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Something that was asked of me this week was, “how can we warn students of the potential danger of the academy without scaring them off?”
I have a few thoughts...
#AcademiaToo, A thread:
I have a few thoughts...
#AcademiaToo, A thread:
If you think students are mature enough to enter an enviro statistically filled w/ racism, sexism, homophobia, sexual harassment (rates 2nd only to the military), then they are mature enough to know about these risks beforehand. #AcademiaToo
Only by knowing the potential risks can these risks be mitigated against. As researchers you all (hopefully) understand the importance of explaining all potential risks, however small or unlikely, to potential research participants... why not potential students? #AcademiaToo
Opening remarks from Frazier Benya, speaking about moving beyond legal compliance to tackle culture/climate. Says that academic culture (e.g. policies) claims we do not tolerate harassment, but the climate (how people actually experience academia) says the opposite #AcademiaToo
Dr Frazier Benya: "We need to treat sexual harassment as the public health crisis that it is" #AcademiaToo
Vineet Arora showing the dire state of medicine for women #AcademiaToo #TimesUpHealthCare @TIMESUPHC 
@mrhunsaker @VanderbiltU @theNASEM @carlzimmer @meredithwadman @McLNeuro Exactly! Disturbing.
1) Who is responsible for oversight? enforcement? What are the so-called benchmarks these Unis are to meet? Are they enforceable vs #SexualMisconduct? Who determines this? @TIMESUPHC @MeTooSTEM @AnnOlivarius #Dartmouth7 @ADVANCEGeo @IBJIYONGI @JoshFessel
1) Who is responsible for oversight? enforcement? What are the so-called benchmarks these Unis are to meet? Are they enforceable vs #SexualMisconduct? Who determines this? @TIMESUPHC @MeTooSTEM @AnnOlivarius #Dartmouth7 @ADVANCEGeo @IBJIYONGI @JoshFessel
@mrhunsaker @theNASEM @carlzimmer @meredithwadman @McLNeuro @TIMESUPHC @MeTooSTEM @AnnOlivarius @ADVANCEGeo @IBJIYONGI @JoshFessel 2) Need to change public discourse from Action Collaborative members being seen as leaders to what many are--Unis with ongoing serious violations. Otherwise, these AC members can hide behind @theNASEM ‘spin’ @mbalter @k_langin #TIMESUPHC @TheOpEdProject @500womensci @ProfSharona
@mrhunsaker @theNASEM @carlzimmer @meredithwadman @McLNeuro @TIMESUPHC @MeTooSTEM @AnnOlivarius @ADVANCEGeo @IBJIYONGI @JoshFessel @mbalter @k_langin @TheOpEdProject @500womensci @ProfSharona 3) Full #transparency essential, including PUBLIC METRICS of current status of bad actions at each Uni; then measure if Unis make any real changes -e.g. expulsion & no pay for perpetrators, restitution & protection from #retaliation of survivors, etc. @NSF @ana_safavi #MeTooSTEM
