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Geochemist to paleoanthropologist. Neanderthal diet + nitrogen isotopes, XRF evangelist. Assistant professor @GeorgeMasonU .

Washington, DC

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 months

And now the moment you've all been waiting for...available today open access in #PaleoAnthropologyJournal , I and my co-authors ( @QueffelecAlain1 , @PickeringRobyn ) present our detailed rebuttal for the assertion of deliberate burial by Homo naledi. Thread:

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

I will die on the hill that archaeology is spelled with “ae” and I will change it back no matter how many times people change it to “archeology” in my drafts 😬

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Dr. Kim Foecke

2 months

Taking my first day of school pic from the *other side* this year! Assistant prof day 1 😊

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3 years

I passed! Dr. Kim, PhD!

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@KimFoecke

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4 months

Paper accepted! Coming soon to a computer screen near you:

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1 year

I haven’t yet seen anybody point out that shooting hominin fossils into space has irreversibly altered them due to exposure to increased radiation. Valuable scientific information may have just been destroyed forever, for a publicity stunt.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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I read a paper today that includes an abbreviation and acronym WORD BANK, that pops up in the pdf when you hover the cursor over an abbreviation in-text. This is the most useful thing I have ever seen in my life and we should all be doing this. @AcademicChatter

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Dr. Kim Foecke

1 year

Exciting confirmation of the antiquity of the White Sands footprints out today! I spoke with Scientific American about the study. In sum of some more extensive comments, I buy it now. Go science!

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Ancient Footprints Affirm People Lived in the Americas More Than 20,000 Years Ago

A new study suggests humans arrived in the Americas before the height of the last ice age more than 20,000 years ago

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11 months

@FossilHistory I love this specimen but every time I see that texture it kinda makes my skin crawl 😬

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Dr. Kim Foecke

6 months

Now that everything is official, I am SO EXCITED to announce that I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at @GeorgeMasonU ! Thrilled to get to teach amazing students, and watch this space for exciting new research in human paleoecology! #NewPI

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 months

So excited to finally be able to share the first published portion of my dissertation, out today in Journal of Archaeological Science! A brief thread:

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Dr. Kim Foecke

3 months

Thanks to @Gutsick_Gibbon for such a thorough walkthrough of our paper on her YouTube channel! Long watch but well worth a listen:

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Newest Homo naledi News is Intense

You've never seen geochemistry this savage. Apologies if I make any mistakes here geology guys. New paper: https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/...

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

Announcing my doctoral dissertation defense, open to the public on Tuesday March 29th at 10 AM EST! Anyone in DC is welcome to attend in person, and we will be streaming over Zoom - DM me for the link! Almost PhDone!

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4 years

Update: I have already lost a follower from this

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

So thrilled and shocked!! Thank you @TheLeakeyFndtn ! Can’t wait to get started!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Finding it impossible to care one bit about my PhD. My mom is severely immune compromised and has ONLY ONE LUNG. Tack on to that anxiety disorder and data collection indefinitely suspended, and you get every minute of every day filled with an aching fear. Pet pics please!!

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

Huge congratulations to my adviser, Dr. Alison Brooks, on her election to the National Academy of Sciences (section 51)! #proudadvisee @gwCASHP @GWAnthropology

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

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@biologistimo SUPER carcinogenic, that’s an old fire grenade. If you can fully encapsulate it for transport, take it to a fire department. If you can’t move it without it leaking, call their non-emergency number and ask for someone to come retrieve it. Liquid is brown, might not be airtight.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

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@TheBcellArtist I elected not to move my family for a non-permanent position, which limited my options. Postdocs are often 9mo-1yr, during which you’re expected to be useful AND apply for the next job AND publish AND possibly uproot your life for MAYBE a chance at TT? Nah...

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@GradSkoolStrugs “Professors shouldn’t be so cheerful - it hurts her credibility.” 🙄

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Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

Scary truth: I was just cut from an adjunct position to teach a class all the way in 2021. Universities are already trimming both their curriculum and their contingent faculty well past this coming fall semester. It’s going to be bad. For students, instructors, and for research.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

I just closed all the tabs related to my dissertation after uploading my final corrections to the university. I put every errant file on my desktop away in a folder. I closed my analysis software for the first time in a year. I opened a Prosecco and laughed with my lab. #PhDone

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

2 months

A piece in @ScienceNews covering paper on deliberate burial by Homo naledi. It is good to see that the Rising Star team agrees in hindsight that their methodological choices were incorrect. I disagree with their other responses, but that was expected.

