PhD Pending

In this episode, we chat with Dr Miranda Corcoran about collaborating with other academics to write co-authored journal articles. We share some experiences of our writing and editing process, and communication strategies so that your collaboration will be a success. 

Find Miranda's Twitter here: @middleagedwitch

Miranda Corcoran is currently a lecturer in twenty-first-century literature at University College Cork. She’s currently writing a monograph on adolescence and witchcraft in American popular culture. She is also the co-editor (with Steve Gronert Ellerhoff) of Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction: Ray Bradbury's Elliott Family (Routledge, 2020). She has published articles in The New Ray Bradbury Review, Supernatural Studies and The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. She is a host on the New Books in Literary Studies podcast and a regular contributor to the online magazine Diabolique.

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Turning your passion into a lucrative side hustle during your PhD? We sit down with Tiezheng Bu to talk about his successful YouTube channel Vicarious Voyager, and how he balances video production and work while pursuing a joint MD/PhD programme. We debate what's worse, EasyJet or Ryanair, get insight into how a humanities PhD is less restrictive than a science PhD, and share travel hacks for when you didn’t get funding for your next conference abroad. Subscribe to Tiezheng‘s YouTube channel for beautifully shot and produced aviation videos for the perfect escapism binge during your next lunch break or procrastination session. 

Tiezheng Bu is an MD/PhD candidate from Toronto, Canada, who is currently completing his PhD on machine learning in medical imaging. He travels quite often for work, and has created a side hustle out of the opportunity in the form of a mildly successful YouTube channel, Vicarious Voyager, on which he vlogs and details different airline experiences.

Find Tiezheng on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/VicariousVoyager

Find Tiezheng on Instagram: @tiezheng

If you like our content, support PhD Pending by heading to our Buy Me A Coffee page and donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phdpendingpod. This episode of PhD Pending was written and produced by Anne Mahler. Get in contact with PhD Pending on Twitter and Instagram @phdpendingpod or via email under [email protected].

In this episode of PhD Pending, we chat to Dr Robert Lloyd about his decision to change his full-time PhD to a part-time PhD. We talk about how a part-time PhD is different to a full-time programme, and his experience with productivity, teaching, and conferences during his part-time research. We also touch on the mental and financial impact of changing to part-time, and how it can have a positive impact on your work-life-balance.

Dr Robert Lloyd completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Cardiff University, and was awarded his PhD in January of this year. In his PhD thesis, Rob analysed metaphorical representations of ghostliness across Shirley Jackson’s writing. In addition to Jackson Studies and spectrality, his research interests include twentieth-century Gothic writing, contemporary women’s writing, and Horror in its literary and cinematic forms. He is currently working on expanding his thesis into a monograph, and is editing a collection of essays on Shirley Jackson’s short fiction with Dr Joan Passey.

Find Rob on Twitter: @roblloyd91

If you like our content, support PhD Pending by heading to our Buy Me A Coffee page and donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phdpendingpod. This episode of PhD Pending was written and produced by Anne Mahler. Get in contact with PhD Pending on Twitter and Instagram @phdpendingpod or via email under [email protected].

In this episode of PhD Pending, we chat with Dr Samantha Dockray, Anne's former funding application mentor, about the ins and outs of PhD funding applications, the behind-the-scenes of funding bodies, reference letters, the mental fallout of rejection, and answer listener questions about cracking the code of writing a (potentially) successful application. 

About Samantha: Samantha is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology at University College Cork. Samantha's research is centred on understanding health and wellbeing during adolescence, and particularly interested in how biological process, such as puberty, can influence behaviour and health. Samantha is the Chair of Research in the School of Applied Psychology, where part of her role is to develop strategy and actions to support researchers to secure funding and work toward their other research goals. Samantha has also led on the development of both structured and informal supports to PhD researchers, including support related to securing funding. Samantha was named as the 2016 UCC Research Supervisor of the Year, after a nomination from her PhD students.

Find Samantha on Twitter: @SamanthaDockray

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In this episode, we talk to Luciana Lilley about the American PhD system. How does it work? How much teaching is involved? What does the application process look like? And what are comps? Answers to all these questions in this week's interview! 

