#ACADEMIA

Peter Tennant

PWGTennant

Something has to be done about the epidemic of abuse and bullying in #Academia. Too many lives are being ruined & too many souls are being scarred by a feudal

uché blackstock, md

uche_blackstock

1/My words."In order to address the lack of black women and other women of color in academic medicine, institutions must engage in serious self-reflection regarding how to dismantle the racism

DanaStanley

GutsyBiotech

#AcademicTwitter @OpenAcademics @Momademia Being mum in academia is not easy. Early this year I came to a point where i sat with my 14+16yo kids and asked them if they

Doc Martin

docmartin_aus

So this week marks a year since I left academia to join the "dark side" - industry (biotech).Thought I'd share a few observations (1/6) I was worried about the "creative

Tori Cann

_canndo

Thinking about being working class in academia. I had no idea this job existed when I was growing up, I was essentially mentored into this job by women in the

Alex Lee

AlexRALee

Day 1 #AccessibleAdvent in #AcademiaHave a chat with your students at the start of your course and let them know what accommodations you can make without official documentation e.g. using

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

This is a really interesting coin! It imitates a Sāmānid silver dirham of Nasr II (913–42); the cross is suggested to represent Olga of Kiev's conversion to Christianity in perhaps

Benjamin Suchard

bnuyaminim

#HappyHanukkah ! Thought I'd do some tweets on #Semitic numerals, starting with one and seeing how many nights it lasts.As argued by Aren Wilson-Wright, Proto-Semitic for 'one' was *ʕast-. *waħad-

Fay Lin

xiaofei_lin

It would be ridiculous if we told people, "you're not passionate enough to belong in:"- Tennis- Cooking- Painting- anything elseYet, #academia continually tells people, "you're not passionate enough to belong

Erica C Kaye

EricaKayeMD

I joined Twitter yesterday, so maybe this isn’t the most chill opener…but I’d like to talk bluntly about misogyny in academia. I'm hoping to connect with other folks who are

Marten Noorduin

MartenNoorduin

Na na na NAAAAH. Happy birthday to Beethoven. I'm going to take this opportunity to highlight a bunch of interesting performances and publications that I have heard, reviewed, or collaborated

Catherine Connolly

KitConnolly

A little thread: I’m leaving academia. It’s the right decision for me, but was still a hugely emotional one to make; I cried a lot! Since making the decision, I

Dr Katherine Blouin

isisnaucratis

I'm still in the midst of @Academics4BSW training. I'm processing all the learning in my mind, body &. I might share more about the experience down the road. For now

Dr Lauren M Robinson

DrLMRobinson

I really feel academia underestimates the benefits of coming from a working class background. Why do I give such good presentations and handle questions well? Cause I worked retail and

Jon Levy

jonlevyBU

1. Just celebrated 20 yrs as a professor this week, so I’ve been thinking about life in academia.I have only one piece of advice - know yourself, use that to

Yehuda Lindell

LindellYehuda

This is going to be an unpopular thread for academic twitter. I'll start by saying that no system is perfect, and the same is true of academia. Furthermore, I am

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