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Did an ancient human relative really bury its dead?

Critics challenge explosive claim about Homo naledi, with implications for both human evolution and new models of scientific publishing

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

2 months

I’ve gotten a lot of new followers this last couple of weeks - I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself beyond “that chick who published the new Homo naledi critique.” To get a sense of me, you can start with my other new paper in this thread: 1/

@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

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So excited to finally be able to share the first published portion of my dissertation, out today in Journal of Archaeological Science! A brief thread:

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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Anyone published with me knows how seriously I take geochemical analyses with XRF and how careful I am to deeply understand the data I have gathered and what it reflects. I feel no qualms in saying that the new H. naledi paper has deep structural issues in its use of XRF. 1/

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Dr. Kim Foecke

2 months

A real honor to get to chat with scicomm crusader @FlintDibble about our newest paper! Have a watch!

@FlintDibble

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺

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NEW VIDEO. An update on the Homo naledi controversy! "The Real Dirt on Homo naledi with Dr. Kim Foecke ( @KimFoecke ). Does geochemistry prove Homo naledi burial?" (link in next tweet) A great chat that covers open science, replicability, geosciences, and ofc, Homo naledi

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

2 years

Now that everything’s signed and official I can finally announce that next week I will start a contract position with @NMNH @HumanOrigins ! I literally cannot explain to you how excited I am to be working with @BrianaPobiner , Rick Potts, and @jpapio . Limit does not exist 😁

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@JadeArchaeobot @kristinlkrueger @HarvardGSAS I’m so sorry this happened. This is absolutely appalling. As a current graduate student it’s sickening to know that even such concrete evidence has been dismissed. The future of archaeology deserves better.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@JacquelynGill Create a one credit course labeled in person required that students can sign up for, effectively labeling them as “hybrid”

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Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

I wrote 600 words on my dissertation today after going months without being able to get myself to write. I’m celebrating this as a big milestone! 🎉

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Huge news - my NSF DDRI proposal was officially recommended for funding today, meaning I now have the full support of the big anthro granting trifecta! Humbled, honored, thrilled, and couldn’t be more excited to not have to compromise a single part of my dissertation!! @gwCASHP

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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When he says “it is the interpretation, not the actual data, that is debated.” Stand by y’all, let’s debate some data 💪

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'No scientific evidence' that ancient human relative buried dead and carved art as portrayed in...

A new commentary blasts claims about Homo naledi featured in Netflix's "Unknown: Cave of Bones."

www.livescience.com

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@ravenscimaven This has happened to me, except the beef was deliberately rotten because I make interesting dissertation choices...

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Dr. Kim Foecke

2 years

Best email since finishing my PhD came today - first first author paper accepted! 🎉🎉

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Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

!!! Very important read for my isotope people.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

Future Mr. and Dr.! 💍

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

2 years

Thrilled to share my first first-author paper - Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy Geochemical Sourcing of Miocene Primate Fossils from Kenya! I know, I know, this has nothing to do with nitrogen isotopes. But still cool, promise! A thread:

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

@SarahMackAttack I absentmindedly crocheted a rug that is far too large for any space I have in my home

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Dr. Kim Foecke

2 years

Out of office set ✅ Student grades entered ✅ Dissertation done ✅ Time to go get married!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

@AcademicChatter SPSS is a dumpster fire. R, and even Python, should now be the only way we teach stats and data visualization in undergrad and ANYONE who uses stats in grad school.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@GrumpyInGeneral Oxford commas ALWAYS, two spaces after a period is the worst. Unless trying to elongate a paper. Then it’s the best.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 months

Thanks everyone for all the love on my two papers this week! It made picking these up today feel especially good - like pressing the “launch” button on my career!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

2 months

For those asking, yes I do have comments on the revisions to the Homo naledi pre-prints. I’m taking some time to carefully review it and gather all of my thoughts, and will write something here soon. For now, I will say this - I do not think they fixed the problems.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 months

@oldenoughtosay Also on the anniversary of this, so…13/10 no notes

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Absolutely thrilled to be the recipient of a @WennerGrenOrg Dissertation Fieldwork Grant to support my research at @gwCASHP ! Great things coming!

