Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #firstgen

catavar

@catavar3

Fühle mich gerade bemüßigt, die Begründung für meinen Ausstieg aus der Wissenschaft zu beschreiben, jetzt, da seit dem Tag der Entscheidung ein paar Monate vergangen sind und ich mich etwas beruhigt habe.
Sollte kurzer #IchBinHanna Thread werden... 1/16

Ich hatte mich schon länger mit dem Gedanken befasst, in die Wissenschaft zu wechseln. Die grundlegenden Probleme sind wahrscheinlich jeder/m geläufig: Unsicherheit, (internationale) Umzüge, Finanzen, Beziehungen, etc. 2/

An der Stelle sollte ich auch noch einwerfen, dass ich nicht an der #WissZeitVG-Schwelle bin, keine Probleme hätte, eine weitere Stelle zu bekommen (sofern ich dafür, z.B. _wieder_ nach England ziehen würde). 3/

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Prof. Tracy L. M. Norton

@millennialprof

Just spent 2 hours talking to a #firstgen 1L and giving him all the suggestions I wish I'd had access to when I was a First Gen 1L in 1991. Here's what I recommended for study aids: 1/x

To make studying more interesting and maximizing productive retrieval and storage, I recommended Law in a Flash (also @SpacedRep) and the free Exam Pro questions on @Westlaw Study Aid subscriptions many law schools have. 2/x

For help with understanding dense text and dealing with the tedium of constant reading, I recommend the Black Letter Series (part of the @Westlaw study aid package) and an audio lecture series (@Westlaw Study Aid series offers a few). Also, check your professors' recommendations.

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Holly Bik

@hollybik

The hardest thing I've done in 2022 was prep and submit my Tenure & Promotion dossier, which is now happily moving thru dept + uni committees. This took me ALL of spring semester (as big a time suck as writing a new grant), so here a 🧵 illuminating the T&P process #academiclife

First, I had to write my T&P dossier entirely *from scratch* since I never had a 3rd year review due to UCR->UGA lab move. Every uni has its own format/system for T&P dossiers, so your 3rd year review is usually "practice" for this process (+ forces you use correct formats, 2/n)

Importantly, when I moved to UGA I negotiated three years of "credit" towards T&P, so I didn't have to completely restart the tenure clock here (get this in writing!). But, any CVs/documents/annual review materials I had from the UC system were basically useless at new uni (3/n)

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Doro @ Real Scientists DE

@realsci_DE

Okay, die letzten mündlichen Prüfungen sind abgenommen, nachher trage ich noch die Noten ein.
Ich fang mal an mit einem exklusiven Einblick in die Realität von wissenschaftlichem Arbeiten & Qualifizierung (Promotion) mit Behinderung/chronischer Erkrankung 😉 1/16

Academia ist ja ein mehr als kompetitives Feld, und Hyperproduktivität, Aufopferung, Selbstaufgabe, keine Wochenende, volle Arbeit auf 50% Stelle sind ja quasi Standard. Am besten dropt man auch gelegentlich, dass man wieder das ganze Wochenende durchgeackert hat 2/

Man will ja schließlich in der nach oben dünner werdenden Luft nicht durch falsche Prioritäten auffallen (Familie(nplanung), Freizeit? Lieber nicht). /s
Das Problem? Wenn es nur um einen vermeintlich messbaren Output geht (Vorträge, Publikationen) wer bleibt auf der Strecke? 3/

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Ashley Ruba

@ashleyruba

Curious about careers outside of academia? Feeling sad, scared, & lost? Have no idea where to start?

I was there! Thankfully, I put my #firstgen skills to work & found the info I needed.

Here are my fav resources that helped me move on from academia & secure an alt-ac job! 1/

@BeyondProf has so many resources. I've attended their webinars, gone to their career conference, & read so many articles on their website.

