell the ir graduate school stories. Kerri also turned the tables on me and put my career journey under the microscope, during our chat, which felt vulnerable at first, but was an int...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Télécharge la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant ! Cette semaine, j'ai le grand plaisir de partager avec vous ma conversation avec Martha Boeglin à propos de la bête noire de beaucoup de thésards et thésardes – la rédaction de thèse, notamment les pièges qu'elle peut nous tendre et les tactiques et stratégies pour les éviter ou pour se débloquer. Ce que tu apprendras dans cet épisode : Comment se passe un doctorat en sciences humainesÉcrire sa thèse commence par lire - techniques et st...
Feb 25, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 96
Many of my guests have talked about tuning into and pursuing your passion, when considering career options. In this episode, I talked with Mariana Vargas-Caballero about how she discovered her passion for science and about the choices and principles that brought her into the academic life. What you’ll learn about in this episode: The value of doing a masters before embarking on a PhDHow a good lab culture can empower you as an international studentHow exercises like drawing and annotating your l...
Feb 18, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In this episode, I have the pleasure of talking science communication with former U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Chief of Staff and president of Bayer Strategic Consulting, Mark Bayer. During our conversation Mark and I talked about best practices when communicating science to non-academic audiences, but we also talked about the interface between science and policy, and the role researchers and scholars can play in this sphere. What you’ll learn about in this episode: The importance of...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Télécharge la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant ! La vie n’est pas faite de belles lignes droites. Pour mon invitée d’aujourd’hui, Marie-Andrée Fallu, son trajet académique a été assez linéaire jusqu’au post-doctorat, mais différents facteurs sont venus l’orienter vers la carrière qu’elle mène aujourd’hui, loin du terrain et de la recherche… mais pas tant que ça! Ce que tu apprendras dans cet épisode : L'intérêt de faire des jobs pendant la maîtriseL'importance de parler avec des gens...
Feb 04, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Higher education is under pressure, these days. It has been for a while, now, but the COVID-19 pandemic may well be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back, and this test is bringing to light some of the fragilities that have been under the radar until now. With me, this week, I have someone who has a deep love for higher education and for students and graduate researchers, and who has explored the question of professional outcomes of PhDs in different domains – Paul Yachnin. What you’...
Jan 28, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 20
L’année 2020, marquée par la pandémie de COVID-19, nous a apporté de grands défis et nous a amené à changer nos habitudes, notre façon de vivre en société. L’effort de lutte contre la dissémination du coronavirus a aussi entraîné des débats et des questionnements qui relevaient du domaine scientifique – la virologie et la compréhension du virus, l’épidémiologie et les décisions portant sur le contrôle de la contagion, l’immunologie et la technologie derrière les vaccins d’ARN.L’interface science...
Jan 21, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week on Papa PhD, we'll be focusing on graduate students and their professional development needs and common blind spots. My guest, Jinelle Wint, did her PhD in the biological sciences and throughout her academic journey, she learned the value of of working on her professional skills, and has coached many students in exploring their career choices. Take the Papa PhD Listener Survey Now ! Jinelle Wint, PhD, is the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs for the Graduate School of the Stowers Ins...
Jan 14, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Hi and happy new year! In this first episode of 2021, I bring you a story you may in part know. A story of changing countries and cultures and of finding new horizons for yourself in the process - in my guest's case, leading to his transition from basic research into business development. Take the Papa PhD Listener Survey Now ! Fabrice worked as a research scientist in medtech for more than 12 years in top-tier institutes worldwide. He was deeply involved in the entrepreneurial scene leading to ...
Jan 07, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This week, I'm bringing you my conversation with Eric James Stephens, Founder of ChangeHigherEd, a platform where, in the summer of 2020, being unemployed, he set out to help PhDs understand their value through live-streamed events and workshops that ended up bringing in many thought leaders into the discussion and having over 250 registered attendees. With him, I discussed the pressure COVID has brought on the higher education space and the change this pressure means for PhDs considering their ...