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

I’ve hit the point in my PhD where I don’t even know what my stress dreams mean. This time I was at a conference and Paul Rudd was there and told me he liked Australopithecus. Sorry brain, I don’t know how to help you with that one 😂

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

See y’all in Denver! #AABA2022

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

@JacquelynGill Hi! I’m finishing my PhD in human paleobiology in 6 weeks, and I study the impact of complex food behavior on the reliability of chemical paleodietary proxies. I’m hoping to shift more into paleoenvironmental proxies, and I love museum outreach. Someone hire me 😁

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Dr. Kim Foecke

1 year

Check out @sciencevs episode by @joelwerner on the controversy over #Homonaledi ! Featuring me as a phantom interview and expertly handled by @Ozarchaeomaglab and Jamie Hodgkins!

Why Fossil Nerds Are Pissed Right Now | Science Vs

The smash hit Netflix documentary “Unknown: Cave of Bones” has kicked off an all-out science brawl. The film makes extraordinary claims about a strange ape-like creature that lived hundreds of...

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

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@AcademicChatter Being able to stick with your gut in the face of sometimes-bad advice from senior academics. And learning that advisers and mentors are advisers, not bosses, and are not always right.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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Great work, and I’m excited to add our (very shortly!) forthcoming paper to the chorus.

@Ozarchaeomaglab

Andy I.R. Herries at La Trobe Archaeology

@Ozarchaeomaglab

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For anyone that watched @netflix 's 'Unknown: Cave of Bones' "No scientific evidence that Homo naledi buried their dead and produced rock art"

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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More Research Shuts Down Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi, Star Of Netflix Documentary - out today from @IFLScience @QueffelecAlain1 @PickeringRobyn

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More Research Shuts Down Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi, Star Of Netflix Documentary

Did this small-brained hominin bury its dead? Many scientists doubt it.

www.iflscience.com

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Dr. Kim Foecke

1 year

@grg_perry @huw_groucutt One last thought - I firmly believe that eLife should consider explicitly stating “We don’t publish papers. We host papers and publish reviews.” Because in my perception, there’s a lot of baggage with the word “publish” in academia. Meet folks where they are to get the change.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

@AnnieEMason @OpenAcademics My advice: if you decide PhD, 1) never accept an offer that does not come with funding, and 2) pad your skills during so you are broadly employable in the event of a crap job market (a la now). I am glad I’m doing a PhD, I love the science, but you need realism and contingency.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

@OtherKellyFile @AcademicChatter #phdoggo Max lays on my chest like this when he knows my anxiety attacks are coming. 10/10 empathy, 4/10 brains, 100000/10 good boi.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

@kevinsblake @blekhman Indeed, as a funded PhD student I pay almost $2,000 per year for campus parking, that is still about 25 minutes walk away from where I actually work.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

Attention academic Twitter! I am officially job hunting! I will be defending my dissertation and graduating in May 2022, aiming to begin a position summer or fall 2022. Link to my website where you can download my CV: A short thread about me:

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Dr. Kimberly K. Foecke Current Institutional Affiliations: Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History George Mason University National Institute of Standards...

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

2 years

Dear PIs: if you can’t guarantee funding for living expenses, please don’t advertise for PhD students. These are jobs, for which you require high skill and prerequisites, and students need to eat and pay rent. Applying for funding is not funding available!

@ccgrueter

Cyril C. Grueter

2 years

2nd call: If you're interested in a PhD project on chimpanzee behavioral ecology in Rwanda, please contact me by the 15th of July. @IPS_PrimateNews @BiologicalAnth @EFPrimatology @PsgbSTudent @AusHumanBiology @AnimBehav @ScienceUWA @CEB_UWA

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Thrilled to have won first place in @3MT_official at @gwucolumbian representing @gwCASHP ! Job well done to everyone who competed! What a cool experience.

