Dr. Molly B. Atkinson
@MollyBAtkinson
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Assistant Professor @UNTChemistry | #FirstGen | Chemistry Education Research | Visual Representations, Assessment Development, Equitable Pathways to STEM
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Dear Assistant Professors:
How are y’all getting everything done that you are expected to complete within a 5-day work week? Because I’ve honestly been working 7 days a week for as long as I can remember, and I still can’t get everything done. And I’m about to ~lose~ it.
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Me on Day 12 of my employment as an assistant professor:
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As a PI who grew up with limited family income, it’s still difficult for me to drop large amounts of money for conference travel, even if the funding exists. It’s also hard to pay costs upfront, as someone who is
#FirstGen
on a single income. Why isn’t this talked about more???
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Excited to officially announce that I will be joining the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, conducting Chemistry Education Research!
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
#CER
#ChemEd
#Academia
#WomenInSTEM
#GoMeanGreen
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New JCE ASAP article! We surveyed industry chemists from 80 companies about the undergraduate instrumentation experience / skill development that best prepared them for chemical industry.
Happy first pub day to
@DavidTHamilton
and Alyssa Castillo!
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Welcome to the Atkinson Research Group! Very excited to have such a great space for chemistry education research
@UNTChemistry
, including dedicated space for conducting qualitative interviews.💚
#CER
#ChemistryEducationResearch
#NewPI
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I dream of the day when I (and my CER colleagues and students) will no longer have to categorize as “Other” when asked about the chemistry division in which I conduct research.
#CER
#ChemistryEducationResearch
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My first NSF proposal as PI has officially been submitted 🎉
Feeling very thankful, proud, and...tired 😂😴
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Teaching Postdoc position in chemistry education NOW OPEN in the Atkinson Research Group
@UNTChemistry
! This is a faculty position at the rank of VAP, and the selected candidate will teach introductory chemistry AND conduct chemistry education research.
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How it started (2011, REU Program).
How it’s going (2020,
#NewPI
).
GO 👏🏼 GET 👏🏼 YOUR 👏🏼 DREAMS.
Go get them.👩🏻🔬
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Scientists of Twitter! The world needs more reminders that we're living, breathing human beings.
Quote tweet this with a picture of you doing not-science
Scientists of Twitter! The world needs more reminders that we're living, breathing human beings.
Quote tweet this with a picture of you doing not-science
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Fall 2020 will be my first semester as an Assistant Professor and I am STRESSED 🙃😂
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Today I have both electricity and clean water. I just took a shower for the first time in 6 days. And quite frankly, I’m completely exhausted. Mentally and emotionally drained.
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Two rejections in one day?
Promised myself I’d always share the highs and the lows. Let’s normalize sharing the “failures” along with the “successes”.
Rejection? ❌
REDIRECTION ❤️
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New semester, new research group photo 😎
Incredibly lucky to be able to learn from and with these scholars. 9 graduate students, 7 undergraduate students. Thankful for our team.💚
#CER
#ChemEd
#ChemTwitter
#AcademicTwitter
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
#GoMeanGreen
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To those who were awarded an NSF GRFP - a big congratulations!
To those who were not awarded - I never even applied for an NSF GRFP. As a first-gen student, I didn’t even know it existed until I got to my postdoc. You can definitely still be successful without it.❤️
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We came across a broken escalator today. All we could do was stair.
#ACSSpring2023
#CER
#ARG
@UNTChemistry
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I just need everyone to know that for our last stop in Lexington, we did a gravy flight. That’s right, a gravy flight.
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Finally made it out to Big Bend National Park last weekend. Hiked in the Chisos Mountains and waded in the Rio Grande. I absolutely cannot believe this is in the state of Texas.⛰🌵🌿
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Excited to be a part of the UNT College of Science and Department of Chemistry, revitalizing the
#MeanGreen
Chemistry Education program! 💚🧪
Meet Dr. Molly Atkinson, one of our newest
@UNTChemistry
faculty members! She is active in the interdisciplinary field of Chemistry Education Research (CER), which studies how students learn chemistry to improve teaching practices. 🧪👩🔬👨🏫
Learn more:
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NEW RESEARCH GROUP PHOTO DAY 📸
(Official pics and details on new group members coming soon!)
@UNTChemistry
*As a joke, the entire group decided to wear green without telling
@rebeck82
and I - because they know we wear green almost every day 😂😂😂
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$29 to Denver for
#ACSFall2024
I’ve never been so proud of my first-gen frugality 😂
Will I be presenting in my sneakers? Absolutely 😎
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First research group meeting of Spring 2022 for our research group! Gonna need a bigger meeting space soon.😅
Seriously so thankful to learn from these folks every week.
#GoMeanGreen
#ChemEd
#CER
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Thanks to
@cenmag
for this article about our recent work, surveying 80 companies about needed undergraduate instrumentation experience for chemical industry!
