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  • How This Grad Student Budgeted for Having Her First ChildHow This Grad Student Budgeted for Having Her First Child
    In this episode, Emily interviews Madeline Hebert, a rising second-year PhD student in Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Madeline’s household has an […]
  • Financial Advice from PhD Career Development and Financial Wellness Professionals
    In this episode, Emily shares the microinterviews she recorded at two higher education conferences this past summer. The conference attendees, virtually all of whom work at universities and most of […]
  • University-Level Policy Ideas to Improve the Financial Lives of Graduate Students and Postdocs
    In this episode, Emily shares the microinterviews she recorded at two higher education conferences this past summer. The conference attendees, virtually all of whom work at universities and most of […]
  • Unionization and Individual Negotiation to Improve Graduate Student Stipends and Benefits
    In this episode, Emily shares first-person stories of graduate students enjoying improved stipends and benefits thanks to prior negotiation. The first half of the episode includes the experiences of […]
  • Behind the scenes of GCCBehind the Scenes at the Graduate Career Consortium 2023 Annual Meeting
    In this episode, Emily opens up the audio diary she recorded while attending the 2023 annual meeting of the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) as a sponsor. GCC is attended by university staff members […]
  • Why and How These Grad Students Purchased Homes
    In this episode, Emily presents first-person stories from grad students who bought homes during grad school. The volunteers were simply asked to share their stories of home ownership, whatever they […]
  • Why and How These Graduate Students Side Hustle
    In this episode, Emily presents first-person stories from grad students who side hustle. The volunteers were asked this set of questions: What is your motivation for having a side hustle? What is […]
  • 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 […]

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