Luciana's bio: Luciana Lilley is an American doctoral candidate in English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro whose concentrations are 19th century British and American comparative literatures. Her areas of interest are explorations of literal and metaphorical cannibalism in texts, feministand embodiment theories, and women writers. She’s also a foodie and business owner of a mobile axe-throwing business called Great Axepectations.

Find Luciana's axe-throwing business here: FB and Instagram @greataxepectations, Twitter @axepectations.

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In this episode, we chat to Cindy Veldhuis about the impact of the pandemic on PhD productivity, and get into some hands-on tips on how to stay productive, managing reopening anxiety, and what a hybrid research world might look like. 

Find Cindy on Twitter here: @CindyBVeldhuis

Cindy's bio: Hi, I'm Cindy Veldhuis (pronounced veld-hice). I have a Bachelors in Theatre and Psychology as well as a Masters in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Oregon, and a PhD in Psychology (health psychology emphasis) from the University of Illinois at Chicago. I am currently an associate research scientist at Columbia University and my area of research is on LGBTQ intimate relationships. I also have another area of research focusing on the effects of the 2016 election on LGBTQ individuals and a long-term study on the mental health effects of the pandemic. Outside of work, I love the theatre, making stuff (printmaking, ceramics, etc), and watching way too many DIY videos on YouTube.

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In the season finale, we answer listener questions about how to manage funding and finances during your PhD, and what we think about the academic job market and pursuing a PhD in your early 30s. We love hearing from you! If you have a question or an idea for an upcoming episode, send us an email or message us!

We also share some exciting news about season 4!

If you like our content, support PhD Pending by heading to our Buy Me A Coffee page and donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phdpendingpod. Your contribution will help us to buy much needed audio equipment to  bring you new episodes in better sound quality. This episode of PhD  Pending was written and produced by Éadaoin Regan, Jennifer deBie, and Anne Mahler. Get in contact with PhD Pending on Twitter and Instagram  @phdpendingpod or via email under [email protected].

In this episode, Anne interviews Jenni and Éadaoin about the benefits and challenges of pursuing creative projects during the PhD. We discuss how to find the time to write in various mediums alongside PhD commitments and whether a routine is useful for - or detrimental to - the creative proces. Finally, we chat about general creative inspirations, whether there is any crossover between the fiction we write and the fiction we research, and much more. 

If you loved the sound of Jenni's novel and would like to support her, please follow the link below to purchase the e-book:

https://jenniferdebie.com/the-adventures-of-dogg-girl-and-sidekick/

If you like our content, support PhD Pending by heading to our Buy Me A  Coffee page and donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phdpendingpod. Your contribution will help us to buy much needed audio equipment to bring you new episodes in better sound quality. This episode of PhD Pending was written and produced by Éadaoin Regan, Jennifer deBie, and Anne Mahler. Get in contact with PhD Pending on Twitter and Instagram @phdpendingpod or via email under [email protected].

This week on PhD Pending, Anne, Éadaoin, and Jenni talk about the final months of the PhD. How did we collate our chapters into a completed thesis? What’s up with images in the thesis? What did our final editing processes look like? Find out this week on PhD Pending! Are you in the final stages of your PhD too? Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram @phdpendingpod!

If you like our content, support PhD Pending by heading to our Buy Me A Coffee page and donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phdpendingpod. Your contribution will help us to buy much needed audio equipment to bring you new episodes in better sound quality. This episode of PhD Pending was written and produced by Éadaoin Regan, Jennifer deBie, and Anne Mahler. Get in contact with PhD Pending on Twitter and Instagram @phdpendingpod or via email under [email protected].

In this episode we discuss our various experiences with beginning and/or maintaining romantic relationships amidst the PhD process. From long distance relationships (planned and otherwise), making quality time for each other alongside deadlines, breakups, navigating dating during a pandemic, the partner's perspective, and how to handle suitors who think they know more about your research than you - we discuss it all! What are your dating tips/horror stories? Be sure to get in contact with us via our social media or email channels. 

If you like our content, support PhD Pending by heading to our Buy Me A Coffee page and donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phdpendingpod. Your contribution will help us to buy much needed audio equipment to bring you new episodes in better sound quality. This episode of PhD Pending was written and produced by Éadaoin Regan, Jennifer deBie, and Anne Mahler. Get in contact with PhD Pending on Twitter and Instagram @phdpendingpod or via email under [email protected].