The big 5: MS, LC, GC, UV-Vis, IR
@DavidTHamilton
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
@UNTResearch
Undergraduate chemists should learn how to use five key instruments to prepare for industry careers, a new study concludes.
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Happy page number day for our J. Chem. Educ. article on the instrumentation experience needed as students graduating with a bachelor’s degree enter jobs in chemical industry! 🎉
@DavidTHamilton
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
#CER
#ChemEd
New JCE ASAP article! We surveyed industry chemists from 80 companies about the undergraduate instrumentation experience / skill development that best prepared them for chemical industry.
Happy first pub day to
@DavidTHamilton
and Alyssa Castillo!
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We’re hiring a
#CER
Assistant Professor
@UNTChemistry
! Anticipated state date Fall 2024, application review begins October 9, 2023. Please feel free to ask me questions. And spread the word. 😎🙌🏼
#ChemEd
#DBER
#FacultyChemJobs
University of North Texas (Denton, TX) is searching for an assistant professor of
#CER
#chemed
(fall 2024)
#facultychemjobs
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Submitted a small grant proposal, not funded. Comments: highly rated, department support, likelihood of producing novel results is high, etc.
Then there’s this: “I have not seen chemical education proposals in this award pool but applaud the applicant for the submission.”
😡
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Prioritizing rest today.
Despite what pre-tenure academia consistently requires of me, rest is not a luxury, it’s a NECESSITY.
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Hi, I taught my whole general chemistry class today in the wrong room 🫠🙃 Happy Spring Semester!
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New Rule, as of Today:
I absolutely refuse to open an email outside of my working hours, and also I am not sorry about it.
Sincerely,
My Mental Health
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On our way to
@SACNAS
#2023NDiSTEM
! We have 3
@UNTChemistry
undergrad scholars (Kely Juan, Marian Martinez, and Darien Garza-Lund) presenting posters on their work funded through the
@SloanFoundation
on equitable pathways to STEM. AND it’s their FIRST conference - come find us!
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Congrats to all those awarded an NSF GRF!
To those who were not awarded - this is absolutely NOT a reflection of your abilities as a scientist or as a human being. So many of us did not win a GRF - you WILL find success without one.
This is not failure. This is progress.💚
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For the first time in my entire life, I set an automatic email reply that I am out of office for the next 5 days.😅 Don’t call, don’t text, I gotta go get my only sister married to the love of her life.❤️
#MaidofHonorDuties
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Congratulations, Dr. Supuni Dhameera Silva! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey. Endlessly inspired by you, and I cannot wait to watch you continue to inspire those around you.
@Supuni_Silva
@UNTScience
#CER
#ChemEd
#STEMEd
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And that’s a wrap on
#BCCE2024
for Moon and Atkinson Groups!
Big things happening in
#CER
at
@UNTChemistry
! Absolutely over the moon that the Moon Group is joining our team at UNT.💚
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Incredibly lucky to have Dr.
@AdriCorrCER
on our team at
@UNTChemistry
starting this Fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Associate in Chemistry Education Research!💚
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My people at
#ACSSpring2022
. Incredibly thankful for each of you - for pushing me to always be a better scholar, teacher, and human. Love this team so much.❤️
@UNTChemistry
#CER
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In Colorado for 28 hours… Still manages to go on a hike ⛰️🤷🏻♀️
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Introducing the newest Ph.D. from
@UNTChemistry
, Dr. Melissa Collini! Incredibly proud of you, and beyond grateful for this team.💚
@ColliniMelissa
@rebeck82
Special thanks to friends and family who came in-person or through Zoom yesterday to support Melissa during her defense!
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I’ve done nothing so far today except answer student emails and wage war against technology. Happy first day of online classes!!🙃
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It’s truly special to still get to spend time with your PhD advisor after all these years. Thanks for putting up with us (then and now), Norb.😂❤️
#AcademicFamily
#ACSSpring2024
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Excited to see everyone soon at
#ACSSpring2022
in San Diego! Here’s our group lineup for
@UNTChemistry
#CER
.😊
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Please join us in welcoming the newest graduate student to our research group,
@DavidTHamilton
! David is pursuing his PhD in Chemistry, with a concentration in
#ChemistryEducationResearch
and an area of specialization in Analytical Chemistry.
