What are YOU going to do with THAT?

In this episode Danni chats with Brianna Baker, a doctoral student in counseling psychology from Columbia University in NY. Brianna opens up about her bumpy journey which included getting rejected from every PhD program she had applied to only to finally getting accepted a year later to her dream program in Columbia. Brianna also talks about being a social media influencer with her initiative "Black in Mental Health" (#BlackInMH), and her YouTube channel and blog titled "Becoming Dr. Baker". In this episode Brianna drank Cuban coffee and Danni drank Amaretto.

Host: Danni Reches (@DanniReches)

Producer and Editor: Ido Rosenzweig (@IdoRosenzweig)

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Join us for the opening episode of season 2. In this episode, Danni Reches chats with Sana Malik from Pakistan about her journey from architecture in Pakistan studies to a PhD in Malaysia. Sana talks about the struggles of being a woman in both the architecture profession and academic world in a very conservative society. She also described her experience as a mother of a young child while doing her advanced studies and the importance of a strong family support in this journey. She also address her activity as a social media influencer in the academic Twitter under the handle @PhDfriendSana and #PhDfriend. During the recording of this episode Sana drank tea, and Danni drank Amaretto.

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Welcome back to our podcast - what are YOU going 2 do with THAT? where are host, Danni Reches, chats with early career researchers (#ECR) about their personal journey in academia.

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In this episode our host Danni Reches and our producer Ido Rosenzweig chat about the podcast, the guests we have had throughout the first season, and the topics that came up, including mental health in academia, imposter syndrome, hobbies, tips and drinks. In this special episode of "What are YOU going to do with THAT?" Danni drank her signature Amaretto and Ido drank a special Game of Thrones editing of Johnny Walker.

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In this special collaboration episode, Danni chats with Dr. David Mendes, the host of the PapaPhd podcast. David talks about his journey from Portugal to Canada in order to get his PhD in Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra while doing it at McGill University, and his decision to leave academia for a position in medical communication and the linguistic services industry. David talks about the idea behind his PapaPhD podcast, and his passion for martial arts. In this cross-Atlantic episode Danni drank Amaretto and David drank his morning coffee.

This is Part I of a special double episode. In Part II, David interviews Danni for a PapaPhD episode. If you want to learn more about Danni and her own journey in academia, please tune in to the "twin episode" on PapaPhD at Https://papaphd.com/69

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In this episode Danni chats with Sophie Prosolek. Sophie who is about to finish her PhD researching diet and health at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (Norwich, UK), talks about mental health in academia after being diagnosed as Bipolar type 2 during her PhD. Sophie also talks about her research on the effect of naturally-occurring sulfur compounds in broccoli, her very active social-media presence on twitter (@InfraRedRum) and on Instagram (@theinfraredrum), and the Pint of Science Festival. During this episode Danni drank Amaretto and Sophie drank hot chocolate with Brandy.

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In this episode Danni chats with Dr. Hana Saliba Salman. Hana talks about her experience as an early career researcher from a minority (of Palestinian origin) in Israel, and the unique difficulties of being a minority in academia. Hana also shares her passion for English literature and especially the detective genre, on which she wrote both her Master thesis and PhD at the University of Haifa. Her current research, as a post-doc fellow at Ben-Gurion University, focuses on the interchange between memory and culture. Hana recently signed a book contract titled "Lone Wolves: Marginalized Detectives in a Postmodern Realm". In this episode Danni drank Amaretto and Hana drank Rose wine.

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In this episode Danni chats with Dr. Renske de Kleijn from University Medical Center Utrecht. Renske talks about her research on supervisor feedback, her very supportive and useful "Happy PhD Supervisor" twitter account (@HaPhDs) and the importance of music in her life. Renske also talks about the Covid-19 related children book that she has manged to publish recently, and the Dutch imposter syndrome song that she translated to English. During the episode Renske drank a local 0.0 Heineken beer and Danni drank Amaretto.

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In this episode Danni chats with Dr. Tahira Anwar about her STEM journey that started in Italy and finished with her PhD in Helsinki, Finland. Tahira talks about being a woman of colour in STEM academia, including her experience with sexual exploitation in academia and her ongoing imposter syndrome. She also explained about her field of research Autophagy, her future plans outside of academia, and her love for Pakistani and Italian cuisines. During the episode Tahira drank traditional chai and Danni drank Amaretto.

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In this episode Danni chats with Dr. Jonathan Kolieb from RMIT University (Melbourne) about his journey from Australia to California and Washington, and back home to Melbourne. Jonathan talks about the importance of a good supervisor - researcher working relationships, as well as on his work on human rights and companies, and children in armed conflicts. In this episode Jonathan drank his newly favorite drink, Gin and Tonic, and Danni drank Amaretto.

Dr Jonathan Kolieb is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University. Jonathan’s research and teaching interests focus on global governance issues, including current projects on international conflict resolution, business and human rights, and the accountability of transnational corporations under international law. His PhD dissertation was entitled: “Corporate Peacebuilding and the Law: Regulating the Private Sector for Conflict Transformation.”

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