A student walks in my class, hears me talk about my research, gets excited that she finally found someone talking about a topic of interests to her. She sends me a thank you email saying 'it was interesting to find a woman of color talking about the topic i like'
It gets very interesting when the ppl in charge of diversity and inclusion, fail - on the spot- to put their biases on the side! The gap between personal beliefs & what we try to promote socially is significantly large! Lecturing about it is not going to help!
Public service announcement for managers and coaches: you can't judge effort by results.
Inconsistent performance doesn't mean people aren't trying their best. It often means they're doing their best in the face of turbulence.
In humans, variability is a feature, not a bug.
A non-tenure track job, terminal contract 1 year. Among the job requirements: Connections to potential donors who may contribute to the University.
As a grad student, you need to fund yourself. As a professor, You've to bring funds for yourself, your lab, the dept & university.
The arrogance in academia is becoming too much to handle, too malignant to treat, and rooted in the system to the bones. You either follow their crowd or be alone in your own league.
It is interesting that the world with all its biases, discrimination, and corruption is revolting to stand up against all of that by giving people a false hope that the world will be a better place. Indeed, it is a better place, but for who?