Andrea Spencer

PhD candidate at University of Delaware. Studying and teaching about race, disability and gender in 19th c. America. she/her

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The vibe while writing my prospectus:

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Survived my first AHA conference!

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BRB writing my prospectus

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

‘Let’s make a research plan’

My research plan:

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#AHA23 day two started with a fantastic panel on #disabilityhistorysowhite. It’s exciting to see such a great turnout for amazing scholars like Jenifer Barclay @unwritten4427 and Kelsey Henry!

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@historydavis Please make this a series

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I really wish my learning style wasn’t “I don’t know anything until I’m doing it”

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JSTOR is down. I repeat, JSTOR is down. Does this mean I HAVE to take a day off?

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Spotted on Its Always Sunny—Mack repping my favorite post-class location

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I attempted to ILL an 1855 commencement speech 4 months ago. I couldn’t find it digitized ANYWHERE and had given up on seeing it unless I drove to upstate New York and went to the archives. Today I got an email from ILL with a pdf of that document. Lordy, I love librarians.

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How it feels to submit the last paper of my final semester of coursework:

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Does anyone else block out 20 minutes a day just to stare at their planner in distress? Just me?

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Having a conference buddy is the only reason I survived my first in-person conference since 2019 😅

[Emily A. Heimerman @EmilyHeimerman]

Ok, we have love languages… but what are some *academic* love languages?
Mine is conference travels with close friends in the field! @andreaspencer__
#twitterstorians #jabconference22 #academictwitter

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Today started with an 8:30 am virtual conference presentation and ended at 8pm with a keynote by the incredible @drcooperowens. Somewhere in the middle I won a paper prize. Feeling grateful and inspired. Thank you to the GAAAH at University of Memphis for today💕

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My toxic trait is drinking an entire pot of tea during the first half of class so by the second half I’m too over caffeinated to form a coherent though.

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@zachary_turpin @lheltonian’s “On Decimals, Catalogs, and Racial Imaginaries of Reading”. Just read it for the second time for a class tonight and loved it even more this time!

[Tera Hunter @TeraWHunter]

Some on the list of signers is truly shocking. They seem to think that someone who is a good colleague/scholar is above reproach. The dean’s response to the letter is also telling. The signers don’t know all the facts. There is way more to the story than publicly known.

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@cmheatley Would it shock you to know I own this

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Relying to emails is especially time consuming right now because I have to think of a way to respond to the “how has your year been so far?” questions without lying or being excessively depressing

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Being an academic in 2022: the excitement of getting your submission accepted for an in-person conference lasts about 30 seconds before you realize it���ll probably be cancelled and for good reason.

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Every day is a sartorial struggle