The Graduate Student Handbook

This week, Ashley Rossin comes on the show to talk about expectations during school breaks as a grad student! 

Christina Salerno joins the show once again for an episode all about graduate stipends and tuition waivers! We discuss what to expect from them and the wide range of opportunities from different universities.

Defending your proposal or final thesis can be stressful. Listen to this week's episode with Lindsey Smith as she and I go over our experiences to help you prepare for your own defense!

This week, I had Kim Pikok on the show to talk about her experience as a new graduate student and what she has learned so far in her first semester! She talks about what it has been like in her Native fellowship program and speaks about her current thesis project as well!

It can be hard deciding if a thesis is the right option for you. Listen along for Autumn Fornier-Dorsaz's experience about switching from a thesis option degree program to a non-thesis option degree program.

As the world starts to open back up again, scientific conferences are switching from virtual to either hybrid or in person! It can be scary attending your first conference, so listen in to Jessie McCraw as she shares her recent experience presenting at an in person conference!

Writing can be hard. All grad students have accepted this fact. Sammie Schreiter joins the podcast this week to talk about her experiences with writing her thesis and how she stays motivated!

Prepping for your comprehensive exams can be stressful! Listen this week as Basia Marcks shares her experiences with studying and taking both her written and oral exams during her PhD!

Are you worried about what to do after school? This week, Bryce Corbett tells us all about the job she landed after graduation and advice for others currently on the job hunt!

Were you involved on campus as an undergrad? Did you know you can still be involved as a graduate student? Co-host Katie McCabe is on the show this week to discuss her experiences during her masters program when she was the president of a major organization!

It can be hard to decide what to do when you're in your early 20's. On this episode, Adam Schuller shares his experience from leaving medical school and starting his PhD. He offers a very interesting, and helpful, perspective on what goes into a decision like this. 

This week, Malia is joined once again by Amy Grogan! This episode is all about mental health and self-care for graduate students. They discuss different resources students have access to and share their own advice as well. All mentioned resources can be found on the "Podcast Extras" page on the website!

This week, Malia is joined by Christina Salerno to talk about her experience of switching from a master's degree to a PhD. Christina tells us all about what to expect based on her choices and how this might impact her future career.

It would be nice to think that unhealthy relationships between advisors and graduate students are rare, but every grad student I have ever met knows at least one person who has experienced this. This episode will share anonymous stories from several students to show that this is more common than universities like to admit. Students are not taught how to handle these situations when they arise, so I will share advice from each of the students whose stories are told.

This week, Malia is joined by Marae West as they discuss different types of grants and how to apply for them! They go into all the details you might want to know before applying for your first one.

This week, Malia is joined by Devin Fraleigh to talk about his experiences with field work. He shares with us how he started and where he's at now, with a little close encounter with a "bear" story in between!

On this episode, Malia and co-host Reanna discuss their experiences with lab work. They go over topics such as general expectations, running experiments, safety and more! 

This week, Malia is joined by Amy Grogan, our first PhD co-host! They talk about the differences between TAships and RAships and how to apply for them. Malia and Amy discuss their different experiences with both positions and give some personal advice as well.

Konnichiwa! This week Malia is joined by a Japanese graduate student, Asami Minei. In this episode, Asami shares her experience as an international student during her undergraduate and graduate career. They discuss everything from picking which country is best to recent increases in Asian hate in America.

This week, Malia has Anna Pearson on the show to discuss how they applied to their graduate programs! With their opposite experiences in deciding on locations and importance of GRE scores, this episode will touch on a wide range of interests.

This week, Malia is joined by Seanna Jobe to discuss how to pick an advisor. They dive into how they picked their current advisors and were rejected by several others. They also go over what to include in your first email, what traits they preferred for a potential advisor, and what relationship to expect from an advisor.

Do you have nerves when it comes to attending a graduate school? Maybe you've just been accepted or maybe you've just started. Either way, this episode touches on several things that would have benefited myself and my co-host early on in our graduate careers.

Get to know your host and the purpose of this podcast. Starting July 12th, you will get to take a long look behind the curtain of graduate school. Every Monday, join host Malia Smith and a new guest co-host as they give the inside scoop into topics ranging from attending conferences to dealing with toxic advisors and everything in between.