The Self-Care Stuff: Considering Whether to Stay or Drop Out

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In this episode you’ll hear about: navigating academia as a STEM student, getting pregnant and parenting while still a student, and difficult decisions about dropping out or staying in academia.

Our guest is: Dr. Miriam Martin, an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Davis. She teaches high-enrollment lecture and laboratory courses and specializes in learner-focused teaching practices that promote deep learning and an inclusive, equitable learning environment. Prior to teaching at UC Davis, she taught at several community colleges and also brought science experiments into elementary schools as a volunteer. She is the mother of two children and a pun-loving microbe-enthusiast. She invites you to follow up on our conversation through Twitter (@MicrobialGurl) or LinkedIn.

Your host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality. She is an independent scholar, and the co-creator of the Academic Life channel on New Books Network.

Listeners to this episode might be interested in:

• “What matters in a PhD adviser? Here’s what the research says” 
• “How to survive grad school with a family”
• “Lactation Support Program”
• “A repository of peer-reviewed research and resources discussing the challenges facing white women and men and women of color in science”
• PhD Balance (Twitter @PhD_Balance)
• The Versatile PhD (Twitter @VersatilePhD)
• “Life in extreme heat” (about the heat-loving microbes in Yellowstone National Park) 
• “Stalking Caulobacter”

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