They recommend spending the first months of your job search just exploring - what careers interest you most?

beyondprof.com/upcoming-event… 2/

@ProfessorIsIn has a great book, podcast, and blog. There is also a facebook support group for those looking for careers outside academia, in case you need some mutual support (there are 21k members currently - you are not alone!)

facebook.com/groups/profess… 3/

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Prof. Andrea Armani

@ProfArmani

On behalf of @USCViterbi Dean's Office, I'm organizing a free (virtual) 2-day workshop + "grad program fair" for UGs interested in pursuing grad degrees in STEM this summer. W/ 2days, we can cover many topics. What should we discuss? Who should I invite as speakers/panelists?
🧵

I did this previously and discussed the below in a series of panels (w/ lots of time for Q&A). I was thinking a similar format this time, along with a pair of a "plenaries" (but short talks w/ Q&A).

(Also, the below are on my group's YouTube channel.)
2/N

Also, I want to have a "grad fair" - like a career fair, but a place where grad schools from across the country can have "rooms" to answer Q's about their programs, applications, ..

@USC did a virtual career fair in the fall that worked, so I'm building on that framework. 3/N

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Allison M. Smith,PhD

@asmi248

Excellent @chronicle webinar "The Mental-Health Crisis on Campus" with Dr. Gary Glass, Ryan Houston-Dial, @DoreenSMarshall, Dr. Michael G. Mason & Dr. Kimberly Quinn - moderated by @AlexanderKafka.

I've *NEVER* seen this amount of questions consistently roll in during a webinar.

This (mental health crisis) has been going on for 10+ years.

We (staff) don’t care any less – and because of that, the burden *feels* even heavier when the narrative is that we can’t handle the demand. - Dr. Gary Glass

We’ve doubled, almost tripled, our staff since I got here – we are still understaffed. - Dr. Michael G. Mason

Doubling & tripling the *amount* of counselors is NOT the “golden” solution. - Dr. Gary D. Glass

...in the words of Dr. Rackley (s/o to SUBR): hint, hint, clue, clue!

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Jenny Rickard

@JennyCommonApp

Applicants applying Early Action or Early Decision through @CommonApp in 2020-21 came from substantially higher-income neighborhoods, relative to other admission plans on average. Our latest report: s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ca.research.pu… #emchat #highered #collegeadmissions 1/

We’re also seeing substantially fewer #FirstGen & URM students represented in the early admissions applicant pools. It is widely known that early admission plans put these students at a disadvantage, relative to their White, more affluent, non-first generation peers. 2/

It is worth remembering: most @CommonApp members (63%) offered rolling admission plans in 2020-21, up from 61% in 2018-19, offering students the flexibility to weigh financial aid options and reduce stress while applying. 3/

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Dr Hayley Bennett

@HAYLESBEN

UUK say ppl want precarious contracts in HE. Really? After my phd I spent 7 yrs on fixed term research contracts. “Luckily” projects arose that I was qualified for so I had 6 renewals, 6 redundancy experiences. How do you mentally & financially manage this situation? #UCUstrike

1. Save save save. The individual absorbs the social risk of redundancy. Uni pay the bare minimum redundancy (after 2 yrs) . Save as much as possible, live in cheap housing, rely on partner’s wage. (Obvs inequalities issues galore, esp as #firstgen & #workingclassacademic)

2. You can try to write & win new grants yourself at weekends & find a permanent academic colleague to front them. Depending where you are there’s no guarantee you’d get the fixed-term job if your grant succeeds. Uni also cap the salary grade regardless of responsibility

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Meera Deo

@meeradeo

THREAD on @TheLSSSE 2021 Annual Report, "The #COVID Crisis in Legal Education." There's some good news, some bad news, and a call to action. Listen up! 👇 /1 lssse.indiana.edu/wp-content/upl…

.@TheLSSSE Report begins with comments from law students. Some are positive: "Most profs have done an amazing job in dealing w/#COVID & transitioning to hybrid learning." Others are agonizing: “Most of us are struggling--financially, physically, emotionally.” Let's dig deeper. /2

