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PhDivas

Podcast about academia, culture, and social justice across the STEM/humanities divide. Dr. Liz Wayne and Dr. Christine "Xine" Yao are two women of color Ivy League PhDs navigating higher education. Bi... Read more

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S7E1 | You Are Not Alone: Race + Mental Health w Dr Samara Linton & Rianna Walcott

S7E1 | You Are Not Alone: Race + Mental Health w Dr Samara Linton & Rianna Walcott

Good luck with the start of another academic year: you are not alone. Mental health is often falsely presented as irrele... Read more

26 Sep 2022

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S6E9 | Pandemic Pedagogy & Sailor Moon Solidarity w Dr. Cassie Osei

S6E9 | Pandemic Pedagogy & Sailor Moon Solidarity w Dr. Cassie Osei

Adversity and the power of friendship! In the second half of the interview, PhDiva Xine talks with historian Cassie Osei... Read more

11 Jul 2022

31mins

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S6E8 | Afro-Brazilian Women's History & Low Femme Theory with Dr. Cassie Osei

S6E8 | Afro-Brazilian Women's History & Low Femme Theory with Dr. Cassie Osei

Wherever they are, Black women have always theorized about race and gender, says Dr. Cassie Osei. In the first of two ep... Read more

27 May 2022

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S6E7 | PhDivas Discuss DISAFFECTED: Solidarities Outside the Master's House

S6E7 | PhDivas Discuss DISAFFECTED: Solidarities Outside the Master's House

Let's talk about feelings, unfeelings, boundaries, and emotional labour! How do we build solidarities beyond what Black ... Read more

22 Mar 2022

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S6E6 | WOC Then, WOC Now Pt 1: Writing Books & Historical Black Women in STEM

S6E6 | WOC Then, WOC Now Pt 1: Writing Books & Historical Black Women in STEM

So much and yet so little has changed for women of colour since the 19th century... PhDivas Liz and Xine discuss Xine's ... Read more

21 Feb 2022

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S6E5 | WOC Scholars in Community: PhDiva Xine's Book Launch!

S6E5 | WOC Scholars in Community: PhDiva Xine's Book Launch!

If the master's tools can never dismantle the master's house, what can we build instead? Since emotional labour is racia... Read more

30 Dec 2021

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S6E4 | PhDivas Watch Netflix's The Chair: WOC Safeguarding & Sabotage

S6E4 | PhDivas Watch Netflix's The Chair: WOC Safeguarding & Sabotage

Have you watched Netflix's The Chair? Join PhDivas Liz and Xine as they talk about all the uncomfortable resonances betw... Read more

30 Sep 2021

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S6E3 | Casteism ≠ Racism: Prof Shaista Patel on the Failures of 'Postcolonialism'

S6E3 | Casteism ≠ Racism: Prof Shaista Patel on the Failures of 'Postcolonialism'

Just because they are both systems of oppression does not mean that casteism ≠ racism! Postcolonialism developed as a fi... Read more

24 Aug 2021

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S5 Special! Liz interviews her mom

S5 Special! Liz interviews her mom

Mother's Day Special! Liz interviews her mom about what it's like to raise a PhDiva. Learn about Liz's childhood career ... Read more

10 May 2021

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S6E2 | Springtime Rejections: PhDivas Talk About Academic Failure

S6E2 | Springtime Rejections: PhDivas Talk About Academic Failure

Springtime is the season of success for a few... and rejection for the majority. PhDivas Liz and Xine revisit the perenn... Read more

29 Apr 2021

51mins

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