Hosted by Nataly Dickson · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 97 episodes
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The PhD-to-Be Podcast is a podcast hosted by Nataly Dickson, a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at TCU. Listen to her, and her various guests, discuss their lives as graduate students, and offer insight into experiences with topics like burnout, life and work balance, and navigating academia. Do you have any questions? Are there any topics you want them to cover? Email them at thephdtobepodcast@gmail.com. This podcast is not affiliated with TCU.
Nataly Dickson hosts The PhD-to-Be Podcast, a education show with 97 episodes published.
On Episode 83 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly talks all about how to design a college-level course. From knowing what your objectives are to what you might do on the daily to support your students learning, she gives ad
On episode 82 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly reflects on what her second trimester of pregnancy was like all while being a graduate student. Hope you enjoy!
On Episode 81 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly talks about the jobs she applied for and what her future plans are now that she was rejected from all of them. Listen to the whole episode for a suprise!
On Episode 80 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly reflects on how her spring 2025 semester is going so far! She talks about her diss progress, her role as ADC, and other scholarly projects she is currently working on. Hope
On Episode 79 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly's guest talks all about their experiences with getting rejected from graduate programs. Her guest shares the factors they believe led to the rejections, and ends the episode
On Episode 78 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly explores and breaks down the question of why the work that we do in grad school matter. She discuss the ways in which you can reflect and find more meaning in grad school bo
On After School Snack #13, Nataly shares tips she believes will make your thrifing experience fun! Hope you enjoy! Happy thrifting!
On episode 77 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly dives deep into the question: is college worth it? Hope you enjoy!
On episode 76 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly talks all about what it has been like to be a pregnant graduate student! Listen as she reflects on her first trimester. Hope you enjoy!
On Episode 75 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly reflects on her Fall 2024 semester. She talks all about her dissertation, her job as assistant director of composition, and what it has been like on the job market. She ends
On Episode 74 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly's guest Emily reflects on the unique challenges and triumphs of being a first-semester PhD student while also navigating the responsibilities of parenthood. Emily shares her
On Episode 73 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly talks about her current job and her experience on the job market, specifically job applications. It's a chatty episode so get cozy!
On Episode 72 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly and her guest talk about the pros and cons of a fast-track PhD versus going the master's route. They discuss things like funding and being expected to perform as a PhD stude
On After School Snack #12, Nataly and her guest reminisce on the video games and systems they played as children including the Nintendo GameCube all the way to the Nintendo Wii. Hope you enjoy this break from talking abo
On episode 71 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly interviews Andrea Wright, a fifth year PhD student in Urban Education. Andrea gives listerners insight into her grad school experience including how she went from majoring i
On Episode 70 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly and her guest talk about what is like to be people of faith in an academic culture that tends to remain silent on religion, faith, and spirituality. They specifically talk a
On Episode 69 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly and Dallas reflect on the first 7 weeks of the Fall 2024 semester. They delve into the progress of their dissertations, the challenges of going on the job market, and much m
On episode 68 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly and Dallas discuss CVs. They talk through some of the basics of CVs and even share each of their CVs with listeners.
On episode 67, Nataly and Dallas discuss the pros and cons of grad students comparing themselves to their peers and what current grad students can do to use this comparison for good.
On episode 66 of The PhD-to-Be Podcast, Nataly discusses her experiences of feeling stuck while working on her dissertation. She outlines several strategies she has employed to overcome these challenges. Hope you enjoy!
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