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Personal Finance for PhDs

Jan 27, 2020

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 becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for individual graduate students. Hajer and Emily discuss in detail Hajer's top three strategies...


Jan 20, 2020

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 intern. Cortnie's dissertation is on how your upbringing influences your financial attitudes and behaviors later in life and how to effect...


Jan 13, 2020

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 program - beyond academics and research - should a prospective graduate student consider when deciding among offers...


Jan 6, 2020

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 and a couple months of stipend income. In 2019, the financial aid office told her she had been "over-awarded" and had to...