Dr Sharon Lauricella @DrSLauricella Twitter profile

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

One of my students just had a new baby. I contacted her and told her always, always feel comfortable bringing your infant to my class. So she did. 😭

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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4 years

I just got out of a 90-min online meeting and this was the outcome

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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6 years

I interviewed for a tenured position at a university last week. I yelled, cried, and said the interview was a circus. I apologized and told the committee that I was emotional, and I hoped they understand that I was there as a daughter and a mom. Surely I will get the job!

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6 years

NEW: Brett Kavanaugh writes an op-ed in WSJ promising to be an independent and impartial judge. “I was very emotional last Thursday, more so than I have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times.”

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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5 years

3 things academics never regret: - Conference attendance based on location - Writing (even if it’s shit, it’s better than trying to edit a blank page) - Quality coffee/tea/caffeine over subpar watery garbage Decide to live well, scholarly friends.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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7 years

I’ve had a particularly tough semester and lead-up to the holidays. With the light coming back and hope returning, I thought to make a list of ways that academics - like me and all of us in the #AcademicTwitter community - can survive the holidays:

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

3 years

Academic Disciplines as MET Gala fashion: a Thread Law: JLo

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

A lot of talk re: using Dr, and I agree with @FernRiddell that women are right to use the title. My teen daughter signed forms for bank transactions yesterday. Teller: Do you want Miss or Ms? Teen: Neither. No one needs to know if I’m married or not. I’m 14 and not a Dr yet.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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7 years

May your teaching evaluations be through the roof, your manuscripts accepted with minor revisions, and your research projects funded! #HappyNewYear2018

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6 years

I’m meeting with a first-year class for the first time tomorrow. Behold my slide introducing the syllabus:

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

3 years

How all good research partnerships start

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

10 months

When I got overwhelmed with requests for letters of reference for graduate studies, I created a form that I ask students to complete so that I can write a great letter. Here's mine -- adapt and use as you like!

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

3 years

Teaching in 2022? No problem, easy stuff.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

Things academics never outgrow after grad school: - Teleporting to wherever there is free food - Needing to read and cite at least 25 articles to write 3 sentences - Wait, what?! You want me to spend HOW MUCH on a bottle of wine?! Stay forever young, Scholars.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

8 years

Happy 2017, Scholars! May your teaching evals be positive, your manuscripts accepted, and your research projects funded!

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Special #SignBunny for #AcademicTwitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You are not an imposter! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　づ

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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3 years

As a media scholar, I did not miss this stellar move from @Acosta pairing blue shirt with yellow tie as a nod to #Ukraine in today's news show

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@DrSLauricella

5 years

My university has not yet moved to online course delivery. When/if it does, my focus on moving f2f courses online will not be about content or how to cover this or that subject. It’s about how I can sustain community, a sense of presence, and the notion of care for my students.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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6 years

Roses are red This deadline is tight I better sit down And make myself write #AcademicValentine #AcWri

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

7 years

Missing from convo: Atwood ought to have acknowledged the work of @rgay in her weekend op-ed. The “bad feminist” moniker isn’t “owned” though the popularization of the concept and discourse is Gay’s work. As a writer, Atwood ought to have known this...

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

Let the “shitty first draft” of your “online” course be okay. Kermit the Frog looked like this at first and he was still sweet and loving and fun. If you willingly decide that you want to teach online again, then you can draft, revise, and change accordingly. For now, be kind.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

7 years

Hey you, Scholar. Your research is important. Your students appreciate you. You don’t look as bored as you think you do in faculty meetings. Keep being awesome. #NationalComplimentDay

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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6 years

The secret reason that academic writing is a most beautiful skill. #AcWri #peerreview

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@DrSLauricella

6 years

On this #WorldMentaHealthDay , a friendly reminder to all the #AcademicTwitter folks keeping it real:

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@DrSLauricella

5 years

Sometimes it’s just one of those days in academia when you gotta put on a brave face. Be kinder than necessary because everyone is fighting their own battle.

