Women are less likely than men to have kids in #academia (71 v 82.2%). Moms' productivity declines after birth. Moms produce 73.6-82.9% fewer pubs than dads. The motherhood penalty takes 5 yrs to overcome (Morgan, 2021).
The system is failing @Momademia https://t.co/OG9jonhnj2
A practice that improves the efficiency & quality of #qualitative interviewing: After drafting a question, brainstorm the range of potential answers. Keep tweaking the question until you feel confident that its wording will elicit responses that provide insight to your study.
"Good writing is an illusion. The primary illusion is of ease. We read a beautifully constructed book with pleasure and admiration, forgetting the writer had to sit down day after day to do the job. We forget—because it’s the writer’s job to make us forget" (Bill Roorbach)
We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones.
Certainty is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for thinking deeply.
It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.
If you are out of ideas, go for a walk.
This paper found walking (whether outdoors or a treadmill) increased key types of creative thinking for over 80% of undergraduates. The reasons are not fully clear, but there seem to be direct effects on the brain. https://t.co/0EDfpzyf8j
Cuidémonos del narcisismo y del exhibicionismo, basado en la vanagloria, que también nos lleva a nosotros los cristianos a tener siempre la palabra "yo" en los labios: "yo hice esto, yo dije aquello, yo entendí aquello"… Donde hay demasiado yo, hay poco Dios. #Angelus
Quantitative research is like baking a cake: the research design & execution should be as good as possible before putting it in the oven.
Qualitative research is like cooking a stew: you can adjust the ingredients & spices as you learn how it tastes.
(Davide Ravasi, AMJ)
Shout-out to anyone that moves to another country to follow their dreams. Adapting to lang/env/cultural differences whilst studying/researching is mind blowing. It can be difficult for those who have never done this to appreciate just how big that is, it's incredibly impressive.
“I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do not want to see our children killed. “ Meryl Streep
Mentoring is not telling someone what choice to make.
Mentoring is helping someone to see the options and the pros and cons of each so that they can make the best choice for them.
Five years from now, will I remember what experiments I did in the lab this week?- no.
5 years from now, will I remember that I missed my only brother's wedding this week?-yes.
Be kind to your international peers.
They are doing more than what is visible.