First, some good news: the core of #legaled is relatively unchanged, with high levels of satisfaction & positive interactions with faculty & classmates. One high point in @TheLSSSE data: 93% of students appreciated that their law profs showed “care and concern for students." /3

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Hansjörg Dilger

@h_dilger

In meinem Arbeitsbereich @FU_Berlin trage ich Verantwortung für mehrere #Hanna's. Zusammen mit Predoc-WiMis - vielleicht #FutureHannas - sind sie zentral für Lehre und Forschung an unserem Institut (1/6)

https://twitter.com/AGPublicAnthro/status/1408753015239188481

Sie haben diverse akademische, soziale & kulturelle Hintergründe & damit ungleiche Chancen im neoliberalen Wissenschaftssystem. Gemeinsam ist ihnen die generelle Unsicherheit & Unplanbarkeit ihrer beruflichen & persönlichen Zukunft: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… (2/6)

Multiple Exzellenzprogramme & Reformen der letzten 20 Jahre haben - wenn man wollte - Öffnungen für mehr #Diversität in der Wissenschaft geschaffen. Gleichzeitig arbeitet Wissenschaftspolitik systematisch am erneuten Ausschluss der hier gewonnenen #Hanna's & #FutureHanna's: (3/6)

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Dr. Christine Ngaruiya MD, MSc, DTMH

@c_ngaruiya

Beyond thrilled to have been awarded a *renewal* for my @NIH_LRP award!!!!!! Story time (on #privilege and #perseverance)

#medtwitter #academictwitter #blackinSTEM 1/

As a first-generation #Kenyan American, raised in #Kenya and very much an #African child (if you know you know), a #doctor is very much what I was going to be from the time I was born. 😋 (thankfully, also a marrying of my love of science and taking care of people!) 2/

So it was to my parents’ incredible delight when I got accepted to #medicalschool, never having... basically... known someone who had done so, in the US anyway. #firstgen #firstgeneration (yes, this story has a comical peak, wait for it...) 3/

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Disabled Doctor

@DisabledDoctor

75% of the 107 disabled academics that responded experienced #disability discrimination in #academia.
Of those, over 2/3 did not report it.
Only 9% had not experienced it.

Academia is not OK.
@DisabledAcadem @DBetterAcademia @DisInHigherEd @AcademicAbleism @AcademicChatter

This isn’t even considering other diversity factors and intersectionality.
The discrimination and barriers women, #firstgen, and other minority groups face in academia are problematic enough on their own.
Coupled with this... it just seems impossible.

I don’t know what else to say other than that I am determined to make change.

First comes awareness though, and this is my attempt.

If any #disabilityStudies academics want to school me on this it would be oh so welcome.
I’m considering a whole new career path. 😅

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Dr. Anna Maria Valdez

@drannamvaldez

I’ll share my #firstgen story. I did not even consider college because I did not think I would be “eligible” even though I did well in high school. No counselor every talked to me about college. I think it was because I was poor and had worked in high school 1/

https://twitter.com/saragoldrickrab/status/1365084949674659843

I got pregnant at 16 and was told “I would never be anything”. I dropped out of HS in my junior year and had my daughter at 17. I had no idea how I could support her. 2/

When I was pregnant I saw a newspaper story about the local LVN program. The story said most of the graduates were poor, first gen, minoritized ppl. There was a photo of the class. They were my ppl. 3/

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National Science Policy Network (NSPN)

@scipolnetwork

Astronaut, black belt, and saxophonist, Ronald E. McNair served as inspiration and patron to thousands of first-generation students. We'll be diving in on his history and his namesake TRIO postbaccalaureate program.

