#PhDs

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

"There is no connection between Issac Newton/British Universities and Jesuit missionaries. Thus Newton could not have learned calculus from them"- A commentator challenged me.A silly claim. But here are the

Olóyè.

oloye__

Here's the thing. The age of legal consent is the only barrier to marrying a woman. Every other societal construct was created by groups/individuals who feel they are at the

Megan Lavengood

meganlavengood

These responses are written by people with phds and long careers in the humanities, yet they have allowed themselves to remain blind to some of the most obvious problems with

Laura Kressly, MFA, BA, BLM, ACAB

shakespeareanLK

What absolute fuckery is this? There is no shortage of theatre people with MFAs and PhDs who have this subject knowledge. I’d be furious if I was a student taking

ProfGhristMath

robertghrist

1/ recently, the @jm_collective and others have been pushing for mathematicians (& the @amermathsoc) to cut ties with the NSA (@NSAGov).i would like to comment on that. 2/ i begin

Magdalena Ohrman

MagdalenaOhrman

A love letter to Lampeter 1/?: I came here as a young lecturer in Classics in 2008, driving from Manchester on roads that seemed to go on forever with Welsh

A. I. Adamu

isasquare

Nigerian University Ranking: It is nice to see Nigerian Unis in the World Ranking, albeit, the positions are somewhat embarrassing.Few important takes from the 2021 Times Ranking.(mini thread) One good

Steve Campbell

Historian_Steve

I'll never forget hearing a guest lecturer in a history of rock class at UC Davis wondering aloud whether Van Morrison, Steely Dan, and Stevie Wonder were jazz musicians who

Martin Coward

martincoward

Quick thread on overwork, since reading @Akil_N_Awan yesterday. I'm not going to say how much I work, but it causes significant stress. I've never bragged but have sometimes talked about

Richard Chu

richard_chu97

What does it take to become a great investor?Former hedge fund manager Mark Sellers gave this speech to a class of Harvard MBAs on why most people, including them, have

Beth Eyre

BethEyre3

Starting a PhD in normal circumstances is daunting, never mind during a pandemic. Here’s a thread of some advice I wish I’d had before starting #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter [1] From the

Kassie

arkeokasiopeia

Speaking of archaeology job opportunities, let’s chat about how to become an archaeologist & THPO! 1/ https://twitter.com/kristin_gail/status/1289080765590929408 First, archaeologists come from all backgrounds. I didn’t start in arc

M_Methuselah

M_Methuselah

I didn't get accepted into a single graduate program.My girlfriend got laid off.I'm just so tired. I feel broken. I don't know how I'm supposed to be feeling or what

Anne A Madden, Ph.D.

AnneAMadden

I had a Covid-19 test today as a symptomatic individual in Massachusetts. Things went well... except when they went terribly. Here are my key takeaways on the process & the

Anna Fore Waymack

annawaymack

Oh wow Purdue just WENT for it. What the actual heck? A plan to separate their campus along an age 35 divide?First and foremost, this looks to me like a

tedward b wang 5'2'' 52 IQ

TedwardWang

haven't done a book thread in a whileObservations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, & etc. By Benjamin Franklin Even in the 18th century anyone studying it noticed