Tom Phuong Le

Associate Professor of Politics @pomonacollege. Author of Japan's Aging Peace: Pacifism and Militarism in the 21st Century @USJLP @MansfieldFDN

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

Students often ask me about graduate school, a career in academia, and how long they should be in the market before pursuing alternative career paths. The answer I give them is that it really depends on your life circumstances. /1

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

Basketball is my favorite sport. I like the way they dribble up and down the court.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

The new White House is gonna look ridiculous.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@timgill924 Such a strawman. I have never seen a faculty member claim to be egalitarian. I am a dyed in the wool flexitarian

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@irir_inoue I've been saying

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@wdavidmarx Most famous band is Ben Folds Five. That’s brutal.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@dbessner @Tyler_A_Harper Yah. But where’s my parade?

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

The problem with academics debating is they are all so well trained that none of them are arguing honestly.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@NutritionNerd I don't think anyone’s health insurance in any industry pays the rent.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@cwjones89 Damn. Why.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@mustbesyrup Serving soylent green.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@mustbesyrup Hah.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

Why don’t people have class solidarity with us real scientists, you freeloading flim flam humanists!

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@andimgladofit When I was in grad school the economists were most annoying. Showed up just to complain about $5 in union fees. $5 is worth the price of not being seen as a tool, even if you don’t think unions work.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@Tyler_A_Harper We’re winning the war against fishes. They’ll never beat us in a war. Threat managed just fine, tyvm.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

Is honeypot an ok term to use given its association with Winnie the Pooh?

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

How's the PhD stipend conversation going on blusky?

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@ChrisJKennedy @mattbencole I think budgeting is part of being a human. Not a grad student thing.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

@medievaldaniel Is the stipend people talking about including ta money?

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

Need to see data on who is dropping out because they can't afford the PhD. Or how many turned down the admit because salary was too low. Someone show how access would go up when the programs cap admits to like 20 students a year. And that that 20 won't drop once salary goes up.

[Tom Phuong Le @profTLe]

This Harvard discussion about pay and access kinda doesn't make sense to me when there is like a 5% admit rate (or something low). Sure, pay a fair wage. But access? The ones that can afford it aren't complaining. And those who are got in without consideration of pay.