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. Monique Lane on #BlackGirlJoy and Slowing Down The Doctoral Journey to Focus on Fertility
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Welcome to another episode of the Cohort Sistas Podcast. Here today to discuss her work on Black girlhood and Black joy, and how she slowed down the doctoral journey to focus on fertility, is tenured professor Dr. Monique Lane. During this conversation, she shares how she published her dissertation in a book called Engendering #BlackGirlJoy. How to Cultivate Empowered Identities and Educational Persistence in Struggling Schools, and the two key offerings she has outlined in it. Next, she unpacks what she means by joy, and how Black girl joy is the precursor to Black girl magic. We talk about her journey from undergrad, to high school teacher, to doctoral student and beyond, and how her work as a teacher motivated the research direction she took during her doctorate, as well as sharing highlights and challenges from her journey in the world of education, and why she believes it is divine work. We hope you join us today to hear all this and more!
Connect with Dr. Monique Lane on LinkedIn and on her website. You can also purchase her recently published book, Engendering #BlackGirlJoy.
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