Historian Joseph Stuart joins Rosalynde Welch, Shawn Tucker, and graduate student co-host Noah Adams to discuss the realities of writing a dissertation. Together, they explore finding meaning in repetitive work, responding to difficult feedback, overcoming perfectionism, and accepting support when graduate study becomes overwhelming.

In this episode, religious educator Jared Halverson joins Rosalynde Welch, Shawn Tucker, and graduate student co-host Lara Buckwalter to discuss how faith can develop through the intellectual challenges of graduate study. Together, they explore the creation, fall, and atonement pattern of faith, navigating questions with humility, and keeping both the mind and heart centered on Jesus Christ.

Graduate school will test your mettle. Faith in Every Footnote is a mentorship podcast for Latter-day Saint graduate students seeking to maintain faith in Jesus Christ through the challenges of academic life, including the job search, family life, intellectual questions, and more. Over ten episodes, hosts Rosalynde Welch and Shawn Tucker, alongside student hosts Noah Adams and Lara Buckwalter, sit down with leading scholars for candid discussions about the joys and travails of graduate study. These conversations will inspire anyone, inside or outside academia, invested in the broader project of disciple-scholarship.