More in thread⬇️ #BHM #firstgen #TRIOWorks /1

Ronald Erwin McNair was born 10/21/1950 in the small town of Lake City, SC. Even at an early age, he valued his education. Carl McNair recalled when his brother refused to leave the segregated library, obstinate in his pursuit of knowledge. /2

The story even inspired a children’s book, and decades later, the library is now named after him. /3

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Alex Sayf Cummings🌹

@akbarjenkins

Robin Williams's death was one that got to me more than most famous people passings. Maybe it's just that I grew up with him. But there always seemed to be a sadness behind the comedy and acting that he did

It's no secret that many of the @tropicsm crew love the movie Good Will Hunting. Most of us are #firstgen college grads and Robin Williams's character seemed a lot like the kind, caring, humble teacher we all knew who wanted to help us to get through things

@pochogreatermx

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𝘿𝙧. 𝘾𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 ≽(◕ ᴗ ◕)≼ 🐥🐸

@RogersLabUCD

Who am I if I’m not a #DevelopmentalBiologist? A (long) thread. Today for #BlackInDevelopmental, I would like to tell you how I got here. I am a #FirstGen college attendee and graduate. I was raised in a single-parent household. We struggled financially when I was growing up. 1/

I know what hunger feels like and have had the lights turned off. I know what it’s like to have holes in the bottom of my shoes from wear. I know what it is to love science. I have been a scientist since childhood. Collecting snails, thinking about how the world works. 2/

In spite of my parents’ inability to help me with schoolwork, I always did really well in school. I actually liked going. Partially for the normalcy it provided, partially for socializing, but mostly because I was curious and I was good at it. 3/

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Darin Weed

@darinweed

Unlike most PhDs, I grew up socioeconomically disadvantaged. Neither of my parents went to college #firstgen. When I was born, the WIC program paid for my formula and food for my mom. When I ate lunch in high school, I paid less than everyone else, while working a part time 1/10

job after football and wrestling practice.

When I went to college, I was fortunate to receive generous grants because my family made so little our expected contribution was $0. I still had to do work study, and many years of undergrad I worked another job on top of that. 2/10

I had to work as many hours as I could each summer to make it through the coming school year.

I had roommates and peers tell me they were "poor" because of how limited the amount of money their parents gave them each month while I was trying to decide how to make sure I 3/10

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Joel Chan, #slowthespread, support your neighbors!

@JoelChan86

This whole exchange produced immensely valuable pedagogical exchanges that will probably be useful to others for years/decades to come! Thinking crazy thoughts now about borderless classrooms / MOOCs / learning communities 1/n

https://twitter.com/JoelChan86/status/1298842599156056070

Whoops, did bad Twitter threading. Resuming thread here:

https://twitter.com/JoelChan86/status/1299029693656686595

2/n

Importantly, the q came in an unexpected "package" (in terms of demographic and form), a beautiful thing in terms of diversifying how qs can be asked and by whom:

https://twitter.com/lisatomic5/status/1298777147310395397

3/n

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Sayed Tabatabai, MD

@TheRealDoctorT

Good Morning Everyone! This is @Typicallysilent taking over for @TheRealDoctorT.
Feels kinda strange to gettin the keys🗝️ to the jag, but I don’t mind taking these wheels 🚗 for a spin.
Oh, the places we're going! #ShareTheMicNowMed

😃I was born in BMORE!
👪Both my parents are Nigerian 🇳🇬 and Igbo
🏚️My father worked for the Housing Authority of Baltimore for those in need of Section 8 housing.
👩‍🏫Mom is a teacher in special education Walter P. Carter #firstgen #firstMD

#Education
🏫I attended the @UMmedschool for Medical School
🎓Just #graduated from @EmoryDeptofMed
💩Will be starting a fellowship in GI @EmoryGastroHep with an interest in Motility/Esophagus

I learned a lot and hope to keep learning!

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Megan Evans

@megcevans

State schools are great schools 👊 Vienna Woods primary, Alexandra Hills State High #publiceducationday

https://twitter.com/AriadneVromen/status/1265839518051008512

I've always, unfortunately, had a bit of a cringe reflex when asked what school I went to (a compulsary, ubiquitous question for anyone living in Brisbane) because NOONE I met during undergraduate uni had heard of my school

Only one other student from my year in high school went to my uni (@UQ_News), my undergrad science peers mostly went to inner-city Brisbane high schools or private schools

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