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Ntasha Bhardwaj started her journey in front of the cameras - as an uprising Bollywood star, but she knew that her ambitions are within the academic world and especially in criminal justice. Since there was no criminal justice program in India, Ntasha completed her master degree in social work and moved to the US to do another masters degree in criminal justice at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice where she's also doing her PhD. She founded the South Asian Institute of Crime and Justice Studies and recently returned to India to complete her research and develop the field of south-Asia oriented criminal justice.

In this episode Ntasha talks with Danni about her journey, and her research on incarcerated women in India and Sri-Lanka. The episode was recorded on March 8, 2021 - international women's day. During the episode, Ntasha drank Blue Tokai Indian coffee and Danni drank her famous Amaretto.

Host: Danni Reches (@DanniReches)

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Coming from a very traditional Druze community in northern Israel, Sawsan Kheir had a dream to become a psychologist, but not enough self-confidence. In this episode she tells Danni how she overcame lots of obstacles until she finally became a double degree PhD candidate.

Sawsan also talked about her field of research which is focused on the effects of modernization on the values and role of faith in the lives of Druze and Muslim students in Israel. It is part of a global research project known as the Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), headed by Prof. Peter Nynäs of the Åbo Akademi University.

Sawsan shares about the influences of her car accident while 8 month pregnant which forced her, eventually, to change her PhD topic; about traveling abroad alone for the first time in her life for a conference; why she named her daughter Mulan (yes! after the movie character), and her plans for the future. In this episode Sawsan drank traditional Druze mate and Danni drank her traditional amaretto.

Sawsan was born and raised in Peqi’in, a Druze village in the Western Galilee. Worked as an educational psychologist in the Haifa Municipality’s Jewish Education System for several years. She is currently serving as a teaching assistant and am a Joint Program PhD candidate at the Department of Psychology at the University of Haifa and the Faculty of Arts, Psychology, and Theology at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

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How is doing a PhD these days different than doing it when the internet was just beginning? Prof. Eli Salzberger, the head of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, and former dean of the law faculty at the University of Haifa talks about why did he choose law as his academic field, doing a PhD in Oxford (instead of Chicago) just to be with his future wife, the differences between doing a PhD back then and supervising over PhD candidates these days, being a "supermarket academic", and his lost love for acting. In this episode Danni drank her favorite Amaratto and Eli drank wine from a local winery.

Prof. Eli Salzberger was the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa and the President of the European Association for Law and Economics. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law (1st in class). He clerked for Chief Justice Aharon Barak and Dorit Beinish. He wrote his doctorate at Oxford University on the economic analysis of the doctrine of separation of powers. His research and teaching areas are legal theory and philosophy, economic analysis of law, legal ethics, cyberspace and the Israeli Supreme Court. He has published more than 40 scientific articles.

Prof. Salzbeger's webpage on the Minerva website

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Dr. Zainab M. Shallangwa left Nigeria in 2013 to do her Master of Arts degree in Museum and Heritage Studies from the University of Ghana, and when she returned to Nigeria 18 months later, she witnessed the damage that was caused by the extensive amount of internally displaced persons, who had to escape their home with nothing but the clothes on their backs due to the violence of Boko Haram. She noticed the damage caused to their culture heritage and decided to focus her PhD research on that topic.

In this episode Danni talks with Zainab about her journey that started with her failed attempt to get accepted to law school and ended with a PhD and a teaching position in the Department of Fine Arts. Zainab also talks about cultural differences, parenthood in academia, and the importance of functioning bathrooms in the workplace. In this episode Danni drank her signature Amaretto, and Zainab drank traditional north-Nigerian Zobo.

Dr. Zainab M. Shallangwa:

Instagram: @Shallangwaaikhionbare

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Danni talks with Prof. Benita Olivier about her journey in musculoskeletal physiotherapy that brought her to a professor position in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) while having three children and publishing over 50 articles. Benita talks about the struggles of motherhood in academia, about the importance of sharing, her imposter syndrome and about her research of preventing injuries in cricket. Benita also talks about her important project "Research Masterminds" that was created in order to help early career researchers to stop wasting time on technical questions and help them focus on their actual research. In this episode Danni drank Amaretto and Benita drank Rooibos - local South African tea.