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5 years

Me. And probably you. #AcademicTwitter

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

3 years

This is perhaps my greatest academic discovery and I’m shook

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

I hid a clause in my 300-level syllabus: “Once you finish reading the syllabus, email me a photo of something you did this summer.” Some responses: -Took care of sick grandma in Pakistan -Went to a Jays game -Threw a surprise bday party -Went to Ireland Best hidden clause ever.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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2 years

Four-day workend over here

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

8 years

This is me, in real life, receiving my 3rd teaching award. I decided to #DressLikeAWoman that day in my Univ of Cambridge formal attire.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Roses are red So is the wine I will decant Because I just submitted An application for a grant #AcademicValentine

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

This thread blows my anonymity but the purpose of this photo is so important. I am on the right. On the left is a FOURTH YEAR (yeah, Senior) student who came to my campus office and said that it was her FIRST TIME EVER visiting a professor during office hours. Whaaaattt?! 1/

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Hands up if your weekend only lasted for five seconds, too

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Friendly reminder that academics are human, research is fun, and taking oneself so dang seriously is optional.

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4 years

I made a list of things that count as writing for, uh, a friend. #AcWri #AcademicTwitter

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6 years

Good morning, Scholars. The news is bad. Your academic work is important. Here’s a coffee and some solidarity in putting your heart into your work today.

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6 years

Roses are red Violets are blue I am tired of writing this paper Wtf am I gonna do? #AcademicValentine #AcWri

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

8 years

On this #InternationalWomensDay (and every day) may we support and celebrate one another.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

After two weeks in track pants and sweatshirts, who’s feeling it today?

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@DrSLauricella

7 years

If perfectionism kills productivity, may your first drafts (like mine today) be alive and imperfect. #getyourmanuscriptout

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@DrSLauricella

6 years

Someone tell me I’m not alone in how it feels trying to #AcWri while asylum seeking, immigrant children are being separated from parents, media is criticized and controlled, misogyny is rampant, and I have a revise and resubmit breathing down my neck

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7 years

Kids categorized the haul. Because obv candy is data that can be quantified, sorted, and coded. I have no idea where they learned this skill

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

Over 50 people asked for my syllabi and prep notes from this class period! I am considering making an online repository of my “fun teaching stuff I do in class” because more fun teaching just makes the world better. Watch this space, friends

Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

Amount of class I spent “lecturing:” 0% Amount of time students spent thinking, talking, laughing, challenging themselves: 100% Student comment: “This is the the most discussion and most fun I’ve ever had and I’m in fourth year. Wtf?!” #pedagogy #oer

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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6 years

For all the women slaying this academic gig #IWD19 #InternationalWomensDay2019 #InternationalWomensDay

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

It’s that time of year, Scholars.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

Friends, it’s time I busted out of the Batcave and removed the mask. I have dedicated my professional life to higher ed teaching and learning, so to introduce my bad self, here’s an article on why there’s a better way to do end of term:

Putting the concept of final exams to the test

'I have not administered a final exam in any course I teach in at least a decade.'

www.durhamregion.com

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Wishing all of my #AcademicTwitter colleagues a supportive, collegial, and empowering #IWD19 #InternationalWomensDay

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@DrSLauricella

4 years

Hot take: It’s the threatening, solitary, punitive, judgmental notion of tests/exams that’s the problem, not students

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Me: I submitted fall term grades! Wooooooooo!!!!!! Yusssssss! Best day ever! Also me: Ohhhhh $&/: I need to prep for next semester and write all the things I didn’t write since September... Elapsed time between thoughts: Less than 60 seconds

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

8 years

The research process, the syllabus-drafting process, the grading process, the doctoral process, the whole, enormous, academic life process:

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7 years

Patriarchy via news grammar: Passive voice: "Women were sexually assaulted [by men]." Active voice: "Men sexually assaulted women."

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@DrSLauricella

5 years

Academic PSA: Reply all at your peril.