@gwucolumbian

GW Arts & Sciences

5 years

Congratulations to our #3MT winners! 1. Kimberly Foecke ( @gwCASHP / @GWAnthropology ) 2. Abhilasha Sahay (Economics) 3. Michelle Kramer (Cognitive Neuroscience / @GWUPsych ) People’s Choice: Michelle Kramer #RaiseHigh

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Dr. Kim Foecke

1 year

@grg_perry How do you respond to the idea that under this model, eLife could become a legitimizing platform for pseudoscience? Where does the line come between acceptable and unacceptable science? Based on the reviews, this paper had almost no scientific support.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

@JacquelynGill The verbiage on “hybrid” models in this announcement is what’s going to save this situation - especially for PhD students. If we can turn diss research credits, for example, into being labeled “in person required” on paper, that will go a LONG way. Same principle for undegrads.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

1 year

Use of analytical methods requires foundational understanding of the core of those methods. I feel my pub record qualifies me to provide a detailed assessment of the XRF work in a forthcoming thread. For now, I will simply state that the work doesn’t meet established standards.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

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Hi I’m Kim - I have anxiety disorder and panic disorder, and I was diagnosed when I was only 9 years old. I’ve been on medication for nearly two decades and I’m so PROUD, because now I’m a functional human getting a PhD thanks to treatment and support. #MentalHealthWeek

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Dr. Allie Zachwieja 🦴⛰🌏

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Hi im Allie I have depression and anxiety and was diagnosed my first year of my PhD. It's been HARD but I've found that talking about it makes it have less control over me! I'm happy to talk with you too 😊 ❤️ #EndTheStigma #mentalhealth #MentalIllnessAwarenessWeek @PhD_Balance

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@Homo_SLAYpien External hard drives and back up EVERYTHING. All the time. In like, multiple places. I found having a physical planner helpful, writing things down and checking them off helps me feel like I’m accomplishing things. Break to-do lists into pieces that seem absurdly small. It helps.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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I’ve achieved publication Bingo! Reviewer 1: Accept without revisions Reviewer 2: Reject Side note, Editor: Reject. Normalize rejection!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

@SusannaLHarris Our department does do this, and it’s clear they value our feedback.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@JJFilson Hominin fossils are exceedingly rare. Currently there is no such thing as an expendable one.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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Possibly hot take(?) - nearly every STEM or STEM-adjacent PhD program should offer and require a course in the use of some type of graphic design software.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Abstract accepted for #AAPA2020 ! Come listen to me talk about fuel wood smoke and nitrogen systematics in relation to paleodietary reconstruction!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Ok people, we have a new record for Worst Smell Ever. Stay tuned for #Paleos2020 to find out what caused my Wednesday to require several showers... #experimentalarchaeology @gwCASHP @GWAnthropology

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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I’m pretty convinced at this point that doing a PhD is 65% random Googling, 10% actual research engagement, and 25% trying not to murder various levels of administrative personnel.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

Something to look forward to this year! Thank you @PhysAnth for all of the hard work you’ve done to enable us to share our research and connect with one another! Of course, it is the one year I wouldn’t have had to travel to go to the in-person conference... 😂

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

@riveramichael @thedavidjudge @BlackWidowJola Fourth year:

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Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

I’m working on a research proposal that is 100% my idea, and I’m very excited about it. It feels significant that for the first time, an adviser didn’t provide the starting nugget for a project. It’s like baby scientist level up!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

@Rob_O_Malley @SarahMackAttack Just like... all of them. About everything.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

SciHub is down and I had a true panic moment...amazing how everything can grind to a halt if your access to articles disappears. #COVID19

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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Ridiculously cool talk by @DrTanyaMSmith on seasonality, lead exposure, and winter stress in Neanderthal children!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

Happening TOMORROW! DM for the link!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

Announcing my doctoral dissertation defense, open to the public on Tuesday March 29th at 10 AM EST! Anyone in DC is welcome to attend in person, and we will be streaming over Zoom - DM me for the link! Almost PhDone!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@ImperfectFunGuy That’s likely a distal phalanx of a non-fish animal, but I’m not an expert enough to tell you which one

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Starting a paper a day thread to both keep myself accountable and showcase cool work that I’m absorbing! Thread starts below.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

500 lbs of wood: ✅ 50 lbs of dead animals: ✅ Cold smoking rig: ✅ Outdoor fire safe area: ✅ Data collection here I come! #experimentalarchaeology #phdlife #ICanEatMySamplesAfter

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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I have to say, in building several new courses I am feeling very vindicated in my hoarder-esque decision to save every note and assignment and exam from every undergrad class “in case I ever need them.” I NEED THEM!! Yes!!

