#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A notes that we humanities PhD can bring into our various lives/paths issues of pro'l ethics, transforming world for better
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A maybe the answer to neg perceptions of humanities PhD's is "don't be a dick." Stress your desire to collaborate, build
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A question of navigating the "PhD = overqualified" issue if moving into other paths; demonstrate how PhDs pvot/use X sectors
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A get grad students get involved in GRANT WRITING; it's a valued/desired skill, benefits indvl, society, progs, instns, &c
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A what does the WORLD need? "Making the world better" as a #medieavalist is NOT a "lesser" path or Plan B, needs 2b valued
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A LRansom: many progs cld build some "internship at library," *use* special collections, always smthg useful for all disp's
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A work for structural change to existing progs, create mult paths fr beginning; benign neglect = adv, try things 'off radar'
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A harsh realities of having mental health probs, burnout, burdens of fighting constantly. Huge costs but flipside of payoff
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A @LauraMorreale in any position we can ALWAYS reach out to other #medievalists as our community, sustain passions/belonging
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A It's only if "ur life IS #medieval studies" u can despair if "not TT." @LauraMorreale notes importance o positioned allies
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A Much the discourse is to reframe the "settling" or "Plan B" sentiments; develop work-life balance, toggle among things
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A convo of mental health/despair is serious/pervasive; need to change culture, social attitudes re: precarity & life-paths
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A "If u have smthg diffclt u need done, ASK A #MEDIEVALIST." We shd b EVERYWHERE not just replcte ourselves #medievaltwitter
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A SGilsdorf notes we have to "own" and rework the admin buzzwords and #medievalists much claim our skills
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A We have to make faculty and admins live up to their "buzzwords" e.g. INNOVATION COLLABORATION etc. Put mouths where $ is.
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A @LauraMorreale we shd change paradigm of "NTT posn is lesser"; medievalists NTT need should take many paths, be all places
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A LRansom notes advisers need to be more open-minded; encourage paths/opps that give ppl exp/skills they need
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A pervasive messaging in PhD programs that anything "less than TT job" (and often at research institution) isn't preferred
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A NTT doesn't mean you don't have expertise; how can everyone look around and support each other? #medievaltwitter
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#MAA2017 #s3j Q&A "LUCK AND PLUCK" as keywords: fight for what u want, take adv of opps; future gens shdn't need to "fight"; TT not only way
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#MAA2017 #s3j AStahl stay attuned to what an instn "wants" (eg values ugrad research? public outreach?); pivot/translate ur "obscure" skills
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#MAA2017 #s3j AStahl took advantage of what was going on rather than what he "wanted" to happen; no mdvl "institute" in instn but made a way
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#MAA2017 #s3j AStahl notes NTT scholars who have done their work/projects for decades, get grants; he found way into 1/2t curatorial posn
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#MAA2017 #s3j AStahl curates coin collections but admits he "doesn't really care about coins"; numismatics helps sustain career, research
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#MAA2017 #s3j LRansom notes importance of mss studies, digitization efforts in global geocultural landscape, heritage presvn, social climate
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#MAA2017 #s3j LRansom advises don't passively settle, go w flow when opps arise; be entrepreneurial, think ahead to innovate, try new things
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#MAA2017 #s3j LRansom noted she was useful when asked to help found institute for ms studies; she then had a job; be entrepreneurial!
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#MAA2017 #s3j LRansom notes LUCKY ended up where she did: finsihed diss; P index of X art, walters dig'l exp'ce, free lib'ry, PHD postdoc
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