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@DrSLauricella

5 years

Happy Mother’s Day to academic moms keeping it real at home and on campus, and to women who serve as academic mentors, mother figures, and supporters of both students and colleagues. You are appreciated! #HappyMothersDay

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6 years

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the academic moms working hard to keep it real at home and on campus, and to women who do the work as academic mentors, mother figures, and supporters of both students and colleagues. You are seen and appreciated! #HappyMothersDay

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@DrSLauricella

5 years

Someone tell me that I am not the only one with with this wretched affliction #AcWri

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

She’s nursing — an inclusive environment is very important #whyfeminism

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@DrSLauricella

6 years

As a woman in front of young women on the daily, the advice I give (only if I’m asked for it, mind you) is do WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT. You don’t need anyone except your own bad self, never mind someone with the same outlook as you. Now go about your business being awesome.

Walkley Foundation

@walkleys

6 years

"My biggest advice I give to young women is marry well," says Emma @albericie . And "it's not about marrying someone who makes a lot of money (though that would be nice); you need a partner with the same outlook as you." #sydneywritersfestival #walkleys

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

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6 years

The class meets for 3hrs. I give a 20 min break, during which time she was swarmed with congratulatory classmates. And *not just women*. The biggest, burliest guy said to her, “Your baby is really cute. And you’re so strong. I’m glad you’re here today.” Inclusivity matters.

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6 years

Roses are red My freedom is fleeting Because I’ll spend today In a very long meeting #AcademicValentine

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@DrSLauricella

6 years

When I grade five assignments in a row without daydreaming, making a cup of tea, or checking Twitter.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

5 years

Mine kicks in at about 5pm. Hbu?

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Your annual reminder that it takes someone special to love an academic. #AcademicValentine

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7 years

Roses are red Impostor syndrome is endemic Even after you’ve become A bona fide academic #academicvalentine

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@DrSLauricella

6 years

It is #AcademicValentine season so: Roses are red Life as a scholar is hectic It takes someone special To love an academic

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

I published 9 papers this academic year, put in two grants, and taught overload. So here I am in the glory of Canada, and I am definitely #notwriting . I highly recommend this practice.

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

7 years

Hey @Emma4Change @cameron_kasky @davidhogg111 @Sarahchadwickk @JaclynCorin I’m a professor at a university in Canada. Today a student in my first-year class did a presentation on #neveragain and #GunReformNow . Canadian students and faculty are with you!

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

Syllabus prep = 0 Words written for accepted article in special issue journal = 0 Conference prep = 0 Getting outside = 💯

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Dr Sharon Lauricella

@DrSLauricella

6 years

I don’t know how I even managed to become an academic without adopting a cat. This is the number one best accountability factor in staying seated at my writing chair — can’t possibly disrupt a sleeping feline. The last 6 weeks have been very productive. #academicswithcats

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4 years

Before I assign any activity to students, I think two things: 1. Would I want to do this? 2. How will it feel to give feedback to students? To demonstrate this commitment, I did all of the assignments in one of my classes and invited students to give me feedback. Result: FUN

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@DrSLauricella

6 years

My writing this morning: - Stare at screen - It’s too cold in here; turn up heat - Stare at screen - Make another cup of tea - Stare at screen - Macs are pretty. I should get one instead of this uni-issued PC - Stare at screen - Start typing; I can’t edit a blank page.

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@DrSLauricella

4 years

My paper after: - reviewer 1’s comments - reviewer 2’s comments - additional revisions coauthor and I decided should be added in as well - editor’s requests - copyediting - typesetting - formatting for online delivery - my dog weighs in

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@DrSLauricella

5 years

If One. More. Person. Asks if I am, “Officially off for the summer now, right?!”

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4 years

Q: What are your students even gonna do with a degree in social science/humanities/arts? A: Probably NOT fall for conspiracy theories, skip out of work, and storm the capitol...

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@DrSLauricella

8 years

Roses are red Violets are blue My sexiest fantasy Is to coauthor with you #AcademicValentine

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7 years

So far 21/60 students found this clause in my fall syllabus. I've seen pics of hiking, canoeing, dogs, parties, hospitals and tattoos...

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5 years

Aaaaaaaaaand the semester is over!

