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Thomas Lecaque
tlecaque
Ok, @e_b_bobadilla is absolutely right, we need more genuinely unpopular opinions. So here's one:Most positions should spend less time focusing on what you PhD was in and what you research
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
OlufemiOTaiwo
Black academia thing worth some frankness: we should work on a better culture around the combination of rank/power differences with ideological and personal disagreement (step 1 of which might be
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Megan Radler
Megan_R_Radler
Drexel Bio grad students are being asked to help with virtual interviews for finalists for our department head. We had 17 candidates. The final 4 are ALL. WHITE. MEN. /thread
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Michael E. Smith
MichaelESmith
Short thread: “the attitude of population geneticists to any paleontologist rash enough to offer a contribution to evolutionary theory has been to tell him to go away and find another
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Fay Lin
xiaofei_lin
I want to clarify something to everyone who feels uncomfortable that #AcademicTwitter is "skewed toward negative experiences."Having a space to discuss systemic issues that are extremely difficult to share IRL
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𝙷𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝙻𝚊𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚓𝚞
hima_lakkaraju
As I struggled to deal with the impact of COVID on my family members in India, I got delayed by a day for submitting my reviews for a conference &
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Biko Mandela Gray
BikoMandelaGray
ACB’s confirmation exposes the hollowness of meritocracy discourse. ACB reminds us that this country remains a good Ol boys club, that nothing has changed. She is a good Ol boy—she
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Nijay K Gupta
NijayKGupta
Academics: How to handle outside criticismIn 2019 I had an experience where a group of religion scholars openly mocked and derided me and my workSince then I have been processing
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Emilia Kozlowska
EmiliaKozlowsk3
Tomorrow is one year since I defended my doctoral thesis. Time pass. For this occasion, I have created ten simple rules for graduate students who would like to continue their
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Dr Zoë Ayres
ZJAyres
Why did I leave academia? It's complex. It's 100% related to the culture of academia that I felt I couldn't stay. So here's a thread on why, particularly as a
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ImReadinHere
For any UK peeps, this is a really good intro report that works through the myths of incarceration and rehabilitation, prison labour, and the entire geography of British Prison industrial
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Jonathan Wilde
circuit_logic
So, I'm officially no longer a postdoc and have transitioned to a group leader position within the newly formed K. Lisa Yang & Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics
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Movement Consulting
moveboldly
We're so excited to announce our new 6-week course From Intent to Impact: Fostering Genuine Relation in Academia Through Mentorship! (thread)https://bit.ly/I2I_Course This course is meant for #STEM professors who want
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angels-forthechildrn
angels4thechil
Mary Cheney, '02 grad of U of DenverOn US NORTHCOM -2004: "To date, abt 50 other univs & colleges have expressed interest in joining the command’s educ consortium.. Schools already
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Kansara
kansaratva
In 2018, Amita Baviskar published an article in Gastronomica. Consumer Citizenship: Instant Noodles in India.The mind-bending abstract starts with "Maggi", and goes on to ask, "And what does it tell
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Graham
graham_a_pitts
The same social class that dominates political power in Lebanon today has its roots in the late Ottoman period. They first led the country to ruin during the famine of
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