Dec 31, 2020•52 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Qu'est-ce que tu ne fais pas, en ce moment, parce que tu as peur ? Peur de l'inconnu. Peur du changement. Peur de ce que les autres vont penser. Dans cet épisode, mon invitée, Céline Ablasou, partage avec toi le trajet inusité qui l'a menée de la biologie moléculaire à la gestion de projet dans le domaine de la robotique. Répond au sondage à l'auditoire de Papa PhD ! Après sa maîtrise, Céline Ablasou a passé quelques années comme assistante de recherche en biologie moléculaire. Elle a ensuite co...
Dec 24, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 15
The holiday season is here and a lot of us are trying to make sense of a very challenging, for some of us a traumatizing year 2020, in preparation for the new year. This week, and to hopefully bring you some appeasement and some warmth at this time when we'd all rather be with our friends and family celebrating, rather than being locked down, I am sharing with you a bonus episode where we're going a little deeper into how we are feeling and about practices and habits that can help us enter 2021 ...
Dec 21, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 86
If you ask me or anyone helping people with career transitions what the most powerful tool is in testing the waters and in growing your network when preparing for job hunting, you will most certainly hear these two words: informational interviews. Today's guest has invested strongly in this exercise, so much so that he's published a book based on his learnings and on the conversations he's had about career exploration. Take the Papa PhD Listener Survey Now ! Matteo Tardelli describes himself as ...
Dec 17, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Est-ce que tu te prépares à une entrevue d’emploi en ce moment ? Est-ce que tu en a passées quelques-unes, mais tu ne te sens pas en contrôle du processus ? Une façon de se préparer et de se sentir plus à l’aise, plus en contrôle dans un contexte d’entrevue d’emploi est de travailler les messages que l’on veut passer et de se pratiquer. Cette semaine, je t’apporte ce que mon invité, Bruno Guglielminetti, avait à partager à ce sujet à la lumière de son expérience comme communicateur et dans les p...
Dec 10, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week, I am sharing with you an interview that covered a lot of terrain, from going through grad school with a disability, to the importance of networking during grad school and after, to the challenges of building a consultancy business based on your research. A great conversation with Stephanie Ryan, author of "Let's Learn About Chemistry" an educational book for young children. Take the Papa PhD Listener Survey Now ! Stephanie holds a PhD in Learning Sciences from the University of Illino...
Dec 03, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Nous ne sommes pas tous faits pareils. Ce qui nous motive, ce qui nous passionne, nos valeurs, nos priorités dans la vie, tous ces traits font de nous qui nous sommes, avec notre style particulier, avec nos besoins particuliers, avec nos tocs particuliers. Cette semaine, je vous apporte ma conversation avec Mrim Boutla qui trace un lien entre la neuroplasticité, les différentes approches à l’expérience du doctorat, et les stratégies gagnantes d’exploration de carrière et de recherche d’emploi ap...
Nov 26, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Every day, I see conversations happening about how a PhD in humanities or the social sciences is a dead end and a waste of time. Maybe you are having this reflection now. The truth is that I've had many conversations proving exacly the opposite. This week's interview was one of them. Download "Tools for Your PhD Journey" Now ! Katina Rogers is co-director of the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center, CUNY, where she guides and mentors graduate fellows, develops programming, and exercises adm...
Nov 19, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Est-ce que tu travailles sur ta thèse dans le domaine des sciences humaines ? Est-ce que des fois tu te questionnes sur ce qui viendra après ? Est-ce que tu as déjà pensé lâcher le doctorat? Mon invitée de cette semaine est passé par ces questionnements avant de trouver le bon format pour son doctorat et de le compléter. Aujourd’hui, elle travaille dans le milieu universitaire où elle comble son désir d’avoir un impact positif sur sa communauté en aidant les doctorants à répondre à ces mêmes que...
Nov 12, 2020•52 min•Season 2Ep. 8
What informs your career choices? Do you trust your gut? Or do you trust others to help you with tough decisions? And once you take the plunge in the job market, what factors end up determining where you end up? These are the types of questions this week’s guest, Natalia Bielczyk, is interested in and likes to reflect upon. In our conversation, we talked about her academic journey and discussed this whole question of navigating the job market as a PhD. Download "Tools for Your PhD Journey" Now !...
