intemperate Palestinian psych professor
@seattleu
. low income first gen POC, lover of dogs and Cleveland sports.
Tweets are mine and do not represent Seattle U
This place I just interviewed had the *BEST* virtual visit. They sent me a gift card for dinner, a coffee gift card, a NICE fruit basket, AND some university swag . I've had my fair share of awful interviews, but this was the best. Hope they liked me as I liked them!
A weird thing about the academic job market that's frustrating as an applicant (not one anymore): you spend day(s) on campus and countless hours of prep prior to that. And then you receive minimal correspondence after the interview. Like you weren't even there. Very cold. Ugh.
Reminds me of the time I applied to a b school position, was not given a flyout, and then the person who got the job had 0 peer reviewed pubs at the time. How? Famous advisor from Ivy emailed the search committee
Or how about the time, as a Palestinian man, I was asked if I would be able to along with the ardently pro-Israel person in the department of a European university? They literally asked during the interview.
I don’t think I know any Palestinian psychologists in the United States other than my cousin. It’s strange to be part of an ethnic group that doesn’t get the recognition of being underrepresented in dei because of decisions made long ago about what box we belong to. I’m not White
There is such little Arab/Middle Eastern representation in psychology & neuroscience, but we don't qualify for many of the
#DEI
grants and that are intended to amplify diverse perspectives. This needs to change.
Great joke today.
Faculty candidate told me about a previous visit where faculty took them to Applebees. Since she is dining solo tonight, I told her she can probably find a nearby Applebees if she wanted to make an apples to apples comparison. Reader, the pun was not intended.
Folks at
#SPSP2024
that were marginalized from blatant islamoprejudice, please reach out to me via email or dm! I’m looking to establish relationships with those affected from the organizations actions and inaction
To the folks here on
#AcademicTwitter
, would it be reasonable during an in-person interview to ask about the steps a university is taking to improving racial, ethnic, and socio-economic diversity at a given school?
THRILLED to receive a grant from
@SPSSI
on research on threat and its effects on political beliefs! New stuff that hasn't really been studied yet. Stay tuned.
I was yesterday years old when I realized my time at higher ed institutions counted towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness! In fact, I'm pretty much done with 120 payments and didn't realize it!
Had a fabulous time putting together a panel of excellent panelists all studying different aspects of discrimination at the
#isjr2023
. While we're certainly all jet-lagged (save for Michael), we had a blast talking about our work. (also peep the subtitle lol)
PSA: I've seen far too many "come work with me" posts recently regarding TT faculty positions. It's strange to say when there are 1-2 positions and dozens (or hundreds) of applicants. Instead, tell people there's a position and you're excited to answer questions about the job.
Folks if you’re a POC deciding on grad school and your prospective PI is mum about blatant Islamophobia at
@SPSPnews
, let that be a mark in your decision making process
@spspnews
I'd like to point out you just sent out a messaging about this a bit ago
"Providing a Friendly, Safe, and Discrimination and Harassment-Free Environment."
Who's vetting this stuff?
I have some really compelling data I'd love to present at a brownbag and would love to give a talk. The work is on threat, emotions, and political decision making! If you have an open slot that needs to be filled, let me know!
I’ve definitely felt uncomfortable at this conference multiple times. Dirty looks, rude comments, you name it. It’s sad because I see this conference as a “home” for my work. This posted resonated with me as a Palestinian.
It would be great to see (and some have asked) Palestinian scholars and perspectives further represented at this conference and in ISPP more broadly. But there are a number of reasons that they are not.
Every minute of non-responding means psychological harm to ~2/9 of the WORLD's population *AND* your legacy.
@amenapsy
@CAIRSanDiego
@CAIRNational
we have an institution that platformed an Islamophobe. No action taken after 28 hours.
Tik tok
@SPSPnews
#SPSP2024
People in academia who’ve never had a job outside of this bubble, trust me, you have no idea what you’re talking about. The food industry/customer service field will bring you to your knees in a week.
