Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones

Psuedonym for (former/current?) columnist/blogger for the nerdy set. Recovered grad student and postdoc. Real life professional @TicoraVJones.

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

TL:DR - Hi, I'm @TicoraVJones and I wrote as @MicellaPDeWhyse from 2002-2008 https://t.co/1d8t1w4rm6 and here's my "coming out" story https://t.co/pwPeJ6ak5L

[Ticora V Jones, Ph.D. - also Micella P DeWhyse @TicoraVJones]

#BlackInChem folks- thinking about using your scientific training beyond the lab? It's possible - I wrote about my how I started thinking about transitioning out of the traditional Lab track as @MicellaPDeWhyse here: https://t.co/y7mnzoan7c and will talk about @AAAS_STPF tomorrow

[Ticora V Jones, Ph.D. - also Micella P DeWhyse @TicoraVJones]

Hey #BlackInChem! Want to learn more about the @AAAS_STPF AAAS policy fellowship? I’ll talk about my experience tomorrow, 2pm EST. Register here https://t.co/sKMQsfc19R @BlackAFinSTEM @BlackInTheIvory @BlackInChem @blackinthelab

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

And then I wrote about making my way through and out to the other side https://t.co/4OswpcSaBR #BlackInChem #BlackinChemRollCall #BlackChemistsWeek

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

Hey #BlackInChem 👋🏾 I'm also @TicoraVJones a Polymer Science & Eng PhD ('06) and a Mat Science BS ('00) and I wrote about my grad school and Postdoc experiences under this pseudonym https://t.co/8CWkDiYvkl #BlackinChemRollCall
@BlackInChem

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

@IBJIYONGI @DNLee5 I got email from folks trying to find their way through, or those on the other side of the PhD. They replied when I asked questions, I replied when they did. It was social as I could be before blogs and comments and the digital commons.

[Ticora V Jones, Ph.D. - also Micella P DeWhyse @TicoraVJones]

Still wrapping my head around this #History of Black Scientists in #Outreach, #SciComm, #ScienceOutreach @MicellaPDeWhyse was my way of making sense of the world as an individual - working to find a way to support ongoing work to change the systems

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

@BWFPATH @TicoraVJones thank you Victoria!

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

@DNLee5 Hey hey!

[Dr. Goat @Cantankagoat]

Finding Micella's blog years ago as I made my way through the wilderness of graduate studies as a Black woman gave me support I couldn't have imagined or done without. Thank you for then and now, Micella/Ticora.

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

@Cantankagoat And thank you - it's been a wild ride, I'm grateful you're on the roller coaster with me

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

@rcc3comm @TicoraVJones Russ!

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

That changes today- Hi. I’m @TicoraVJones, I wrote as @MicellaPDewhyse, and here’s my story. https://t.co/pwPeJ5SJed 12/x

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

@DrRubidium Hi. I’m @TicoraVJones, I wrote as @MicellaPDeWhyse, and here’s my story. https://t.co/iZkN55d9hr…

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

@DrRubidium

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

Also - huge thanks to the editors at the predecessors of @ScienceCareers @NewsfromScience at @AAAS for the platform to share my experience. Fin.

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

Many thanks to @MinorityPostdoc and Alberto Roca for the opportunity to share with you now.13/x

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

Pandemic life has forced me to slow down and think about how I show up in the world - but I haven’t been able to show up fully, because the 7 years of writing that I did (that’s a whole lot of content y’all) isn’t something that I could fully own. 11/x

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

The open letter I wrote to faculty and administration on how to better support underrepresented minorities (https://t.co/L53JswlfS9) in *2004* is still relevant and often unaddressed. 10/x

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

#BlackintheIvory snatched me right back to one of my first days of graduate school, when I was asked whether I got into my prominent PWI because of affirmative action. 9/x

[Micella Phoenix DeWhyse bka Ticora V. Jones @MicellaPDeWhyse]

Why am I “coming out” now? There’s power in owning and telling our own stories What is clearer to me now, is how much hasn’t changed about the challenges of graduate students of color and the broader challenges in the academy. 8/x