Previous Sessions
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PhD Pathways is a virtual mentor circle series that offers graduate students the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue with PhD alumni around diverse career trajectories. Explore previously recorded mentor circles below.
Previous Sessions
![From the Lab to the Nation's Capital: A Conversation with PhD Alumni in Science Policy](../../images/about/from-the-lab-web.jpg)
From the Lab to the Nation's Capital: A Conversation with PhD Alumni in Science Policy
Jessica Creery '15 MA, '19 PhD
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Office of Science Policy
National Institutes of Health
Victoria Gunderson '12 PhD
Deputy Director, Office of Investment, Energy, and Infrastructure
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Joseph Tiano '12 PhD
Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting
National Institutes of Health
Watch Video![Confessions of a Leaper](../../images/about/confessions-of-a-leaper-web.jpg)
Confessions of a Leaper
Carolyn Duran '98 PhD
Vice President, Data Platforms Group and General Manager, Memory and IO Technologies
Intel CorporationWatch Video![How It Started](../../images/about/howitstarted.jpg)
How It Started and How It’s Going: A Conversation with Biomedical Science Postdocs
Chelsey Spriggs ’17 PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan Medical School
Nisan Hubbard ’20 PhD
SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow
University of North Carolina
Jessica Queen ’13 PhD, ’15 MD
Infectious Disease Fellow
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Watch Video![Integral to Academia](../../images/about/integral.jpg)
Integral to Academia: Careers in Higher Education Administration*
Stephanie Brehm '13 MA, '17 PhD
Assistant Director, Academic and Strategic Initiatives
The Graduate School, Northwestern University
D’Anne Duncan ’11 PhD
Assistant Dean, Diversity and Learner Success
University of California, San Francisco
Stacy Ochoa Mikrut ’14 PhD
Interim Director of Advising
College of Sciences, San Diego State University
Todd Nordgren ’13 MA, ’18 PhD
Director of LGBTQ Services
Dickinson College
*This recording only includes the main session. Breakout Room discussions were not recorded.
Watch Video![Ira S. Murfin](../../images/about/murfin.jpg)
Find What You Want, Work With What You Have: Determining Your Priorities During Grad School and Preparing for a Career Path That Works for You
Ira S. Murfin ’12 MA, ’17 PhD
Program Manager
Neighborhood Partnerships
2019–21 Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow
Chicago Humanities Festival
Watch Video![Jennifer Hobbs](../../images/about/hobbs.jpg)
Demystifying Data Science
Jennifer Hobbs '08, '11 MS, '15 PhD
Director of Machine Learning
IntelinAir
Watch Video![Yusuf Pisan](../../images/about/pisan.jpg)
Academia Around the World
Yusuf Pisan ’92, ’98 PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Washington Bothell
Watch Video![Nathan Wolek](wolek.jpg)
Preparing Now for a Future Fulbright
Nathan Wolek ’05 PhD
Professor
Stetson University
Watch Video![Mission Tenure Speakers](mission-tenure.jpg)
Mission Tenure: A Guide to Managing the Expected and the Unexpected as Junior Faculty
Shina Aladé ’18 PhD
Assistant Professor of Advertising + Public Relations
Michigan State University
Amanda Kleintop ’13 MA, ’18 PhD
Assistant Professor of History
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Ryan Lei ’15 MS, ’17 PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Haverford College
Key Takeaways![Aaron Greenberg](../../images/about/greenberg3.jpg)
Sell Yourself Without Selling Out: A Case Study of a Scholar Turned CEO
Aaron Greenberg ’17 PhD
Co-Founder
bioGraph
Watch Video![Earl Wagner](../../images/about/wagner.jpg)
Big Tech With Purpose: Working with Integrity in Technology
Earl Wagner ’10 PhD
Senior Software Engineer
Google
Watch Video![Aaron Schirmer](../../images/about/shirmer.jpg)
Teaching, Research, and Service: An Inside Look at the Tenure Process at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
Aaron Schirmer ’09 PhD
Associate Professor
Northeastern Illinois University
Watch Video![Kimberly Alecia Singletary](../../images/about/singletary1.jpg)
The PhD Pivot: Preparing for a Career Outside of Academia and Inside Industry
Kimberly Alecia Singletary ’13 PhD
Instructional Designer II
Everspring Inc.
Watch Video![Alec Biehl](../../images/about/biehl.jpg)
What a Character! Atypical Advice for Becoming the Dynamic and Round Protagonist of Your Professional Narrative
Alec Biehl ’19 PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Watch VideoInterested in hosting?
We are looking for additional PhD alumni to serve as mentor circle hosts. Email TGS Associate Director, Alumni Engagement Jaclyn Hugg at jaclyn.hugg@northwestern.edu.