Managing Your Imposter Experience During and Beyond Your Degree with Marc Reid [Rerun]

Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD

This week on Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD, I am bringing you a listener favorite about the imposter phenomenon in academia and beyond – my Season 4 conversation with Marc Reid, PhD, author of You Are Not a Fraud – A Scientist’s Guide to the Imposter Phenomenon.

Imposter feelings are ubiquitous in graduate school and throughout your career, especially after pivots into a new position or a new space.

Marc has put a lot of thought into this question and I am super grateful he could come on the show and share his experience dealing with imposter feelings in his own life as a young researcher and what drove him to write a book on the subject.

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Marc was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland.

He completed his Masters and Carnegie Trust-sponsored PhD in Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde. Marc was then a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Edinburgh. During that time, he was inducted into the SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme.

Marc’s independent academic career has been fuelled by prestigious Leverhulme Trust and UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships. He has held lecturing positions at the University of Bristol and the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship. In 2021, Marc completed the altMBA.

His research interests include physical organic chemistry, computer vision, virtual reality, process safety, and the Imposter Phenomenon.

He lives with his wife, two kids, and border terrier in ‘sunny’ Glasgow.

Thank you, Marc Reid!

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This episode’s resources:

• Marc Reid | Linkedin
• Marc Reid | Facebook
• You Are Not a Fraud | Get Marc’s book
• Marc’s list of failures wouldn’t fit on a short biography (see: https://www.dr-marc-reid.com/cv-of-failures).

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Martha Boeglin – Unlocking Your Thesis Writing Super Powers

Anushka Khasnobish – The Power of Mentorship During a Career Pivot

Terence Milstead – A Roadmap to Pivoting Into the Private Sector

Natalia Bielczyk – Figuring Out Where You Fit in the Job Market as a PhD

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