The Cohort Sistas Podcast
The Cohort Sistas Podcast is an empowering and enlightening podcast that holds space for Black women and nonbinary doctoral degree holders to share their stories, experiences, and expertise. Each episode features an engaging interview on a wide range of topics, including academic trajectory, application process, mentorship, funding, career development, mental health, and social issues. Hosted by Cohort Sistas Founder and Executive Director Dr. Ijeoma Kola, The Cohort Sistas Podcast is known for its authentic and relatable approach, providing listeners with valuable insights, practical advice, and a sense of community. Whether you're looking for inspiration, encouragement, or simply a thought-provoking conversation, this podcast is a must-listen for aspiring doctors seeking to connect, learn, and thrive.
Cohort Sistas provides digital resources, mentorship, and community to improve equity in doctoral education. While our programs and platform are open to all doctoral students, applicants, and degree holders, we prioritize and center the needs and perspectives of Black women and nonbinary scholars.
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The Cohort Sistas Podcast
Dr. Beatrice Ncho on Using the Long Game to your Advantage
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On today’s conversation, Dr. Beatrice Ncho tells the story of how she left Cameroon to start her studies at a community college in the United States, before eventually achieving a PhD in chemical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. You’ll hear why she is passionate about helping Black women to excel in academia through mentorship, and what her current role entails, working as an R&D engineer at a medical device company, with a focus on changing the design of devices to prevent blood clots from forming in the heart. Dr. Ncho shares the roots of her interest in engineering, and tells us why she started her studies at a community college, and how this helped to set her up. You’ll also hear how she got accepted into a graduate program that paid her to learn, what led her to choose Georgia Tech, why the advisor you choose to work with has such a big influence on your PhD experience and what it was like for her to work with her advisor. People find community in all sorts of places, and Dr. Ncho shares how the Bible Study she started with a friend became an essential source of support, and how the students in her lab came to support and challenge one another. In closing, Dr. Ncho shares how her own experience of being mentored has led her to prioritize mentoring others, and shares some final words of advice with aspiring PhD candidates in Africa: you already have all the tools you need! We hope you join us to hear from this inspiring thought leader today.
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