It is my pleasure to host Dr. Kacy Barker on this episode of Life After PhD! Dr. Barker has a PhD in International Psychology with a concentration in Trauma Services, a Master's degree in Forensic Psychology, and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. She spent approximately ten years working before returning for her PhD, and shares some great life experiences that helped to motivate her to get a PhD, and also how her life experiences shaped her PhD and the time after it. She is a tireless social advocate, and shares a lot of information about her research on destigmatizing sex work and more globally on harm reduction. Please check out the links below for more information on these topics. I hope you enjoy listening to Kacy as much as I did!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacy-barker/

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Dr. Michele Veldsman is currently the head of Research & Development in Neuroscience at Cambridge Cognition, based in the UK. She graduated with her PhD from Cambridge University, and completed several postdoctoral roles / research scientist roles before taking her current job. She is a well-known mentor in the field of human neuroscience, especially to women and persons from marginalized and minoritized groups. She's gone out of her way to help others seeking a change from academia, and in her spare time (I joke, I joke), is about to go live with her startup, Playroom! Learn more about Michele, below.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheleveldsman/

Playroom: https://www.playroom-app.com/ (and nice write-up: https://www.forwardpartners.com/latest/michele-veldsman-founder-of-playroom)

Dr. Veldsmans' courses: https://stan.store/DrVeldsman

Interested in being on the podcast? Reach out to me (Brie) at [email protected]

Dr. Alexandra Moussa-Tooks and I talk about her trajectory from a clinical psychology PhD, to a clinical internship, postdoctoral fellowship, clinical education professorship and now her role as a first-year tenure-track Assistant Professor. She has some great insight into her own favorite parts of doing a PhD (creativity! being interdisciplinary!), and great takes on lessons learned along the way.

Dr. Moussa-Tooks academic page: https://psych.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/moussatooks-alexandra.html

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jhX8qzcAAAAJ&hl=en

Some terminology we use:

PI = Principal Investigator

NIH = National Institutes of Health

PBS = Psychological and Brain Sciences

Wet Lab = a type of laboratory where it is necessary to handle various types of chemicals and potential "wet" hazards, such as with animal models

If there's ever a word/phrase you're unfamiliar with, let me know and I'll add it to these notes.

I'd love to host you next! Send me an email: [email protected]

Join me in chatting with Dr. Emily Beswick, who graduated with her PhD in 2022 and is now about to start her second postdoctoral position. Learn about how she decided to stick with a postdoc, but also learn about her interests in industry and next steps.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-beswick-digitalresearch/

Some acronyms we mention on here:

PI = Principal Investigator, usually director of a lab

Dr. Neal Fox is Founder and Executive Director of Sierra STEM, which runs experiential learning, educational consulting, and professional development programs in the beautiful Sierra Nevadas. Dr. Fox holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from Brown University. Following a very successful 'traditional academic path,' Dr. Fox found joy in high school teaching and then morphed his love of the outdoors and his science training to start Sierra STEM.

Learn more about Neal:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nealpfox/

Sierra STEM: https://www.sierrastem.com/

I mention a little audiobook in the podcast. It's this one! "The National Parks" by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. It has a segment on Hetch Hetchy which then lead me to read/learn much more about the social and political history of the area.

Some acronyms we mention on here:

NSF = National Science Foundation

NRSA = A training grant

NIH = National Institutes of Health

ECOG = Electrocorticography

PI = Principal Investigator, usually director of a lab

It's my pleasure to bring you this interview with the insightful Dr. Sarah-Louise Decrausaz. Dr. Decrausaz holds as BS in Physical and Biological Anthropology, an MA in Physical and Biological Anthropology, and a PhD in Biological Anthropology. She is currently employed as a Strategic Project Officer, working closely with her university and faculty to identify and win grants.

LinkedIn:

Email: sldecrausaz[at]gmail.com

If you'd like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to Brie: brielle.stark[at]gmail.com

A conversational podcast all about the diversity of careers one can pursue after obtaining a PhD. If you're interested in being a guest, please get in touch! brielle.stark [at] gmail.com