PhDivas

Liz and Xine sit down with fellow PhDiva Dr. Nadia Chernyak and discuss difficulties and similarities about applying to tenure track jobs in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM. (Yes, we are all on the job market right now.) How is the university changing? What is your #academicanxiety?

For more information about Dr. Chernyak you can find her at www.nadiachernyak.com

Can you study what you love? Newly minted PhD Dr. Shyla Foster talks to Xine and Liz about why she studies Buffy the Vampire Slayer and how to be a critic as well as a fan.

In this two part series, Xine and Liz show each other how they conduct research. In Part 2, modern-day scientist Liz joins Xine on her trip to Philadelphia to conduct research in the archives of the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians. Skull collections! Civil War medicine!

In this two part series, Xine and Liz show each other how they conduct research. In Part I, Xine shadows Liz on a typical day of experimentation with in-vivo imaging in a biomedical engineering lab. What happens when Xine, who studies the history of science and medicine, gets to see Liz's day-to-day work as a scientist? Lasers! Floating tables!

Xine interviews Liz and highlights some of her favorite "Liz-isms." Liz reveals insight into her childhood, why she loves physics, being from the south, and why she's truly a PhDiva.

Liz and Xine break down the outrageous NY Times comments by Duke professor Jerry Hough about Black and Asian names in relation to assimilation in America.

Xine and Liz are back from summer break and bringing you the business. New music, photography, a Facebook page -- and new episodes!

"You're a girl so you can't do math." "Speak English and go back to Hong Kong!" Liz and Xine tackle racial and gender stereotypes that tried to hold them back -- but they ended up doing PhDs in the very subjects they weren't supposed to be any good at.

#BlackLivesMatter. DREAM Cornell. May Day. #FighttheFee. Just a few of the acts of protest on Cornell's campus at the beginning of this month. Xine and Liz discuss activism, the academy, and what it takes to be an ally.

Cornell's Response to Student Activists

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/29/cornell-student-activists_n_7167092.html

CAAAV's #JusticeforAkaiGurley #Asians4BlackLives letter

http://caaav.org/justiceforakaigurley-national-sign-on-letter

It's hard not to have an opinion about Fresh Off the Boat, the first Asian American sitcom in about 20 years. Check out our take on the representation of Asian Americans and the use of Black culture both in the show and by its creator, Eddie Huang.

Eddie Huang's initial Vulture article on FOTB: http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/eddie-huang-fresh-off-the-boat-abc.html

Bill Maher interview with Eddie Huang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPbdydra_Ak

OKCupid on race: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/race-attraction-2009-2014/

Color Creative founded by Issa Rae: http://www.colorcreative.tv/