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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Important note on our paper

@Ozarchaeomaglab

Andy I.R. Herries at La Trobe Archaeology

@Ozarchaeomaglab

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@MosquitoLab @FossilHistory @KimFoecke It’s not a preprint. A preprint is posted online before peer review This is a fully peer reviewed & accepted paper online ahead of being put in an issue: “PaleoAnthropology publishes fully peer-reviewed, copy-edited articles ahead of issue publication, enabling faster access”

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Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Quarantine updates: a guy trying to work out on a tiny balcony across the street has just accidentally launched a dumbbell over the railing, where it fell 12 stories and created a small crater in the sidewalk. This is the most thrilling thing to happen in weeks.

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@indyfromspace I can direct you to two very awesome scientists who spent many years researching the mechanics/materials in this situation - no bias at all that it includes my dad 😜

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Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

I don’t think it’s possible to accurately express the exhaustion of trying to do a dissertation, apply for jobs for the first time, teach, and like...do laundry and feed yourself. In a pandemic. #PhDChat

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Dr. Kim Foecke

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@starstrickenSF I put a tiny picture of my dog hidden in every talk I give. Only one person has ever noticed 😂

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

Awesome talk by @loopdlupien at this morning’s @gwCASHP journal club! Really enjoyed the topic and excited to see your future stuff!

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

5 years

Hey @PhysAnth . I just received an e-mail informing me that there will not be a discounted student rate in the conference hotel block this year. Seems a major oversight considering #AAPA2020 is in one of the most expensive cities in the country...

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

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#AAPA2021 is live! Check out my presentation in the “Paleoanthropology: Paleoecology II (Teeth, Diet, and Isotopes)” session - link here for those registered! Our live session is 4/16 at 12:00 EDT, but the video is up to view as of today.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 years

There is nothing quite as rage-inducing as trying to peel the backing off of Parafilm squares. #LabWoes

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

Every time I do something more complicated in R lately and can get it to work, I think about how lucky I was to land at @gwCASHP at exactly the right moment to have taken the new quant methods class with @wabarree . High-key life changing and dissertation-saving. Thankful 🦃

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 months

First and foremost, what this paper is NOT. It is not a personal attack. It is not a critique of motive, public-facing decisions, or anything else. It is a critique of scientific practice, method, and data analysis in a very specific arena. 2/

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

3 months

New blog post from @heri_uct about our paper regarding the evidence for deliberate burial by Homo naledi:

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No Sedimentological Evidence for Deliberate Burial by Homo naledi — HERI - Human Evolution Research...

A new paper from a team of researchers including our Dr. Robyn Pickering tests claims from a 2023 preprint to highlight the need for best practices in geochemical studies in archaeology and palaeo...

www.heriuct.co.za

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

10 months

Announcement: I have 4 institutional email addresses at inbox zero. Please clap.

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

10 months

All I want for Christmas is a decision on any of the 4 first author papers I currently have in review 🤞🤞🤞

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

6 years

Check out our recent work!

@gwCASHP

CASHP

6 years

Ph.D. student @KimFoecke co-wrote a paper on hominoid teeth from Losodok, Kenya recently published in the Journal of Human Evolution. The authors examine both the morphological attributes and provenience of the teeth. Read it here:

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

4 years

So cool!

@Simon_Hammann

Simon Hammann - @simonhammann.bsky.social

4 years

Very excited to see this paper out in @PNASNews ! We used Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) and analysed lipids in archaeological pottery without prior extraction mapping their precise distributions to understand lipid uptake and preservation!

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

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As a field, we must reflect on how we structure research questions and consider the balance between exploratory research and hypothesis testing that is so central to what we do. We call on paleoanthropology to always get back to basics in research design and learn about methods!

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@KimFoecke

Dr. Kim Foecke

1 year

This adds a whole different layer to this situation…interested to hear from our SA colleagues how they feel about this piece of information.

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