#Academia

Alessio Patalano

alessionaval

It’s a very good question. It’s been informally floated around for a few months now. It appeals to unis making good ‘savings’ and less loss of focus on teaching and

queen of anonymous medicine

QueenMD2024

I want to take the time to highlight Black women who choose to leave academic medicine or were violently forced out due to racism and sexism. I want to amplify

शत्रुभंज 🕉️

Shatrubhanja

A big source of Brahminical system's legitimacy was the class of Brahmins excelling in 'secular' fields while still having moral and material allegiance to Brahminical system.The present problem: the Brahmins

Dr. Jen Greenfield 😷 (she/her)

jcgreenfield

Reflections from teaching this week: students are *struggling.* And those who were already exhausted from the chronic violence of white supremacy are especially struggling. For some (many) students, letting work

Mick W@tson

BioMickWatson

I first joined academia when I was 28. I had no PhD, I had never written a paper nor a grant, and now it was a fundamental part of my

Dr N. Brodie נחמה

brodiegal

The @wsj obviously feeling left out on the clickbait stakes, publishes an op-ed by a sourpuss man who conflates his honorary doctorate with @drbiden’s examined one, and says all PhDs

Jennifer Rokaya

JRSedgewick

While we're [Native Twitter] on the topic of race shifting/pretendians, I thought I'd mention a really bad one in academia that I recently found.Last week, I was reading a book

Malvika Sharan

MalvikaSharan

Reflection from last 8 hours of training on @openlifesci, community building and volunteer work in #open #science and beyond:Many people find it hard to say “no” to volunteer work -

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: You know the story about this amazing place that was Neolithic Europe, where Matriarchal societies lived peacefully together growing grains, making art... Then Patriarchal steppe warriors came from Asia

Jane the Actuary

JanetheActuary

Here is the Jane The Actuary decree on titles: if you are in Germany and have a doctorate, you have grounds for expecting to be referred to by "Dr." in

Carissa Byrne Hessick

CBHessick

I appreciate that most people want to talk about this as Turley being hypocritical. But we should also see this as a serious breach of academic ethics and professionalism.https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1351170067908722689 Turley

Brittani James, MD

DrBrittaniJ

Can we officially do away with the phrase “implicit bias” in 2020? Please? Pretty please?Can we FINALLY just call it what it is? It’s racism. Can’t we finally just say

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

Most of the current architects of fascism have humanities degrees. From top flight institutions ranging from Duke to University of Chicago to Harvard. They include degrees in everything from literature

Chantelle Lewis

ChantelleJLewis

Back online to flag this which exemplifies my thread from last month: https://twitter.com/LeadingRoutes/status/1328637190742675457?s=20Will @BBCNewsnight @bbceducation apologise and rectify this?#CiteBlackWomen https://twitter.com/Chantelle

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

My political thinkingI believe that progressives and conservatives represent the yin and yang of political thoughtThey are both important and both serve a purposeWhat’s important is there needs to be

Carlos Ruiz

carlosIruizM

Sometimes I get self conscious tweeting my graduate school takes because I think that maybe I’m just the one that came in with inadequate preparation and the things I point

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