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Sarah-Louise Quinnell earned her PhD in geography from King's College London. She's now the learning and development manager for the online tutoring service Mactrac, which is part of Macmillan Digital Education. Follow Sarah Continue reading.
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From PhD to Life
Daniel Munro earned his PhD in political science from MIT He is currently a principal research associate at the Continue reading, working in the Centre for Skills and Post-Secondary Education.
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From PhD to Life
Emily Simmons earned her PhD in English from the University of Toronto in 2011. She’s currently an education specialist at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School.
What did you hope for in terms of employment as you completed your PhD?
A few days after my...
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From PhD to Life
Daniel Mullin earned his PhD in philosophy from the Free University in Amsterdam. He's now a salesperson and consultant. Find him online at Continue reading and follow him @d...
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From PhD to Life
Christine Slocum earned her MA in sociology at the University at Buffalo in 2010. She spent two years pursuing a doctorate in sociology at the University of Washington before leaving that to begin a career working to alleviate homelessness. She is employed as one of the data nerds at the Home...
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From PhD to Life
Kara Santokie earned her PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. Formerly a professor, she is now director of Toronto Women's City Alliance, where she works towards the inclusion of women’s voices in municipal politics. Her work has led her to be featured in the Toronto S...
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From PhD to Life
Jennifer Polk explores how Dr. Tauber went from full-time professor to helping graduate programs increase retention and diversity.
Dr. Daveena Tauber earned her PhD in English from Rutgers University. She consults with graduate programs and graduate writers in the U.S. and internationally on issues related to scholarly writing. You can find her at Continue reading.
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From PhD to Life
John Robertson earned his PhD in medical biophysics from the University of Western Ontario in 2011. He currently works for the Techna Institute in Toronto as a Research Communications Officer. John also recently published a book on investing for regular people called
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From PhD to Life
Christine Buske earned her PhD in cell and systems biology from the University of Toronto. She is a recovering academic who spent about ten years in research, studying the effects of low dose embryonic alcohol exposure on the development of social behavior and the brain. Little did she know she...
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From PhD to Life
Paul Hartley trained as an ethnomusicologist at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where he is currently a PhD candidate. He worked on music production practices in the Turkish film industry with the help of an IIE Fulbright grant, but now works as Sr. Resident Anthropologist and He...
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From PhD to Life
Kenna Barrett earned her PhD in English with a specialization in rhetoric and composition from the University of Rhode Island. She returned to her doctoral studies after 12 years in nonprofit fund development, nine of those at Yale University in New Haven. She's currently Director of Development...
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From PhD to Life
Susan Marie Martin earned her PhD in applied social studies from University College Cork, National University of Ireland. She's currently an international educator at a private school in the Middle East, and an independent academic and researcher. Find her online at
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From PhD to Life
Jennifer Askey earned her PhD in Germanic languages and literature from Washington University in St. Louis and then worked as an assistant, then associate professor of German at Kansas State University, followed by stints as a special project coordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University, and associ...
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From PhD to Life
Dr. Lisa Bélanger is an award-winning researcher, innovator, and she is CEO of ConsciousWorks, a consulting...
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From PhD to Life
“I knew what the government needed — someone to help them better respond to the public through thoughtful research design.”
James McKee earned his MA in political theory from the University of Toronto and left a PhD program in international relations. He's currently director of research for the executive council of the Government of Alberta. Follow him on Twitter @tallpoli...
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From PhD to Life
“There are no limits to what a PhD can prepare you to do, and what matters most is that you are doing work you find fulfilling and that meets your practical needs, not whether or not your advisers approve or your school sees you as a ‘success.’”
Alisa Harrison earned her PhD from Duke University in 2008 (history & African American studies). Since then, she has worked as a consultant and executive in the public and non-profit sectors. She draws on her expertise in power relations, democratic movement-building, and community organizin...
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From PhD to Life
Niem Huynh earned her PhD from Wilfrid Laurier University in geography (geography education). She is currently enjoying her role as manager, graduate student recruitment at Concordia University where she works with stakeholders to implement timely and meaningful connections with prospective grad...
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From PhD to Life
Follow how Jared started his career in academe, left to work in the public service and then came back to work as a professor.
Jared Wesley earned his PhD in political science from the Continue reading. His career path has taken him from tenure-track at the Continue reading,...
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From PhD to Life
Victoria Abboud, PhD, holds a bachelor of science and honours bachelor of arts degrees from the University of Windsor. She earned MA and PhD degrees in English literary and cultural studies (minor in rhetoric and composition) at Wayne State University. While completing her doctorate, and after s...
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From PhD to Life
“Fundamentally my overarching objective is to support researchers in driving their research program via securing national, European, or international funding awards and grants,” says Hayley.
Hayley Furlong earned her PhD in radiobiology from the Dublin Institute of Technology (now TU Dublin) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive biology at McMaster University. Since 2017, she’s been the research program officer for the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute in Trin...
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