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PhDivas

Podcast about academia, culture, and social justice across the STEM/humanities divide. Dr. Liz Wayne and Dr. Christine "Xine" Yao are two women of color Ivy League PhDs navigating higher education. Bi... Read more

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S01E16 | Advice for Early Graduate Students

S01E16 | Advice for Early Graduate Students

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is how to mentor and be mentored in return. Liz and Xine reflect on their PhD exper... Read more

22 Oct 2015

32mins

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S02E07 | Imposter Syndrome & Other Anxieties

S02E07 | Imposter Syndrome & Other Anxieties

Do you ever feel like you don't belong? Imposter syndrome names the feeling of being out of place that even successful p... Read more

13 May 2016

44mins

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S5E11 | Cells and Society at Work: Biomedical & Biopolitical Takes on Immunity

S5E11 | Cells and Society at Work: Biomedical & Biopolitical Takes on Immunity

Why do we talk about our immune systems using the language of warfare? Let's discuss immunity from two perspectives that... Read more

14 May 2020

49mins

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S04E17 | Thinking of Applying to Grad School? PhDivas Advice for Humanities & STEM

S04E17 | Thinking of Applying to Grad School? PhDivas Advice for Humanities & STEM

It's application season! PhDivas Dr. Liz Wayne and Dr. Xine Yao share strategies for applying to graduate school in the ... Read more

20 Dec 2018

48mins

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S5E10 | COVID-19 Anti-Asian & Anti-Black Racism with Professor Charissa Cheah

S5E10 | COVID-19 Anti-Asian & Anti-Black Racism with Professor Charissa Cheah

Who is seen as the disease or the diseased? Psychologist Charissa Cheah received RAPID grant funding from the National S... Read more

24 Apr 2020

41mins

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S03E04 | The Final Countdown: Getting Ready for the Final PhD Years

S03E04 | The Final Countdown: Getting Ready for the Final PhD Years

How does one complete a doctorate? Xine and Liz dispel myths about individual "grit" and "productivity" to talk about st... Read more

6 Oct 2016

37mins

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S03E10 | Dark Matter: Axions Cosmology & Being a Black Scientist; Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

S03E10 | Dark Matter: Axions Cosmology & Being a Black Scientist; Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Would a Black physicist have called it "dark matter"? Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is the 63rd Black American woman to e... Read more

2 Dec 2016

1hr 17mins

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S03E07 | For Women, By Women: Insecure, Broad City, and Girls

S03E07 | For Women, By Women: Insecure, Broad City, and Girls

Insecure, Broad City, and Girls: shows for and by women! These are shows that Liz and Xine watch as part of their lives ... Read more

4 Nov 2016

47mins

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S01E03 | Are women preferred 2:1 over men in STEM? …nah.

S01E03 | Are women preferred 2:1 over men in STEM? …nah.

A Cornell study just came out with this headline: 'Women preferred 2:1 over men for STEM faculty positions'There's A LOT... Read more

27 Apr 2015

32mins

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S04E09 | London Calling: PhDiva Xine Will Be a #NewProf

S04E09 | London Calling: PhDiva Xine Will Be a #NewProf

PhDiva Xine is moving to London, England as a #NewProf! Liz and Xine catch up after an exhausting spring to talk about X... Read more

26 Apr 2018

53mins

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S03E17 | Intersectionality in Science: Interview with Prof Sarah Richardson

S03E17 | Intersectionality in Science: Interview with Prof Sarah Richardson

What do power, society, and ideology have to do with science? PhDiva Liz Wayne interviews Associate Professor Sarah Rich... Read more

17 Feb 2017

52mins

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S03E01 | Why You Should Postdoc: Interview with Dr. Catharine Young

S03E01 | Why You Should Postdoc: Interview with Dr. Catharine Young

Wait, getting your PhD is not enough?! From scientist to science policy -- Liz Wayne talks to Dr. Catharine Young about ... Read more

8 Sep 2016

38mins

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S04E06 | Who Gets Cited? Allyship & Alt-Right Attacks with Drs. Carrie Mott & Daniel Cockayne

S04E06 | Who Gets Cited? Allyship & Alt-Right Attacks with Drs. Carrie Mott & Daniel Cockayne

Who gets cited in your discipline? What if exploring that question led to death threats? "Why these professors are warni... Read more

18 Jan 2018

45mins

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S5E2| Consent & Colonialism in Art: Khairani Barokka on Disability and Aesthetics

S5E2| Consent & Colonialism in Art: Khairani Barokka on Disability and Aesthetics

In the eyes of Western art all brown girls are the same. "Annah the Javanese" by the famous artist Paul Gauguin depicts ... Read more

24 Oct 2019

57mins

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S03E12 | New Year's Resolutions 2017

S03E12 | New Year's Resolutions 2017

Think positive, not punitive. How can we make resolutions that are not just individually-oriented? Make resolutions shar... Read more

6 Jan 2017

53mins

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S01E05 | Can We Be Academics AND Activists?

S01E05 | Can We Be Academics AND Activists?

#BlackLivesMatter. DREAM Cornell. May Day. #FighttheFee. Just a few of the acts of protest on Cornell's campus at the be... Read more

12 May 2015

29mins

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S01E04 | Fresh Off the Boat makes us feel weird.

S01E04 | Fresh Off the Boat makes us feel weird.

It's hard not to have an opinion about Fresh Off the Boat, the first Asian American sitcom in about 20 years. Check out ... Read more

29 Apr 2015

29mins

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S04E20 | Not Your Apolitical Asians: Rachel Kuo on the Asian American Feminist Collective

S04E20 | Not Your Apolitical Asians: Rachel Kuo on the Asian American Feminist Collective

Are Asians apolitical? What is the term "Asian American" anyway? PhDiva Xine talks to Rachel Kuo of the Asian American F... Read more

31 May 2019

47mins

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S5E9 | The Migrant Precariat & the Scientific Method: Dr. Furaha Asani Against the Academic Pedestal

S5E9 | The Migrant Precariat & the Scientific Method: Dr. Furaha Asani Against the Academic Pedestal

Even scientists face deportation in an anti-immigration environment. But Dr. Furaha Asani cautions that academics should... Read more

2 Apr 2020

33mins

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S03E21 | April Showers: End of Semester Stress

S03E21 | April Showers: End of Semester Stress

April is the cruelest month! It's a rough time in higher ed: originally our theme for this episode was just "being tire... Read more

7 Apr 2017

53mins

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