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

"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

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

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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"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