Voices of Academia
The PhD That Was Not Meant to Be: Living with Mental Illness, Disability, and Finding a New Path by Christine Segaert
Life as a Late-Diagnosed Autistic Person – A Journey of Self-Rediscovery by Andrew Rate
How distance learning helped me rebuild my future: A story of a disabled academic by Kim Collett
“The Roar within the Rift” by Alana Dorris
Chronic Pain, Lived Experience and Academia: An Interactive Journey by Tayla Barber
The Hidden Scourge of Anxiety by Stephen Schweinsberg
Academia Isn’t Dangerous, So Why Does It Feel Like This? by Chris Rhyss Edwards
Challenging the Culture of Silence: My Research Taught Me to Speak in My Own Voice by Shinasa Shahid
When Caring and Academia Collide: The Silent Struggles of Academic Parents with Extra Caring Responsibilities by Barbora Jedličková
Turning the Bones: Navigating Grief Whilst Completing a PhD by Chris Wainwright
Walking in Two Worlds: My Journey as an Aboriginal Academic by Sharlene Leroy-Dyer (Garigal/Darug/Awabakal)
My Journey Becoming a Disabled Student and Scholar by Julia Robertson
Forming my Identity within Academia by May Yeung
Finding Well-being in Academia, One Recipe at a Time: My Kitchen Sanctuary by Dr Aastha Malhotra
A journey from researcher to research enabler: A story of acceptance and shifting identity by Sarah Masefield
Losing Belonging, Value, and Financial Safety to Motherhood: An International Student’s PhD Story by Joyce Vromen
Living with Chronic Illness in Academia: How MS Transformed My Understanding of Relationships and Support by Ronan Carbery
Hidden Health Crisis: Navigating Early Menopause, Chronic Illness, and Precarious Academia by Dr. Aikaterini (Katrina) Tavoulari
Navigating the Labyrinth: On Chronic Illness, Graduate School, and Finding Wholeness by Laura Dickey
Persisting and Prevailing: Part-time PhD Study Through a Pandemic by Anonymous
The Mask by Anonymous
Considerations and Challenges of Overseas Research Visits: My Experience as an Autistic Woman by Lucy Rodgers
Bouncing Back: Coping Effectively with Academic Setbacks by Vineet Arora
Help! Universities won’t commit! Why fixed-term contracts are harmful to mental health by Anonymous
Navigating Anxiety in an Experimental Lab: Personal Growth and Peer Support by Janaky Sunil
Completing a doctorate after the onset of a chronic illness: Finding a new way of being by Stacey Anwin
Silent Battles: Enduring Sexual Harassment in Medical School in Africa by Anonymous
Losing a Parent: Guilt and Learning to Forgive Myself by Amanda Nicholson
Exploring Mindfulness Methods for Thriving in Uncertainty in Academia by Sarah-Jane Potts