Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #academia
Most recents (4)
Contrarian advice for people starting a doctoral program and seeking a career in #academia: A thread I hope will scare and/or anger you (~20 tweets)
1/ The following summarizes some of the darker realizations about academia that I wish I had earlier in my career. So I'm passing them along here for the benefit of early career folks. Longer version here: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mo…
2/ Academia is a pyramid scheme. Each rung up the ladder has fewer openings than the one below it. And people above profit from the work of those below. They need you as much or more than you need them.
CRITICAL #QUALITATIVERESEARCH THREAD
1. I was asked for some sources one could follow if one wanted to disrupt dominant methodologies while doing critical social science/educational research. This thread is my response. I hope you'll read & share. #AcademicTwitter #PhD #phdchat
1. I was asked for some sources one could follow if one wanted to disrupt dominant methodologies while doing critical social science/educational research. This thread is my response. I hope you'll read & share. #AcademicTwitter #PhD #phdchat
2. First, my conceptualization of critical: anything that interrogates power relations, such as race, class, gender, intersectionality work, culture work, disability work, sexual orientation work, etc. #AcademicTwitter #PhD #phdchat #qualitaitvresearch #quallove
3. It's important to explore/document why you're drawn to this work/topic. Not through sterile academic reasoning but through sensory, embodied, experiences, inner calling. What were your critical milestones that brought you to this work, aspirations, fear, etc. #AcademicTwitter
Well, since the email went out to my department, I guess it is official.
This was my last semester working in Academia.
It's been a long time coming and the right decision for me and my family.
This was my last semester working in Academia.
It's been a long time coming and the right decision for me and my family.
Next week I'll start a new adventure as a Quantitative Analyst, still here in Buffalo.
I'll miss my students. I'll miss my coworkers. I'll miss the great political science community.
I'll miss my students. I'll miss my coworkers. I'll miss the great political science community.
But after a lot (A LOT) of soul-searching, pro-con lists, chats with my friends & family, and questioning whether I was doing the right thing; I'm sure this is the right move for me. #Academia is a fantastic place, but it isn't the place for me, anymore.
This afternoon at #SPSA2018, I was on a #CWC panel about mentoring across genders. Below, I'll include my comments from the panel. In it, I speak candidly about my #gradschool #metoo moment. @SPSAwomen @SPSAwomen 1/n
In many ways, graduate school is designed to make students feel like impostors. It's a common experience, but it can be particularly damaging for members of groups that have traditionally lacked access to the higher ranks of our discipline. I’ll focus on women here. 2/n
For these folks, the feeling that they have “faked” or “charmed” their way into graduate school (or the #tenuretrack, etc.) can override objective evidence of their own diligence, intellect, and merit. 3/n
