In Episode Seven, Dr. Jackie Coley discusses how graduate school fed into unhelpful perfectionistic habits that, upon confronting, eventually inspired her current career as a confidence coach. In addition to providing insight into how we can turn adversity into opportunity through retraining our mindset, Dr. Coley also shares insight into her tenure as a scientist first as an undergrad in North Carolina, and eventually as a doctoral student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.

Jackie Coley, PhD in Biomedical Sciences / Pathology: Inner and Outer Fulfillment

Author, educator, musician, and Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, host Jillian Marshall chats with fellow PhDs who left the academy behind. Episodes feature first-hand accounts of PhDs across disciplines who share what drew them to academia, why they chose to leave, and what they've been up to since. Academic Defectors offers fascinating insight into the notoriously opaque academic world, while archiving the increasingly important stories of PhDs forging a new path.

To learn more about Jillian's work as a post-academic, visit her website: www.jillian-marshall.net

Academic Defectors

Author, educator, and musician Jillian Marshall interviews fellow PhDs who, like her, left academia post-graduation to blaze their own trails.