In this episode, Dr. Allegra Grice talks about her journey into "becoming a scholar and researcher," some of the common pitfalls she overcame, and how she uses her experiences to pour into her own students.

Show highlights include:

1.Switching programs and internal negotiation.

2.Researching interests you are passionate about, but that others may not embrace or have questions about.

3.Learning from mentors in academia that don’t look like you

4.Strategies for navigating interdepartmental politics and power dynamics while being a grad student

5.Giving yourself grace and what that looks like in real -time.

6.Common pitfalls to beware of, and how to move through them as you are developing into a different [but still authentic] version of you.