I’d do a PhD all over again rather than go back to work at the family business
This thread is spot on. SO MANY OF MY PEERS were told to take their offers unnegotiated! They were told that they couldn’t negotiate with only one offer and/or that they weren’t “the star on the market” so they had to take what they could get. Fuck ALL OF THAT NOISE!! Negotiate!
@victorerikray
Every year mine was $0 EFC. And every year I appealed my aid letter to get more money from my undergrad institution. Would always get a bit more money but still wild how much debt people from backgrounds like mine have to fight the system
For those of you on the psych or OB job market, we've created a slack channel of people that were recently on the market. Feel free to join and thanks to
@njoybetz
for putting this together!
Powerful statement by Michael Kraus and colleagues about meeting the moment. As social and personality psychologists, we must support the free expression of ideas and reduce harm to groups that have been historically marginalized by the field.
Social and Personality Psychology Faculty Statement on Student Protests for Justice in Palestine (a 🧵with my thoughts)
S-P Faculty can add your name here:
I JUST met
@MikeyPasek
for the first time today on Zoom after MONTHS of help during the academic job market, and let me just say, what a lovely person! You've got a good one, UIC!
.
@UMich
is ready, willing and eager to bargain with GEO over a compensation plan, but it requires movement from both sides. Real bargaining requires real compromise.
Yup. And I want every single person who knows me to know that if I see you on a panel on Palestine and you did not speak out on this now when people are being mass murdered. I will embarrass you and I will sleep well after.
What I've been hearing from academics re plausible genocide:
1. I'm going to wait until tenure.
2. I don't want to upset my colleagues.
3. Be careful re pluralistic ignorance. We believe these things. We promise! (lol)
4. I would be a hypocrite.
Cut the shit.
I’m absolutely thrilled to be putting together a great invited symposium for the international society for justice research conference this July! Looking forward to the work presented by
@ClaraLWilkins
,
@SMurrar
,
@me_fiagbenu
, and myself! Come join us in Munich/München!
Some personal news: I'm delighted to announce that, starting in April 2023, my family and I will be leaving the United States...
...for a weekend trip to Vancouver, British Columbia. Please send any recommendations with a dog!
Very excited to be heading to the American University in Cairo to present some work under review and the state of the field on threat and political attitudes!
@AUC
. Thank you to their department of psychology for inviting me!
If you have tips/things to do in Cairo, lmk!
@jfrickuga
YES! And the difference between two letter grades (A vs. A-) is usually less than .01 of your GPA. I always remind the students of that and it usually works in stopping the madness
And let me tell you something, those that posted and were online as if it were business as usual need to check themselves and their privilege.
Folks tell on themselves and their “allyship” in times of need
Maybe instead of doing the whole twitter advertising about a
🚨🚨new paper alert 🚨 🚨
#psychchatter
you can take a stand against institutional takedowns of free expression
The presidential plenary session
#spsp2024
was titled 'the science of inequality, the science of us' and in that spirit, we need to reckon with blatant dehumanization enacted against our Muslim colleagues.
This humanitarian crisis is absolutely terrible. If you can, please donate. I'm trying to raise $10k to help children in Gaza. I've raised 80% of my goal (with the help of
@JinXunGoh
) and need $2k! Let’s help me reach my goal before end of the year!
@SPSPnews
Do you know how exhausting it is to be actively thinking about a stereotype about your religious or ethnic group and trying to counter that? I don't know what systems you have in place to vet things, but this is beyond the pale. I'm not even Muslim and I'm outraged.
@spspnews
I'd like to point out you just sent out a messaging about this a bit ago
"Providing a Friendly, Safe, and Discrimination and Harassment-Free Environment."
Who's vetting this stuff?
#AcademicTwitter
What are some good ways for faculty to make a bit of extra money in the summer when your teaching and research load allows for such flexibility? I certainly could teach, but would like to try some other options!