diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index f19765c..2719468 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ exclude:
 
 # Site settings
 title: Libby H. Koolik
-subtitle: "Graduate Student at UC Berkeley Studying Air Pollution Exposures"
+subtitle: "PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley Studying Air Pollution Exposures"
 email: koolik@berkeley.edu
 name: Libby H. Koolik
 description: >
-  The personal and professional website of Libby H. Koolik, a graduate student at UC Berkeley studying air pollution. Website made possible by Ben Centra and the kindness of open source code. Thanks, Ben!
+  The personal and professional website of Libby H. Koolik, a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley studying air pollution. Website made possible by Ben Centra and the kindness of open source code. Thanks, Ben!
 # Base URL of site (i.e. /blog). It should always start with a slash,
 # and never end with a slash. Set it to a blank value if hosting at the
 # root of your server.