Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Student debt is a collective experience shared by the majority of humanities PhDs, so why aren’t we talking about it? Candid Conversations engages faculty, graduate students, and university staff in a dialogue around the issue of debt and how it influences your post-PhD careers.

Joshua A. Anderson
Graduate Student
University of California, Berkeley

Jessica Beard, PhD
Higher Education Project Organizer
American Federation of Teachers

Jennifer E. McSpadden
ABD
University of California, Davis

Allison Perlman, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of California, Irvine