Who is Dr. Katy Peplin?

A coach.

I started Thrive PhD in 2017, and it has grown from coaching acquaintances to a thriving business with clients all over the world, in all disciplines, who have achieved all kinds of success.

Education
PhD, Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan

MA, Cinema and Media Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

BA, Screen Arts and Cultures & French, University of Michigan

See Me Out In the World

My entrepreneur story

Coach to Coach Season 1 with Dr. Katie Linder

The Professor Is In

Textbook and Academic Authors Association

GradBlogger Podcast with Dr. Chris Cloney

Wealthy Teachers Podcast with Dr. Lindsay Padilla

Recent Academic Publications

“Live Cuteness 24/7: Performing Boredom on Animal Live Streams” in The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness

“Ford Films and Ford Viewers: Examining ‘Nontheatrical’ Films in the Theaters and Beyond” in The Institutionalization of Educational Cinema: North America and Europe in the 1910s and 1920s

An advocate.

Here are some of the reasons that I do what I do, and just a few of the ways I’m qualified to do this work.

I finished on time.

I finished my dissertation (including coursework, exams and revisions) in five years, teaching 70% of the time, and working a second job. I learned as I went how to balance my time and make progress on multiple fronts. Not all of us are lucky to write our dissertations or work on our course work full time - but if you are, that brings with it its own set of challenges. When you have a full life, and are working towards multiple goals at the same time, it can be hard to balance the competing priorities and make each interested party feel that they are important and valued (even when they are not at the top of the list.) I can give you tools to make it easier. 

I did it on my own terms.

Not only did I finish, I did it without sacrificing the things that were important to me. I slept and ate regularly, I went to yoga regularly, I took some nights and a lot of weekends off. I worked on projects that were outside of my dissertation because I knew they would prepare me for the diverse job search I would do when I finished. I spent time on my teaching (and won awards doing it) because it was important to me, and still got to my own work. Your department might not understand how important your [insert real life concern, activity or value] is, but I do and I can help you build it in.

I get it.

I know that grad students have a budget. I know that your time and resources are valuable to you. I will work to make sure that our time together serves who you are, and what you want, rather than slot you in to a "one size fits all" general coaching system. I was a graduate student, but now I'm a professional coach. You can get parts of this advice from fellow classmates, your department, or the internet, but from me, it will be without strings attached - my only goal is to help you get what you want. And if coaching doesn't fit in the budget - and let's face it, the budgets are always tight - I work hard to provide quality content on the blog so that you can still have access to the tools I use. Grad school is hard enough. I'm here to help.

A human.

Here are some of the things I’m into as a human being.