Prof. Benita Olivier is a professor and researcher in the field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Twitter: @BenitaOlivier

Research Masterminds:

Website: https://researchmasterminds.com

Twitter: @ResearchMminds

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YouTube: ResearchMasterminds

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What is the connection between ancient Greece, Renaissance and Games of Thrones? Dragons and women.

In this episode Danni chats with Dr. Sharon Khalifa-Guetta, aka Dr. of Dragons. Sharon talks about how she discovered the world of dragons and women, and their meaning in art history - from ancient Greek times to Da Vinci and Titian and Daenerys Targaryen of Games of Thrones.

She explains how her academic journey led to do a PhD on "The Dragon and Femininity in Saint Margaret Paintings by Raphael and Titian" at Ben Gurion University, and to her current position as a post doctoral researcher at the Department of Art History at the University of Haifa on a Spinoza Post-Doctorial Scholarship for excellence. All that while being an academic mother.

During this episode Sharon drank an coffee and soda (Italian style), and Danni had her Italian amaretto as usual.

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What is "Microaggression"? How does it come into play in academia? What can we do to prevent or handle it?

In this special episode, Danni chats with Dr. Broderick Sawyer about microaggressions in academia. We have asked our followers on twitter to share with us their personal stories and experiences of microaggressions. In this episode we play 5 of those testimonials which Dr. Sawyer helps analyze using the ideas and philosophy of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Freud.

The stories:

1. Lena talks about microaggressions against people with mental disorder.
2. Jill (pseudonym, voiced by Nadège August) talks about microaggressions from a non-binary person's point of view.
3. Rosalind (pseudonym, voiced by Meredith Castles) talks about gender based microaggression.
4. Suparna talks about microaggression against ethnic minorities.
5. Ana talks about microaggressions from the point of view of a foreign PhD student in China

Dr. Broderick Sawyer

On Twitter: @BroderickA88

Website: brodericksawyer.com

This episode was directly influenced by an inspirational microaggressions episode on the What The Fockery podcast hosted by Nadège August. The episode can be found on this link.

We wish to thank Lena, Jill, Rosalind, Suparna, and Ana for sharing their stories and experiences with us. We also wish to thank Nadège and Meredith for helping Jill and Rosalind to maintain their anonymity.

Follow Nadège August on twitter: @NadègeAugust & @whatthefockery

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In this episode, Danni goes back to her hometown university when she speaks to Dr. Omri Grinberg, who is a post doctoral researcher at the Minerva Center of the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa – and also at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Omri is the first Anthropologist on the show and talks about starting in a different BA program than he originally wanted, moving to Toronto for the PhD, and provides tips on how to land a post doc position. He also explains how he deals with researching sensitive topics on Israel/Palestine and human rights, all over a hot drink while wearing an ‘ugly Christmas sweater’ that matches the one his daughter has.

Host: Danni Reches (@DanniReches)

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Omri on twitter: @OmriAnthro

The episode includes a trailer of Dear Grad Student podcast.

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As a Canadian married to a South Korean, who moved to Seoul, and is doing her part-time PhD in English language and applied linguistics via distance in the UK, Joanne is probably the most global guest we have ever had on the show. Listen to her story about making such life changing transitions, about changing her PhD topic because of North Korea tyrant's decision, and being a foreigner in South Korea.

In this log distance episode Joanne drank hot lemon water and Danni drank coffee (due to the time differences between Israel and South Korea).

Joanne's PhD title: "Tracking Moral Shifts in American Culture, from Dignity to Victimhood; A Corpus Linguistic Investigation"

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Joanne on twitter: @JoanneMcCuaig3

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Dr. Fernando "Bananaman" García-Bastidas changed the entire course of his career more than once. From a prominent coffee researcher in Columbia, he became a world leading researcher and scholar in the field of Banana in The Netherlands. Listen to the show to Fernando's cross continents and fields journey.

Fernando also talks about his very successful social media activity as Dr. Bananaman. During the episode Fernando drank a huge mug of coffee, and Danni drank Amaretto.

Host: Danni Reches (@DanniReches)

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Fernando's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ferchuckygarcia

Fernando on twitter: @Ferchucky

Fernando on Instagram: @ferchuckygarcia

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