It’s our FIRST GRADUATE SCHOOL SERIES EPISODE. This week, we speak with Ashley Appleby and Kaelyn Sanders about the process of choosing a graduate program — from deciding to go to graduate school, through the application process, to campus visits/open houses, and finally, selecting that perfect program. This is a jam-packed episode, perfect for those of your embarking on this journey! Let us know if you have questions or other snippets of advise for incoming graduate students!
Ashley is a fourth-year PhD student at Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice. As a certified instructor with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and the NJ-Step Program, she is deeply invested in prison education. She also does research surrounding the conditions of confinement, reentry, and juvenile justice. Ashley will be on the JOB MARKET come Fall 2021.
Kaelyn is a first-year doctoral student at Michigan State University in the School of Criminal Justice and a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow. Her research interests are women who are incarcerated, as well as school shootings and mass shootings.
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Episode Transcriptions Available Below for Download: Word (.docx) and PDF (.pdf)
Get in touch with Kaelyn and Ashley:
Kaelyn: Michigan State Webpage // sande505 AT msu.edu // Twitter
Ashley: Rutgers Webpage // ashley.appleby AT rutgers.edu // Twitter // Personal Website
Fee Waiver Link Mentioned in this Episode:
“FreeApp is designed to increase access to graduate education for students who possess qualities and experiences that enhance the diversity of the intellectual, cultural, and social environments at Big Ten Academic Alliance universities. Through this program, prospective students can request a graduate application fee waiver for Ph.D. or Master of Fine Arts programs at participating universities: [link on website].”
https://www.btaa.org/resources-for/students/freeapp/introduction