Blk + In Grad School

Kat has always wanted to earn her Ph. D. as her Plan B was to become Whitney Houston

Meet JoeSandra Odunze, the mind behind The Corporate Minority, As the child of two entrepreneurs with a passion for serving people, she knew that after she finished her Bachelors in Psychology and Ethnic Studies she would go directly to her MBA, despite c

"Everybody's somebody's everything Nobody's nothin'" -Chance The Rapper, Everybody's Somebody This week's episode is a touchy, but real and relevant subject. As we deal with grieving personal losses and even people we may have never met, doing so in grad

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This week's guest is Dominique, the creator of academic + fitness community, Scientists Who Lift. Dominique is a 4th year Ph. D. student, with a master's in Biophysical Chemistry. His current research focuses on the Time and Space organization of MMP9 and

It's 2020 and time to set those goals again! Allanté reflects on her goals for 2019 and 2020. It's been a wild ride so far, and she shares how she thinks through goals. Get access to the FREE resources from Blk + in Grad School; Heading to grad school?

Asia Fuller Hamilton, Ph. D. is the wife + mother of a beautiful family of six. She juggled a full-time job, an active family and community life while completing her doctoral degree in 2017 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She earned her P

Dr. Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts (@blacktransnational_) is a tenure track assistant professor in community health at State University of New York (SUNY) Cortland. He received all his degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, completing his Ph. D

Destenie Nock finished her PhD in Industrial Engineering in 2019 from UMass Amherst and is the first Black woman to join the faculty for the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. Her research focuses primarily on energy planning, decision analysis, a

Unless you were living under a rock, you probably heard about Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden who went viral as the FIRST Black Women to get her PhD in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. On this week's episode she talks about her life and career after that level

Time flies when you're having fun! Blk + In Grad School Turns TWO so Allanté reflects on what she's learned about the podcasting business, life and of course, grad school! Hear favorite clips from the last year that have kept it real or brought insight a

Dr. Williams was a model graduate student but in the last two years of her doctoral program felt that academia would not be the space allow her to use her gifts and talents in a way that felt good to her soul. She shares how she boldly set aside the inte

This week Allanté gets transparent about some of her fears as the time is coming to move into the next phase.  How do you deal with fear about the future? Fear about the quality of the relationships in your network? Fear about work and research? Fear ab

Every grad student is inundated work. Readings, homework, classes, meetings can begin to feel like a constant state of doing the most. Then conversations with fellow grad students IRL and online follow suit with seeing as everyone is crazy busy, but after

Allanté shares her personal statement for her Ph. D. application. There's some wins and some losses but as always there's a lesson. Mentioned during the show: Episode 12: How Did I get Here? My grad school story. Medium Article - What is Blk + in Grad Sc

Working towards becoming a better writer, Allanté attempted to write 100 days and shares how she did it. Following the exercises in Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer (reviewed in the last episode, check out Ep. 81) Allanté Increased her average writing time amongst other things. There was a lot to gain in terms of establishing a writing practice, improving writing and tracking the pro...

In Episode 54: 2018 The Recap Allanté shared her goals for the next year and from one of those goals came a necessity to sharpen her writing skills. With her goal in mind and a recommendation on Instagram from @higheredincolor she decided to read Becoming an Academic Writer by Dr. Patricia Goodson. On this episode, Allanté gives her opinion on the book, the best parts of the book, how to use it an...

In Episode 54: 2018 The Recap Allanté shared her goals for the next year and from one of those goals came a necessity to sharpen her writing skills. With her goal in mind and a recommendation on Instagram from @higheredincolor she decided to read Becomin

This week's guest is Allanté's very best friend of 15+ years, Ashley!! Ashley has always had a heart and passion for community where her path led her to a career in non-profit. After she finished undergrad at Michigan State University, she jumped right into a Master's degree in Educational Psychology to bolster her non-profit career trajectory. In the first few years in the sector, Ashley was sear...

This week's episode is a throwback! Allanté rewinds back 50 episodes to episode 29 when she finished up her first year and also created her first week-by-week action plan! Inspired by Side Hustle Pro's  Goal Getter Action Plan , Allanté shares how she organized her plan as a graduate student (instead of an entrepreneur). She also shares plenty resources you can try to explore for putting together...

"I know there's always rooting before blossoming." - Tracy G.   This affirmation is a whole word, which inspired this week's episode on setting your goals. If you're a scholar, rooting is the planning and blossoming is the goal achieved. That goal could be a paper, a research project, building your network, etc. Setting a goal in our heads may be as easy as writing that goal down however the proce...

Meet Alana, a part-time MSW student that balances her coursework and working full-time with a very intentional self-care. During a conversation inside Blk + in Grad School's private community, The Scholar Circle, Alana brought up the topic of activities that provide rest and how they differ from restoration. Can you talk about a mind-blowing moment?

Elissia is a 4th year PhD student in Chemistry and Lipidomics and the creator of ResearchHER. From her first visit at Purdue, Elissia immediately knew she wanted to be in a space where she was truly comfortable.  She didn’t want to be the first black woman in her PhD program and she was hesitant to introduce herself to professors because she didn’t feel like she wouldn’t measure up. That didn’t st...

This episode is all about creating a space you enjoy away from campus. Many graduate students are furnishing an apartment and while they have the essentials (if you don't no fear Allanté has that covered as well) still wonder about how to make the space feel more home-y and comfortable. Listen in to hear the 5 items you should be looking for to give your space the look and feel you desire and the...

School is starting back up— eek! Funny how time flies when you’re having fun, er, I mean when you’re working hard to make research progress. haha. If you’re starting grad school this year, congrats! If it’s another year for you, congrats as well. Because grad school. Spoiler Alert: this list is NOT going to blow your mind but instead I am writing this to make a case for investing in these items. T...