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How This Grad Student Had a Baby, Landed a TT Job, and Defended Her PhD within Six Months
Personal Finance for PhDs
English - November 12, 2018 06:00 - 55 minutes - 64 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsCourses Education Business Investing debt money phd budget frugality graduateschool investing personalfinance postdoc Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the last half-year of her PhD, Dr. Heather birthed her first child, completed and defended her dissertation, and landed a tenure-track job... all while caring for her infant alongside her visiting professor husband without any outside help. During the episode, we discuss many of the logistics that go into having a child during grad school, from arranging parental leave to conducting experiments around a nursing schedule. Heather shares how she learned to ask for the accommodations she needed and her advice for new academic parents.