Loud: Be-STEM-sational

For The Culture Podcast

This is the last episode of season 2 everyone! Can you believe it? We were so luck to sit down and have a conversation with Assistant Professor at South Carolina State University and founder of BeSTEMsational, Dr. Janae Sweeny, M.S., PhD. This episode of full of amazing anecdotes and advice for early career students in STEM to be sensational and excel in school. It’s also a relatable episode for early-stage Investigators. Her non-traditional journey through STEM and path to assistant professorship highlights the opportunities and oftentimes the struggles that students of color on the STEM journey. Listen as Dr. Sweeney discusses how she found her passion to teach and the tough questions she had to ask herself when she left the MD track and focused her energy to attain a PhD in Biology. Her love of music, fashion, and being a diehard sneakerhead provides her with a few extra cool points with her students and as she seeks to reach, educate, and help them find their path in science and medicine. Dr. Sweeney encourages us all to treat others the same way we’d like to be treated and to grind, hustle, and be driven to succeed in whatever we do. Be sure to connect with Dr. Sweeney if you want to know more about her role at South Carolina State University or if you’re interested in collaborating or creating with this driven scientist.

Resources:

website - www.drjanaesweeney.com

@Bestemsational - IG

@itssimplyjanae - IG

@itsdrjanae – twitter