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In our last episode we discussed the different parts of the application, the cover letter, CV and research statement. And congratulations, the search committee was impressed and invited you for an interview. In this episode we are going to discuss the interview process. From start to finish. And believe me when I tell you, it starts well before you get there. 

In this episode we discuss the different parts of the application, the cover letter, CV and research statement. Its time to showcase all your hard work through grad school to ensure you are invited for the interview.

In this episode we are going to discuss career paths and how to plan for the job and career you want. This is the first of three job related episodes, as we are now just in the midst of the job season. 

Happy Holidays from our BIJTG families to yours! Guys, make sure you take care of yourselves over the break and get some rest. Make time for work, but also make time for family. Eat right, sleep well, and enjoy yourselves.

Listen...sometimes you got to put stuff down and truly take care of yourself. TIMES UP! WE'RE BACK!

Depending on your field, sometimes they are one in the same, sometimes they are different. We are gonna talk about both. You don't need luck, you got this. 

Enough said....

It's time for Season 2! We're back. Summers over and the semester has started again. We hoped y'all had a great summer cause we did! Some family time, beach time, celebrating a 1st marriage anniversary (someones husband is a doctor now!), and starting a new faculty job #newPI.  We have an awesome set of topics this season so stay tuned.

Coming August 26th

Classes are over but that doesn't mean that we as grad students get a vacation. For our last episode of the academic school year and season, we discuss summer funding and insurance, planning field work, time management, writing, self care and how summer is kinda a vacation but not really. And last but certainly not least, we celebrate our very own Dr. Halsey! Follow us on social media: Instagram @BIJTG_Podcast and Twitter:@BIJTG_Podcast. Like, rate, subscribe and share. 

On this episode, we talk about HBCUs and PWI from the perspectives of those who started out at a PWI or a HBCU and ultimately ended up at a PWI for graduate school. The major takeway is to not speak on experiences you don’t understand. If you never went to a HBCU, don't speak on it. If you never went to a PWI, don't speak on it. In the end, we are all educated, gaining skill sets and getting our degree. 

Disclaimer: Our opinions are our own.

We are back from our spring break and admidst relaxing on the beach and finishing up a manuscript, we decided to research self-care and its importance to both your mental and physical health. From exercising, to cooking, to mediation, wash day and self reflections, they are many ways to enact self care. Don’t forget. Check up on your strong friend, be on the look out for all of your friends and listen when someone is telling you things are a bit rough right now. Check out our social media: Instagram @BIJTG_Podcast and Twitter:@BIJTG_Podcast as we share all of our strategies over the next week. Its the little things that count.

Coming to you live from Florida with a bottle of red wine, we talk about the angry black women trope and how even though we may have plenty of reasons to be angry, we aren’t. We are passionate about our research and refuse to let others invalidate us. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @BIJTG_Podcast

We just proud to be black!

We are back with a new episode. Today we are going to talking to you about the PhD interviewing process aka the most important day of your early career. Starting is PhD is hard and finding a lab that can match your research interest and style can be even harder. There are a lot of factors that can determine if a lab group is the best for you and if you will be able to thrive in that culture. All schools /lab groups have problems. It’s up to you to figure out whether which are deal breakers. You ultimately call the shots on where you go.

The path to earning your degree can be a bit bumpy. Alot of it is learning how to advocate for your self so that you have everything you need to succeed. We want to prevent you from getting into a funk. The psychology term for it is "Learned Helplessness" where you don't have the necessary skills/resources to get the work done. Much of our episode centers around Emotional Intelligence and how to use its principles to get through this multiple year journey of getting that degree. 

Ya girl, Samniqueka, successfully defended her dissertation but she needed to unpack the interactions that happened over the course of that two hours. From giving suggestions on how to improve papers that have already been published to a handshake that was a little too firm. It took a second to be happy about passing. Ya won’t believe the criticism about publishing before the defense.  Not only do we have to work twice as hard, when we do, they still got a problem with it. On a second note, anxiety is real. If someone is trying to talk to you, don’t automatically say “You got this”. Check up on your strong friends and family cause even though they look like they got it together, they may be stressing and trying to tell you and telling them that they got this, ain’t helping.