The first of many retirement "last times": The semi-annual ritual of perusing the JJIll catalog for suitable teaching tops (lightweight and always patterned due to hyperhydrosis that is esp bad when I teach). #teachinglife #academicreality #retirement
Dean Bill Maurer’s brutal honesty: “If someone did a fantastic project with great public visibility but no peer-reviewed publication, that won’t be enough for promotion.”
Community impact = “nice to have”
Publications = career survival
#AcademicReality
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As a new faculty member, who did you talk to most on a daily basis?
Some might say colleagues or students.
Me: finance
#AcademicSky
#NewFacultyLife #AcademicReality
"University Life: TV vs. Reality"
They said it would be fun… they forgot to mention the endless research. Who else can relate?
#AcademicLife #Research #AcademicReality #StudyGrind #CollegeHumor
"The Reality of Staying in Academia After a PhD"
Passion keeps us going, but let’s be honest—academic life comes with its own unique ‘benefits.’ Still, we stay for the love of research and teaching. Who else relates?
#PhDLife #AcademicReality #GradSchoolHumor #PostPhD #ResearchLife #HigherEd
A laptop screen in from of small labelled drawers
Having a collection of long term health conditions means a lot of my time is spent in hospital waiting rooms.
I just wrote an entire presentation from this waiting room that I’m giving next week.
A good amount of my thesis was written from waiting rooms!
#DisabledinSTEM #AcademicReality
