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  • Image for PF for PhDs S14E11: This PhD Student Budgets Manually and DynamicallyThis PhD Student Budgets Manually and Dynamically
    In this episode, Emily interviews Ariel Floro, a second-year PhD student at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in northern California. Ariel details her budget, from the mechanics of her system […]
  • Image for S14E10: The Motivation and Strategy Behind Biology PhD StipendsThe Motivation and Strategy Behind Biology PhD Stipends
    In this episode, Emily interviews Shelly Gaynor, a fifth-year PhD candidate in botany at the University of Florida. After learning of the possibility of a stipend decrease in her department last […]
  • Image for S14E9: This Grad Student Saved and Spent $60,000 for a Year-Long SeabbatticalThis Grad Student Saved and Spent $60,000 for a Year-Long Seabbattical
    In this episode, Emily interviews Michael Spano, a fifth-year PhD student in chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. After seeing his stipend offer from UCI and securing […]
  • Image for S14E8: Budgeting for the First Year of Grad School Even with Financial AnxietyBudgeting for the First Year of Grad School Even with Financial Anxiety
    In this episode, Emily interviews Georga-Kay Whyte, a first-year graduate student in history at Brown. Georga-Kay is a first-generation college student from Jamaica who grew up with financial […]
  • Image for S14E7: Student Loan Deferment Shouldn't Be Your DefaultStudent Loan Deferment Shouldn’t Be Your Default
    In this episode, Emily interviews Meagan McGuire, a Certified Student Loan Professional and consultant with Student Loan Planner. Meagan goes over all the pertinent terms of the upcoming modified […]
  • S14E6 image: This PhD's Social Mission Pulled Her from Academia into EntrepreneurshipThis PhD’s Social Mission Pulled Her from Academia into Entrepreneurship
    In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Rasheda Weaver, the founder of the Weaver’s Social Enterprise Directory. Rasheda studied and taught social entrepreneurship as a graduate student and […]
  • S14E5 Image: How This Grad Student Shifted Her Student Loan Strategy through the PandemicHow This Grad Student Shifted Her Student Loan Strategy through the Pandemic
    In this episode, Emily interviews Lexi Jones, a 4th-year PhD student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied […]
  • PF for PhDs S14E4 Image: This Grad Student Deferred Her Acceptance to Work on Her FinancesThis Grad Student Deferred Her Acceptance to Work on Her Finances
    In this episode, Emily interviews Brittany Trinh, a PhD student in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Brittany originally applied to grad school in fall 2018, but she elected to defer […]
  • S14E3: Image The Tax and Retirement Effects of Receiving Fellowship FundingThe Tax and Retirement Effects of Receiving Fellowship Funding
    In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Jamie Lahvic about her experience being funded by fellowship during grad school at Harvard and her postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley. Regarding […]
  • Image for S14E2: How This Grad Student Fellow Resolved an Expensive Tax Bill in His FavorHow This Grad Student Fellow Resolved an Expensive Tax Bill in His Favor
    In this episode, Emily interviews Matty Dowd, a sixth-year PhD student in history at Princeton. Matty openly shares with us the tax horror story he lived for most of 2021 and into 2022. In 2018 and […]

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