In today's episode, we interview Professor Tanya Golash-Boza. Professor of Sociology at the University of California - Merced. As a writer, speaker, and teacher, she tells stories of people and of systems to help colleagues, students, readers, and listeners understand how racism and capitalism structure our lives and what we need to do to change this country and the world.

We talk about her career path, fieldwork abroad with a family in tow, her current research, and how blogging has influenced her (public) identity as a professor. Dr. Golash-Boza shares her best tips for setting boundaries, putting writing first, and about the writing retreats she leads where she teaches others the methods to find focus in their writing. We also get her best advice on bringing more racial and social justice to academia, and discuss our experiences as female professors and the sexism in academia. We also learn her best tip for PhD students, and how COVID-19 has influenced her work.

References mentioned in this episode:

• Blog: Get a Life, PhD.
• Homepage
• University website
• Book: Deported 
• Writing your journal article in 12 weeks: a guide to academic publishing success - Wendy Laura Belcher
• Tedx Talk link 
• Link to post on weekly template