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5 years

I wrote a total of 78 words today. The struggle is real. #AcWri #Fail

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3 years

Friendly reminder that as end-of-term work piles up, academic deadlines approach, it’s dark at 5pm, and existential crises abound:

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@DrSLauricella

8 years

For all #AcWri folks from undergrad to full prof. Photo via Masters Thesis Defender @JERutter #GetYourManuscriptOut

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@DrSLauricella

4 years

I start my Zoom classes with an unrelated, ANONYMOUS poll each week. Here’s today’s results. NB: class is at 11am #onlineteaching

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8 years

One of my fourth-year students created this slide in her presentation today. Not just for undergrads. #ageisjustanumber #hope

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@DrSLauricella

8 years

Sending all women in academia respect, friendship, and camaraderie on Galentine's Day! #womeninhighered #galentinesday

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5 years

Students: - Final years - you will graduate this spring (in what form, idk, but you WILL). - You’re NOT going to fail because your class is now online. - Your profs want you to keep this in perspective — health and safety first. - Your university wants you to succeed.

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6 years

As a matter of comparison, this is a photo of myself as a prof. Here I am just before the 1st day of class this term — happy and excited about being with students. No pointy pool stick, maybe I have bad hair (that’s a matter of opinion, though it’s natural so who cares).

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5 years

All the Sunday night feels, brought to you by Academia.

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5 years

“Now online” is a thing. But it’s also an opportunity. How? - Model being chill, flexible, and find humour in this chaos - Be ten times more patient with students and yourself - Show that adapting is a meaningful lesson in itself - Let go of being perfect

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6 years

Any academic who hasn’t graded *all* the assignments, submitted every manuscript ever submitted, and formatted every reference in that last conference paper ALL WHILE IN THEIR PAJAMAS is... lying.

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4 years

Planning fall courses? Writing articles? Serving on committees? How about step 1 is remembering that you’re a human living through a pandemic?!

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6 years

Guess who has a potentially-crap-yet-possibly-very-good-first-draft of a manuscript (and leaves for vacation tomorrow with four kids and a dog)?! Woooooo! #getyourmanuscriptout

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5 years

All right #instant pot naysayers, how’s this for good use: Colleague via txt: I’m in a bad way. Can I come over? If I stay home I will just keep crying. Me: [drops everything, having been in this place] Yes — dinner will be ready in 40 min. [Pea soup is happening!]

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6 years

For all intensive purposes, I am fine. I have never taken my personal safety for granite. Irregardless, I’m safe and sound. The kidnappers, there to kind to me.

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6 years

If you’ve never had this moment of joy... you’re lying. The thrill is real.

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5 years

Department asked for my fall textbook list. Nope. Writing and sharing my own #OER for this fall, which will be available via @eCampusOntario , and saving my beloved students a total of over $10k in just one class and one semester alone #winning

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8 years

Equality is not for one day.

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6 years

When I’m teaching an early morning class and know that I need to set 5 alarms to make it happen

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6 years

December for academics. Actually... who am I kidding. Every day of the year for academics.

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5 years

Amount of class I spent “lecturing:” 0% Amount of time students spent thinking, talking, laughing, challenging themselves: 100% Student comment: “This is the the most discussion and most fun I’ve ever had and I’m in fourth year. Wtf?!” #pedagogy #oer

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5 years

Happy new year! And don’t forget the serial comma

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5 years

Some people love it, others hate it. Here I am working at 9am at a Starbucks. Personal reasons for being here notwithstanding, I enjoy coffee shop sessions. I don’t talk to anyone yet I feel common humanity and shared struggle. 1/

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4 years

Many instructors are submitting final grades (or will be soon). Before I entered marks for my students, I sent the following message inviting them to submit, via a GoogleForm, their own input on their grades. Responses were amazing. Samples below: 1/6

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I teach on campus Fridays 9-11am. Terrible timeslot. Today was 90% attendance. After class I heard: - That was really fun - Thank you, that got me thinking - Thank you, my brain is broken - I had a good time in class today Excuse me while I go weep with gratitude for this job

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