#Academics

Melanie Sage 💻👨‍👧‍👦

melaniesage

People ask me, how do you use #AcademicTwitter in a way that results in friendships, presentations, publications, grants, etc? Networking here is a lot like elsewhere, but I do have

Kathy Davies

KathyDavies93

Just finished a lecture on the roles of British women in colonial India, and I’m buzzing. Really enjoyed it. If I’m honest, that’s the first lecture I have actually *enjoyed*

whitney trettien

whitneytrettien

It strikes me that we — advisors, academics with good positions, tenure — can't simultaneously push PhD students to "make a name" on social media, provide them with little/no support

becca

boodleoops

Thread. All of these things are true. You can think it’s a terrible idea for the government to try to legally endorce free speech on campus, AND think there’s a

Helen Berents

hmberents

Hello 2021! Let me start the year by evangalising the tracking of work hours for academics & how (even imperfectly) doing it has improved my mental health, work, & life

Tyler Kelly

TyLKelly

The new trend in LGBTQ+ EDI is aiming for "increased visibility of LGBTQ staff." This is an admirable goal, but requires additional support that needs to come with that messaging.

Christina Farr

chrissyfarr

I hear a lot of complaints from academics about journalists simplifying their work for a mainstream audience. I appreciate the sentiment - and support accuracy 100%.But I’d also like to

Karen Lord

drkarenlord

Apropos of nothing in particular, I would like to briefly address the trend I’m seeing of agents and other cogs of the publishing machine opening their DMs to pitches and

words are weapons ⚡

vimoh

Why is everyone so riled up about these arrests and threats against protesters. Of course you can protest. Just keep a few things in mind. If you follow these few

Shehab Khan

ShehabKhan

Latest scientific data on a single dose of Oxford vaccine finds: - Vaccine efficacy 76% from day 22 to day 90.- 100% effective at stopping hospitalisations from day 22 to

Ian Brownhill

CounselTweets

(A very short thread) (1) The most concerning thing about reading the Boris #HumanRights thread is the lack of understanding of the HRA and the ECHR. The ECHR is not

Ben Ehrenreich

BenEhrenreich

The media’s rhetorical quandary over what to call Trump’s most enthusiastic followers is, um, instructive. Some thoughts.1/ They tried ‘protestor,’ but that was inadequate. CNN keeps using ‘anarchist,’ which is

Monica L. Mercado

monicalmercado

If I were assigning reading for this weekend, it would be @kathleen_belew's Bring the War Home with @LaurenRKerby's Saving History. #everythinghasahistory https://twitter.com/carlosIruizM/status/1347934261559627776 I'm not assig

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EmmaLBriant

IMPORTANT THREAD ON DISINFO: I have working class roots. First hand knowledge of how difficult it is for working & vulnerable unemployed people to make improvements to their position. My

Gesare Chife

gechife

Sibling Rivalry - a thread.Many kids feel that their siblings are more special; get more attention. This can lead to lifelong resentments and psychological issues. As parents we have to

Frontier Indica

frontierindica

The way that Indian English-speaking upper middle class/managerial class think is really really out of touch with the ground reality. These people are much more immersed in environmentalism, social justice

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