#ACADEMIA

Mahmoud, a lost Lebanese osteoarchaeologist...

mahmoudmardin11

A site very dear to my heart. The beautiful Bronze-Age Tell of Fadous-Kfarabida in northern #Lebanon . It is located 2km south of the modern city of #Batroun. Was discovered

Scarlet Chen

ScarletSijia

There's a stark difference in tech vs econ academia in terms of how a newbie ramp up / how a worker is managed- in tech the manager/mentor spend a lot

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graceishuman

Tangential: I have a loved one who is not and has never been in U.S. academia and also is not up on social media/entertainment/pop culture…but has very firm, if lacking

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

🌬Mistress Snow, PhD

MistressSnowPhD

It has been exactly one year since I outed myself as a sex worker to my shitty former mentor. Some thoughts~ I’m still an adjunct, and I’m still a sex

Jon Levy

jonlevyBU

1. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about imposter syndrome and academia. I know there are larger societal problems in 2020, but many students are struggling right now, and maybe

Kenneth Blaney

mrchapel0203

As a professor I avoid the phrase "in the real world" as much as possible. There's a number of reasons for this:1. In general I think it undercuts the importance

Rose DF

_Astro_Nerd_

I really hate it when "mentors" in universities take the liberty to say they don't think someone can make it in a field, due to struggles.Just say you don't want

The PhD Story

thephdstory

At the end of my 1st semester of grad school, my cohort was discussing our winter break plans. Going home, visiting friends and family. The prof of our grad seminar

Dr Kathryn Starnes

IR_MotherGoose

I'm signing off for the next two weeks for a break. I won't be finishing up a bit of writing, drafting a think piece or catching up on academic reading.

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reallynotjin

i get so peeved when i see internet talk about 'dark academia' in terms of just an aesthetic of dressing like a rich but depressed male white botanist who smokes

Dr Rob Fowkes

CnpDr

Deans/VPs for Research in UK #academia - those high impact papers and FEC grants you salivate over for REF, almost certainly have some roots in ‘unfunded’ research that you despise.

Edward Burke

Edward__Burke

1/10 The @irishexaminer has published an article on my research on why men from the Baluba tribe killed 9 Irish peacekeepers at Niemba in the Congo in 1960. It involves

Xander Lenc

x_lenc

When I went to grad school I was entirely unprepared for how many of my peers would have parents in academia. I certainly don't resent them, and in some cases

Muti Etter-Phoya, MSc.

mutiphoya

Today #Malawi celebrates Rev #JohnChilembwe, Malawi’s foremost hero although that position is contested by some. In 1958, Professor Emeritus George Shepperson (late) and Tim Price published the seminal ‘Independent African:

Paige Byerly

paigebyerly

I’m glad to see the swift action around de-platforming an accused abuser today. I’m a bit surprised at how swift it was, but it makes sense since his platform was

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