A Brown Girl and A White Girl: The Podcast

Alexis Spina is a UX Researcher for Amazon Web Services, where she specializes in uncovering user behavior, needs, and motivations to make products and services more delightful for customers. Prior to working in tech, Alexis was a graduate student at UCSB, where she pursued her research interests in STEM education, specifically preparing preservice mathematics teachers. With 10 years of K-12 teaching experience, Alexis' true passion is in education and she hopes to return to the field in some form one day. In the meantime, she's enjoying life in tech and how it supports her to spend quality time with her husband, pursue pottery, and spoil her two nieces. 

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Antar A. Tichavakunda is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of California Santa Barbara. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Tichavakunda is a product of DC Public Schools. His first book, Black Campus Life: The Worlds Black Students Make at a Historically White Institution, is published with SUNY Press. Tichavakunda enjoys watching anime, eating soul food (especially savory grits), and writing in cafes.

Get to know your resident Brown Girl & White Girl and what our podcast is all about! Bringing you advice, stories, and banter about graduate school and beyond - you won't want to miss the release of our first episode on September 5!

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