Michael W. Moses II, PhD

assist. prof. of higher education and qualitative methods @UCRSOE | academic job market & writing nerd 🤓 | he/him

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

*taps mic* Y’all still here? 🙃 Some of y’all ‘bout to receive a job offer soon so let’s disrupt our cultural unease about money with a 🧵 on negotiating academic job offers. 1/

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

@jordnharper wheee, might be the case when reviewing journal articles as well, friend 🙃🤣

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

@callmeT__ technique—flex👌🏾

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

I don’t be on here much—maybe I’ll change that 🤔—but when I do, it’s often to gloat about the exceptional 🤌🏾students I work with @UCRSOE 🙏🏾 10 out of 10; no notes! 👌🏾

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

@callmeT__ 17th i’ll be there 👌🏾🫡 and all love indeed 😂🖤

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

🫣 i got other movement plans this saturday morning, papo, but the 17th, i’m there 🫡 here 4 the call out too 😂

[T @callmeT__]

Paying homage to my brother @Markie_Jay06 and his beautiful creation #writingblackness, this week we are #SprintingBlackness
I’m looking for @_cierraaab @MindofAmeiniac, @icecoldjd1906, @sebrophd, @MichaelWMosesII, @allhailtrip, @MorganizePhoto, @KayDeVille, @the_GoldenOreo

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

A reminder—it’s okay to skip your national or subfield conference to stay home and prioritize your writing routine (or other important matters). Sadly, conferences are high costs, low rewards. You aint missin’ nothin’ by not attendin’—do you instead 🙌🏾

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

@callmeT__ oh the content gawd he is 👌🏾

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

@Markie_Jay06 haha we aint got Parisian money dis time, but we secured LA tho 🙏🏾😭

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

The way im ‘bout to sit in this faculty meeting and buy tix so I can giddy up, giddy up with the 🐐Bey come May 😮‍💨 Priorities, y’all—priorities 👌🏾

[QualLab at Ohio State @QualLabOSU]

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[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

Academics need to embrace confrontation.

It is good. It tells us something important is at stake. It shows us where we can grow.

Dialogue & active listening will get us to the other side. Until then, we need confrontation.

Avoiding it only worsens matters 4 us all.

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

I’d get let go so swiftly if I was academic admin. here in SoCal.

Heavy rain? Cancel classes. Uncontained wild fires? Poor air quality? Cancel. the. damn. classes!

It aint that deep.

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

Me realizing I have to start teaching again on the 6th 😭😭😭 I’m trynna give up a couple weeks of summer for longer breaks between quarters fr ‘cause this aint it and sneaks up on me every single time 🤦🏾‍♂️

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

Learn from the legitimate parts of their feedback. Acknowledge constraints they may not be able to understand. Grow where you can, but don’t shame yourself for evaluations that just aren’t fair.

Your teaching will not resonate with everyone. There is beauty in that.

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

Don’t internalize your teaching evaluations.

Sometimes, students are frustrated with things beyond your control. They use the evaluation as a space to feel seen in an education system that rarely values their voice. I don’t blame them.

But, carry what is yours, not theirs.

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

@symonegyles @Spencer_Fdn @tzouct @JuliaAguirre23 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

“Publish or perish” as a culture is real indeed, but that doesn’t mean we must subscribe to it mindlessly and merely publish for quantity’s sake.

The quality of the work is important too. The possibilities of its influence matter.

Take your time. Take your time.

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

As someone who finished grad school with no pubs in hand but doin’ just fine now, I am compelled to remind grad students to only publish when they feel they have something meaningful to say. Don’t publish just to publish. There’s too much tepid stuff out as is.

Take your time.

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

Learn the craft. Develop your ideas. Put them in convo with existing work. Don’t rush to coin a “new” term just ‘cause. If you have a mentor to show you the publishing way, great! If not, that’s fine, but take your time and work to publish something meaningful to you and field.

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

@callmeT__ 😂 !!!

[Michael W. Moses II, PhD @MichaelWMosesII]

Fall semester/quarter should end the week b4 Thanksgiving. We all need the break. This work week, holiday week, work week, and back to a holiday week set-up aint really it.

This and a 3-day weekend is on my wish list for ‘25 & beyond 😭🙏🏾