LATEST POSTS FROM THE BLOG

• Why Mental Health Is Worth Investing In (with PhD Balance Founder Susanna Harris)
  In this episode, Emily interviews Susanna Harris, a PhD student at the University of North Carolina and the founder of PhD Balance (formerly PhDepression). Susanna is an outspoken advocate for the […]
• This Grad Student Is on the Lowest Rung of the Pay Ladder and Side Hustles to Compensate
  In this episode, Emily interviews Sarah ‘Frankie’ Frank, a grad student in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Frankie describes the hierarchy of grad student positions at […]
• Three Financial Strategies Every Early-Career PhD Should Employ (with Kate Mielitz, PhD, AFC)
  In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Kate Mielitz, an assistant professor at Oklahoma State University who holds a PhD in financial planning and is an Accredited Financial Counselor. Kate gives her […]
• How This Graduate Student Rejects the Academic Culture of Being Broke
  In this episode, Emily interviews Hajer Nakua, a rising second-year PhD student in neuroscience at the University of Toronto. Hajer describes how the culture of being “broke” in academia […]
• How to Combat the Negative Financial Attitudes We Learned in Academia and in Childhood
  In this episode, Emily interviews Cortnie Baity, a doctoral candidate in Human Development and Family Sciences at Florida State University and licensed marriage and family therapist […]
• Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Choose a PhD Program That Will Support Your Personal and Professional Development
  This episode comprises seven audio clips from PhDs and PhD students who are advocates for PhD students’ professional and personal development. They each answer the prompt: “What aspects of a PhD […]
• How Winning Fellowships Forced This Grad Student to Take Out Student Loans
  In this episode, Emily interviews Dessie Clark, a doctoral candidate in Community Sustainability at Michigan State University. In 2018, Dessie received a few small fellowships for conference travel […]
• Fellowship Income Is Now Eligible to Be Contributed to an IRA!
  In this episode, Emily explains the new legislation that allows non-W-2 fellowship income to be contributed to an Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA). Up until 2019, fellowship or training grant […]
• How Effective Presentations Advance Your Career and Improve Your Finances
  In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Echo Rivera, a PhD in community psychology and founder of Creative Research Communications. Echo is an expert in effective presentation, and she teaches these […]
• How This Graduate Student Financially Manages Daycare Costs, Debt Repayment, Saving, and Side Hustling
  In this episode, Emily interviews Aubrey Jones, a PhD candidate in social work who lives in Tennessee. Aubrey is married and has a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old, which means childcare is their […]