#AcademicChatter

Dr. Nimrat Kaur Obhi

ennkayoh

I had a job interview and the first thing I was asked is "how do I pronounce your name properly?"A thread on why this is awesome and sets the tone

Lishu

lishu_he

1/ I've been having some bad mental health days and reflecting on this 2020 shitshow. I'm turned into an absolute potato, and as a grad student whose research was thrown

Urmila Kulkarni Kale

KulkarniKale

Rejections are faced by all of us. It’s part of academic life. It’s ok to feel low (as a first reaction) bse one works hard (from problem definition to communicating

APS Student Caucus

APSStudent

10 things I wish I knew when I was a student. 1. Be proud of your own background/path. I’m a first gen college student, with teen parents who came from

Marissa Kate

DrMarissaKate

Why do we need to listen to those students and academics with lived experience of mental illness? Why are their experiences valuable, especially in research, teaching and service?This is why.

GEO of MSU

GEOofMSU

Over 3 in 4 @MSU_Grad_School enrollees responding to our survey said they want @montanastate to return to the plan of having a mask requirement, rather than a suggestion.@WadedCruzado @musCommissioner @AcademicChatter

Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut

jschildkraut80

One thing that was never taught (or even talked about) in grad school was how to handle the reality that for some of us, our research ends up traumatizing us.

Ankur Gupta

ankurg90

Three years ago, I started as a postdoc at @EPrinceton. Yesterday, I left New Jersey to start my new position in @CUEngineering at @CUBoulder. There are several important lessons I

dr. Martina Bodner

martinabodner

In the last few days I gained a lot of followers (Thank you!). I noticed that many of them are academics and in particular PhD student.In my last posts I

Disabled Academic Collective

DisabledAcadem

I'm applying to postdocs and jobs this cycle and I have not seen one job listing for history of medicine, early American history, or american studies that explicitly lists disability

Thomas Poulton

thomaspoulton_

Mulling over some familiar sentiments that were raised today about discouragement of potential phd students as a (priority!) method of balancing the graduate/workforce in academia (thread). Wondering is anyone has

Chloe Mills

chloeaamills

So I hosted a Q&A panel today w/ fellow @Swansea_AppLing PhD students about what it's like to do a PhD - it went so well, thanks to @TesniGalvin @LinguaCelta &

Natasha Osben

NatashaOsben

I’m an autistic PhD student. Often, I experience frustrating selective mutism during research seminars and supervisory board meetings. I worry that people will think I’m stupid, or that I have

Dr. Ruth Agbakoba 🇬🇧 🇳🇬

RuthAgbakoba

I've seen tweets with #AcademicChatter garner thousands of retweets + likes. Will you help us or scroll past? We are 10 Black Academics, Researchers + Professionals working to put

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

Kateri Salk

KateriSalk

I started a new position this year as a consultant with @TetraTech, my first job outside academia. It’s been great! For those who might be thinking about this career path

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