#Academia

Jack Shanahan

Fermat15

Last week I closed out a 36-year career in the @usairforce. Over the past four years I had the privilege and honor of standing up and leading Project Maven and

Melina Aarnikoivu

MAarnikoivu

I’m not a “successful scholar” (and probably never will be if citation numbers determine that) but I like my work and I feel like I’m making some difference, even if

🇧🇧 Ethereal Bisexual Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

If I had to go back in time and give myself advice as a grad student and early postdoc, I would tell me to ask some faculty to tell me

Stas Kolenikov

StatStas

I was by far the most applied student in my stat department \pm 5 years before and after. I had been taking classes outside my dept except the last semester

Joe Moschella

joemosch

Just having a thought that for some in Gen Z who take an interest in China, depending on one's field of study, it'll be more like it was with the

Paul O'Connell

pmpoc

In the 1930s there were 100s of miners libraries in Wales, workers across Britain had set up 1000s of "mechanics institutes" and socialist Sunday schools, where workers read everything from

Katlyn

KatlynMTurner

Thank you to @WeAreNDProfiles for this article . It’s true that ten years ago I primarily was a secretary, babysitter, and occasional pet-sitter for the South Bend elitewho wanted to

Andrea Niles, PhD

PsychNiles

I’m going to talk about how I started working at @Youper_ai in case it’s helpful for others thinking about career possibilities. 1/ I got my PhD from UCLA in clinical

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/Yesterday Sean (@shahanSean) briefly mentioned the doctrine of muḥādatha (محادثة). Typically the medieval literature describes non-prophetic person who converses with angels as muḥaddath (محدث). The prominent caliph ʿUmar

Jonathan Greig

jabgreig

So let me restart my semi-vague thread on 'philosophy' from last night.I think there is still a rather unresolved question of what constitutes 'philosophy' in history [of 'philosophy']… And maybe

Claire Lehmann

clairlemon

One thing I've learned from running @Quillette is that professionals can be very territorial. Being a member of a particular industry comes with status, a shared language, shared customs, an

Michael Perrone

michaelperrone

Finally finished Rod Dreher's "Live Not By Lies"Here's my review & my prediction for the future: Overall, he's right: Woke Capital & Woke Culture are here to stay for the

Samuel Brealey

SamuelBrealey

THREAD: Been thinking about positioning recently, I think the problem people have with it is not recognising it's a tool for focus. It doesn't have to be "a position to

jay spiers

jm_sprs

just been rejected for ANOTHER job that honestly I was overqualified for. It’s so fucked that the museum industry is such a hostile place to enter that even after two

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

Something noticeable in current attacks on academia is that (besides professional culture warriors) they bring together a combination of people who've failed to get/keep TT jobs and people who've benefitted

Sebastian A. Harris

sebastianaronh

Today marks a year since I made the decision to leave a PhD program which, on paper, made little sense considering the success I found in my first year as

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