Nov 05, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Vers la fin de mon doctorat, je savais que je ne ferais pas de postdoc. Mais à part des tests qui me disaient quels domaines seraient intéressants à explorer avec mon profil, comme l’enseignement au collégial ou le coaching, je n’avais aucune idée de ce que j’allais faire après la rédaction de ma thèse. Finalement, j’ai découvert, à travers mon réseau, la rédaction médicale, domaine dans lequel j’ai eu mon premier emploi. Mais dans toutes ces recherches et toutes ces conversations, je ne me souv...
Oct 29, 2020•52 min•Season 2Ep. 6
This week on the show, we’re going to talk about uncertainty, in particular employment uncertainty in academia and outside of it in the current pandemic context. Now in-between jobs, after her their postdoc, my guest will share her journey up to today and will talk about how confinement led her to take on new projects, teach herself new skills and double down on her investment in networking. Download "Tools for Your PhD Journey" Now ! Vera Chan graduated her PhD in HK from 2014 and had 6 years o...
Oct 22, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Est-ce qu'il n'y a qu'une route à suivre pour mener des recheches doctorales? En court – non. Chacun de nous est différent, a une histoire de vie différente, des valeurs différentes et des objectifs de vie qui nous sont très personnels. Cette semaine, mon invité qui oeuvre dans le transfert des connaissances mais aussi dans le conseil aux doctorants partage avec toi son trajet académique, les décisions et les moments tournants, et partage aussi la vision très actuelle qu'il a de la place des doc...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 4
This week, I'm bringing you a conversation with someone who has recently made the transition from her PhD to the non-academic job market, and has done so into the PhD career development and recruitment domain.During our conversation, Rebecca Maymon, you will not only hear about her experience exploring career avenues during her PhD and navigating that transition, but you will also get her valuable insights based on her research and on her recruiting experience working in an organizations that fo...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 3
De retour en français pour cette saison 2 de Papa PhD et cette semaine je vous apporte une invitée qui travaille depuis 2008 à faire le pont entre docteurs et employeurs. Tu remarqueras que le format a un peu changé : les entrevues dureront environ 40 minutes et seront toujours publiées le jeudi, tu m’entendras intervenir plus et commenter des moments-clés de la conversation et – petit cadeau – j’inclurai toujours à la fin de l’épisode des vignettes audio de podcasts amis, en français, et qui t’...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Download "Tools for Your PhD Journey" Now ! Welcome to Season 2 of Papa PhD!To kick-start this second season of interviews, I’m bringing you someone who has been helping researchers figuring out their careers for a while, now, and who will be recounting how he navigated his transition and how he got to the position he’s in today.But before we go into the interview, I want to quickly share with you what new features you’ll be noticing starting today, on Papa PhD. The first big change is that the ...
Sep 24, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Téléchargez la "Boîte à outils pour le doctorat" maintenant ! Transcription de l'épisode : Salut! C’est moi, David ! Si tu viens de découvrir Papa PhD, bienvenue ! La saison 2 du podcast est presque arrivée - l'épisode 1 sera diffusé le jeudi 24 septembre - et je suis vraiment heureux de vous reprendre contact avec vous tous! Voici ce qui est au menu pour la saison 2. Dans la saison 1, j'ai fait de mon mieux pour vous présenter des histoires de personnes titulaires d'une maîtrise ou d'un doctora...
Sep 18, 2020•3 min
Download "Tools for Your PhD Journey" Now ! Episode transcript: Hi! David here! If you’re new to Papa PhD, welcome! Season 2 of the podcast is almost here - Episode 1 is airing on Thursday, the 24th of September - and I’m really happy to be back in touch with you! So here’s what’s in the works for Season 2. On season 1 I tried my best to bring you stories from people with master’s or PhD degrees working in and out of academia, with career paths as diverse as possible. There were great stories ab...
Sep 17, 2020•3 min
