Is There A Doctor In The House? Celebs With A Doctorate Degree

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Rachel Maddow

While earning her doctorate in politics from Oxford University, Rachel Maddow started her career in broadcasting. Working on her dissertation in Massachusetts, she took a part-time job at a morning show on radio for some extra cash. Maddow didn’t initially have plans to return to broadcasting after receiving her Ph.D. in 2001, but she was offered a spot on the radio program Air America soon after, where she stayed until she began her stint at MSNBC in 2008. Maddow’s dissertation focused on HIV/AIDS and health care reform in British and American prisons.

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