Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁)

#HigherEd researcher. Weirdo. Debatably a film critic. he/him

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

My wife commissioned an artist to depict my PhD journey. There was some creative license taken, but this is largely accurate

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

New publication!

This is a look at the immediate higher education institutional responses to October 7 and the subsequent war in Israel and Palestine.

#highered
#highereducation
https://t.co/TZ81yQLZMj

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

@Dcollier74 Oof I feel this. In the thick of it

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

@GatorsDaily How about band names? The Louisiana Gator Boys were the supergroup antagonists of The Blues Brothers in Blues Brothers 2000.

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

I'm collecting stories about campus squirrels. It can be real things that happened, legends, reputations, etc.

I've come across squirrel attacks, squirrel clubs, faculty using robots to scare them, students dressing them up in clothes, squirrel statues, squirrel poisonings...

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

Livin' the dream. On a work trip, and got a voucher for deferring my flight. On a related note, I need to find ways to kill a few hours in Midway.

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

This is the most exciting hockey news in a minute. The LA Kings are modernizing their 90s look and the Ducks are (sort of) Mighty again. No eggplant and jade, but it is something. Two of the worst uniform sets in the league get an overhaul

[icethetics @icethetics]

I got a look at both logos and can say this:

🟠 #FlyTogether is a modernized version of the Mighty Ducks logo in orange, black and gold.

⚫️ #GoKingsGo is a modernized version of the Gretzky-era logo in black and silver with a new crown design inside.

Haven’t seen jerseys yet.

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

@Dcollier74 The Elongated Muskrat effect. Really feels like the whole platform is gasping for air

[Dr. Kristen Duncan @DrKristenDuncan]

Let’s be real: If you want your work to have actual impact (beyond citation count), people beyond the academy need to be able to read it.

If you only want academics to access your work, it’s likely just a vanity project.

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

Anyway, putting in more applications and crossing my fingers. If you have words of encouragement and/or pet photos, I would appreciate either.

Or heck, I'll take a job if you have an extra one lying around

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

Well, tonight I feel like my energy has been drawn entirely out of my body by the job hunt process like salt leeching moisture from a slug

On my current search, I have 111 job applications submitted, 9 of which yielded at least one interview, and thus far no offers.

[Sarah Morris @SarahR_Morris]

Some post-PhD job market transparency, lol:

-43 job applications
-27 replied to my application (12 automated rejection emails)
-15 first round interviews
-8 prolonged interview rounds
-3 I dropped out mid-rounds
-3 last round nos to me
-2 official final offers

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

I'm astounded at how inhumane the process has been. Most positions I never hear back about. Most of the rejection emails are impersonal and nearly identical to each other. A handful have been very pleasant and clearly from actual humans, and I am deeply appreciative of those

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

If you are interested in the myths and folklore within #HigherEd, consider putting in a proposal for a chapter in our upcoming book!

@ProfBroadhurst #HigherEducation

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

@ChambJane @jselingo I think THE Ohio State University definitely takes THE 'L' in this head-to-head

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

I thought my commencement speakers were bad. That said, maybe hallucinogens should be required for graduation speech writing

https://t.co/KQG9zeDUQ0

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

Squirrels are one of the few common elements of college campuses that seem to be magnets for folklore, superstition, and myth. If you know of some interesting campus squirrel lore, I'd love to hear it!

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

I would like to hear about your squirrels.

What allegedly makes your campus squirrels unique? Are they unusually friendly, aggressive, or large? Are there stories about them?

#HigherEd #HigherEducation

[Dr. Gordon Maples (≥🍁🍁) @GordonMaples]

Do they occasionally wear tiny hats, like the Penn State squirrels circa 2012-2016?