#Academia

Dylan Cromer

DylanMCromer

I am beginning to think that one of the most damaging cultural ideals of science is to avoid being seen or construed as in any way "political" as a scientist.

Kimberley Freeman

Kimberley__F

When you can't sleep so you end up trying to read academic texts to work out if your concept of public engagement is more akin to "Participatory Action Research (PAR)"

Divya M.

Divya_M_P

between what @zaranosaur describes as bizarre takes about “grappling” with isolation from able people, to all the new measures that we’ve asked for for years but w/no consultation, & the

bearistotle

gnrosenberg

A long thread about slaughterhouses. This thread was sparked by an interesting thread (below) from a historian I deeply respect. And I think the larger argument is mostly correct, but

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

It's time to discuss a point academics do not understand when dealing with woke professors. STEM people listen up: The woke are not trying to intellectually defeat you with arguments

Dr Carmen Monoxide

CARM1Monoxide

Normalize shaming PIs who expect their group members to work evenings and weekendshttps://twitter.com/quantumbeans/status/1301770855513350144 Keyword is “expect”. Everyone has to work late and on weekends every now and then (I certainly

Brittney Miles, MEd

BlkSchlr_BMiles

It was an honor being an invited panelist at #UKAceCon2020. Much praise to my co-panelists @LibraryChar, @DebTheAuthor, @Aurora_T_Books, @foveauxx, and our host @khderrick. Connecting with scholars, activists, and creatives was

Lyra D. Monteiro, PhD

intersectionist

If you're teaching young people rn, you *need* to think about that thing none of us wants to think about: people dying from the coronavirus.People close to people in your

Jenny Chamarette

Jennychambles

I have been quiet on here for some time. Mostly because I am listening, mostly because I want to amplify other voices right now. Also because I am in recovery

Manasvin Rajagopalan has the QE

SouthAsianBuoy

If I am required to leave the US, I think I'm going to have to think about whether I'm going to remain in academia at all. I've spent three years

Della

StreetTheorist

Confession: I'm a slow reader (painfully slow) & a slow thinker (excepting some flashes I guess). I need time to absorb & ruminate. The pace of academia (of the world?!)

Pallavi

SevenDeviled

Tbqh it's been hard for me. Intellectually, socially, politically, it has been liberating to divest from very toxic faith communities, but personally, emotionally, morally, I'd be so much less anxious

Diana Butler Bass

dianabutlerbass

It is very clear how Trump is using a race strategy in this election.What is less discussed is his gender strategy.He's trying to swing some percentage of Latinos and black

Dr. NerdLove

DrNerdLove

We’ve got East Side Kings, we’ve got a bottle of Zinfandel and we’re gonna watch The Core for the first time. This is gonna be a trip The Endeavor stopping

Dr. Veronica Ivy

SportIsARight

Selina Soule, one of the CT girls suing to ban trans women from sport, who happens to now attend the College of Charleston is the Abigail Fisher of sportSelina: you

Jess Calarco

JessicaCalarco

From preschool to grad school, educators assume that students will ask for help if they need if. But what they don't realize is that students - especially students from less