#Academia

Heather Mew

heatylouise

I’m not going to RT that horrible ‘why I resigned from academia’ letter because I don’t want to expand its reach. But I will say, if that is your opinion

A. Yep. Just the letter. That's it.

6fifths

Also, the real spice take:There would be more jobs in academia if professors were actually made to learn how to teach. Consider: of my colleagues who want PhDs, the majority

Jasmine M. El-Gamal ياسمين الجمل

jasmineelgamal

Hi everyone, thanks to all of you who reached out after seeing this with support but also with your own stories, experiences and questions. Let me address what I've heard

Chris Heaney

chrheaney

Fascinating historical science, twice over—how Native peoples over millennia engaged in sciences of agricultural experimentation and exchange on a hemispheric scale. Corn didn't just radiate out from Mexico; it returned

Dr. Keisha N. Blain

KeishaBlain

I've been writing #tenure & promotion letters lately (deadlines!). They are very challenging & I've agonized over every word. As w/ most things in #academia, we have to figure things

Joanna Bernstein

JoannaPgh

Why have I not met more plus size women in academia? I consider myself to be on the smaller end of the plus size spectrum (I’m a size 14, for

Marijn "i before j" van Putten

PhDniX

Berber and Semitic share many morphological and phonological similarities. Those similarities make me feel pretty good about reconstructing Proto-Afro-Asiatic (or at least Proto-Berber-Semitic). But good lexical matches are few and

Seyward Darby

seywarddarby

Y'all. Neither Trump nor the internet "caused" this to happen. The seeds were there all along. Trump and the internet have watered them, tended them, enabled pollination, planted new fields.

Ben Pile

clim8resistance

Classic green blob job... At the nexus of activism, academia and quangos.Notice how 'citizens' are conceived of here. They can be 'engaged' with as objects of study, to elicit their

Michael E. Smith

MichaelESmith

Rant: The “science problem” in archaeology. I am dismayed about the continuing low level of understanding of science among archaeologists. This was set off by reading Lars Fogelin’s nice open

James Loeffler

Jbloeffler

Winter reading from the world of @jewish_studies. A short thread on the newest issue of the AJS Review. Here's what inside in terms of great lineup of articles. @AlyssaMGray1 1/10

Brian Kelch

BrianKelch

With all the excitement about Moderna, I'd like to point out that their CSO is Melissa Moore PhD. Up until a few years ago Melissa was my colleague at UMass

Ryan Cordell

ryancordell

Academia is *so very* bad at seeing its implicit expectations—a small example—I am only now, one decade into professing, beginning to feel I know what a strong recommendation letter looks

Dr Bethan Evans

DrBEvans

For no specific reason I have been reflecting on how academia has changed since my first job. The thing that sticks out most to me atm is the loss of

Duncan Yellowlees

d_yellowlees

I'm back from hols so here is a thread of awesome presentation tips...1/n#presentations #phdchat #research Don't worry about f*****g up :)#presentations #phdchat #research Its the destination not the journey folks...#presentations

American Horror Callie

DeathCab4Callie

1/ On why I'm finally giving up: A thread about a breaking point for disabled folks in self-advocacy:#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #ScienceTwitter #SciTwitter #Academia #HigherEd #Disability #DisabilityTwitter #DisabledInSTEM #DisIn

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