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Dr. David V. Johnson, Editor and Writer, Talks About Transitioning from Academia to Journalism

By Urte Laukaityte
February 9, 2022

Beyond Academia’s Urte Laukaityte sat down (virtually) with David V. Johnson, PhD to discuss his journey from a professorship in academic philosophy to his current roles as Deputy Editor at Stanford Social Innovation Review and Co-Editor at The Raven.


Keywords: PhD, Career Advising, Speaker Series, Journalism

Dr. Tekla Babyak Talks About Forging Her Own Path as a Scholar and Activist

By Yana Zlochistaya
May 10, 2021

Yana Zlochistaya sat down (virtually) with Dr. Tekla Babyak, PhD to discuss her journey from academia to independent scholarship.

“Gradually, it started dawning on me that I love doing research—why don’t I just do it? I don’t need permission to do it. And it kind of exploded from there.”


Keywords: PhD, Career Advising, Music, Speaker Series

Shawn Shafer, Scientific Director of the Laboratory for Genomics Research at GSK, talks about collaborations between Industry and Academia

By Sarah Morris
March 14, 2021

Beyond Academia’s Sarah Morris sat down (virtually) with Shawn Shafer, PhD to discuss his journey from academia to being Scientific Director of the Laboratory for Genomics Research at GSK.

“You’ve got to chart your own path. You could work in an R&D lab for 30 years and never advance and never move past that”


Keywords: PhD, Career Advising, GSK, Speaker Series, Genomics, Biology


Frank Hidalgo, PhD Candidate shares his journey as a Beyond Academia team member

By Frank Hidalgo
March 11, 2021

In this blog post, Frank talks about how did he become a BA member, what were his fears prior to the 2021 BA conference and its success.

“Many attendees have talked about how empowering it was to hear from speakers who had relatable graduate school experiences and had then gone on to forge their own, unique post-PhD paths.”


Keywords: PhD, Career Advising, BA Conference, Testimony, Journey, Gradschool


Karen Kelsky, PhD talks about the motivation behind The Professor Is In and offers advice on pursuing a career after the PhD

By Angélica M. González-Sánchez
February 19, 2021

Beyond Academia’s Angélica M. González-Sánchez sat down (virtually) with the Founder and CEO of The Professor Is In, Dr. Karen Kelsky, to discuss her journey into becoming a renowned entrepreneur, career advisor, writer and speaker.

“You have all of these soft skills that you have not learned the names of properly, but they are there and all you have to do is identify them”


Keywords: PhD, Career Advising, Entrepreneurship, BA Conference


Marc Perez, PhD talks about consulting and the future of renewable energy

By Frank Hidalgo
February, 16 2021

Marc Perez imageBeyond Academia’s Frank Hidalgo sat down (virtually) with the Senior Researcher at Clean Power Research Marc Perez, PhD to discuss his views on solar energy.

“Renewable energies are going to win the battle”


Keywords: PhD, Consulting, BAconference, Solar, Renewable, Energy


Ragan Hart, PhD talks how to successfully lead a team in the 21st century

By Frank Hidalgo
February, 9 2021

Ragan Hart imageBeyond Academia’s Frank Hidalgo sat down (virtually) with the Director of Operations and Business Development at MDisrupt, Dr. Ragan Hart to discuss her views as a team leader.

“The way I lead is hands-down solutions-oriented. I don’t like to construct the entire path to completion, I prefer to set up the global objectives and empower those that I am managing to decide on the path”


Keywords: PhD, Management, BAconference, Leadership


Sophia Quach McCabe, PhD talks about leaving the engineering world to become a world-class art historian

By Frank Hidalgo
January, 25 2021

Beyond Academia’s Frank Hidalgo sat down (virtually) with Academic Coordinator at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara, Dr. Sophia Quach McCabe to discuss her journey from engineering to art history.

“Return to the kernels of what makes you happy and what you’re good at doing.”


Keywords: art history, engineering, museum, UC Santa Barbara


Cheri Ackerman, PhD talks about transitioning into the entrepreneurial world

By Frank Hidalgo
November, 30 2020

Beyond Academia’s Frank Hidalgo sat down (virtually) with cofounder & CEO at Concerto Biosciences, Dr. Cheri Ackerman to discuss her journey from academia to entrepreneurship

"Startup culture tends to glorify the image of the lone-wolf-entrepreneur superhuman. But you cannot do it alone."


Keywords: chemistry, biotech, entrepreneurship, Concerto Biosciences



Weslee Glenn, PhD talks Management, Mentoring, and Transitioning into Biotech

By Frank Hidalgo
September 24, 2020

Beyond Academia’s Frank Hidalgo sat down (virtually) with Provivi senior scientist, Dr. Weslee Glenn to discuss his journey from academia to biotech, and the management and mentoring skills he’s learned along the way...

"I decided to take the biotech track because it seemed like a place I could solve interesting problems, work in a fast-paced manner."


Keywords: chemistry, biotech, mentoring