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Dr. Renee Ragin Randall on How Work Experience Prepared Her For a Doctorate

• Dr. Ijeoma Kola, Dr. Renee Ragin Randall • Season 1 • Episode 1

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In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Renee Ragin Randall, a postdoctoral fellow and incoming assistant professor in Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. Dr. Randall shares how a career in foreign service led her to pursue a PhD, what it was like growing up with a mother in academia, and why she thinks getting work experience before applying to doctoral programs makes you a stronger candidate.

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