#CER
#ChemEd
#chemtwitter
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NSF CAREER Submission - ✅
1100+ Mile Move to TX for My Long-Distance Partner 🥳 - THURSDAY/FRIDAY
BCCE 2024 - SATURDAY
I wholeheartedly do not recommend the above stack 😂🙃🫠 But feeling really really grateful 💚
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Three manuscripts submitted in the last two weeks LET’S GO 😎
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Today my tenure extension was officially submitted, and to say that doesn’t weigh heavy on my mind would be a lie. Tough to be faced with that 2 months into a faculty appointment, but none of us have any other option. If you’re in the same boat, I’m sending good vibes your way.❤️
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When you when you submit a big grant proposal 4 days before the deadline 😎
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I currently have zero unread emails in my inbox. Incredibly gratifying, but my first thought was, "The server must be down."😂
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Our drive to
#BCCE2022
is officially underway! With Whataburger in hand, naturally.
#CER
@AdriCorrCER
@ColliniMelissa
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Just finished teaching my very last Zoom class for Fall 2020! This semester fully online as a brand new professor has been WILD. Thankful for colleagues always willing to lend an ear... and answer my silly Canvas questions.😂🤯
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As a new faculty member amid the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m convinced that the 2020-2021 academic year has taken at least 10 years off my life.
But: I am wholeheartedly embracing all the gray hairs that were added this year. 👵🏻😂
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If there’s one thing Year 1 taught me, it’s the importance of “me” time away from work.
A lovely little 94% humidity 5k this morning and first place in my age group to remind me why running is essential in my life.❤️🥇🏃🏻♀️
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Listen SACNISTAS, come to the UNT booth,
#1515
! We have Barbie-themed stickers for whatever flavor of STEM you’re into.🩷 Come chat with us about our programs!
#2023NDiSTEM
Absolutely OBSESSED with these
#Barbie
-inspired stickers from
@UNTScience
and
@UNTChemistry
. Thanks for the stickers,
@MollyBAtkinson
! 💗
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Promised myself I’d always be willing to share the highs AND the lows…
Sometimes academia just knocks you down dude. In a true soul-sucking, gut punch way.
Not here for sympathy - but if you’re there, know you’re not the only one.❤️
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Last official day as a postdoc. Very bittersweet, but I am thankful for everyone I’ve met along the way. Here’s to new beginnings.💚
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After 30 years of not being able to afford orthodontia, and with most of those years not having dental insurance at all, my 24 weeks of Invisalign have officially started! My mouth already hurts, but I’m excited haha.🦷
#MyShinyTeethAndMe
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11 miles, 87% humidity, 1 full outfit change at mile 6.
Amount of product it will take to brush my hair??? 🫠🙃
#ChemistsWhoRun
#MarathonTraining
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Come see
@ColliniMelissa
at her
#BCCE2022
exhibitor booth in PMU and talk to her about the
@ChemForYourLife
podcast! Also she has cookies 🍪💚🧪
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It has page numbers!!! Nice work,
@ColliniMelissa
Read about how we qualitatively characterized undergraduate students’ attitudes toward
#OrganicChemistry
.
Spoiler alert - Reputation of the course plays a role 😎
#CER
#DBER
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
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10 years ago today, I graduated with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Biology.
WHERE DID THE TIME GO 😳🙃
I BLINKED AND I’M ONE OF THEM NOW
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Thanks to Dr. Jordan Harshman (
@theonlyletteR
) for joining us last week to present a
@UNTChemistry
seminar on evidence for the reform of chemistry doctoral education. It was great to have you in Denton!
#CER
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Come be my
#CER
colleague at
@UNTChemistry
! We’re hiring a Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Chemistry, specializing in Chemistry Education Research. Review of applications begins Nov 1. More details here ➡️
#ChemEd
#DBER
#ChemJobs
Please RT widely!
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A transparent moment: I lost a friend this week from a breakthrough case. I’m mad & it hurts & it’s hard.
Taking tomorrow to attend their celebration of life and to reflect/process. Frankly, I don’t feel capable of continuing to work through grief.
Let’s normalize this, please.
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2017 - 7th half marathon
2018 - too busy writing dissertation
2019 - too busy in postdoc
2020 - too busy interviewing
2021-2022 - too busy pre-tenure
Enough is enough, and life is too short. Today, I ran my 8th half marathon.
#ChemistsWhoRun
#RunCedarburg
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We have 3
#CER
speakers this semester for our
@UNTChemistry
Fall 2022 departmental seminar! Excited to welcome Dr. Nikita Burrows, Dr. Nicole Graulich, and Dr. Marilyne Stains to present their work at UNT.
#ChemistryEducationResearch
@BurrowsCER
@nik_kola82
@MarilyneStains
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Congrats to Kely Juan, and co-authors Marian Martinez and Darien Garza-Lund, for winning a poster presentation award in STEM Education at
@SACNAS
#NDiSTEM2023
! Proud of these 3
@UNTScience
undergraduate scholars for their work on equitable pathways to STEM.
#CER
@UNTChemistry
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Congrats to Dr.
@ColliniMelissa
on her new
@RSC_CERP
publication from her PhD work, investigating students’ attitudes towards organic chemistry! Spoiler: reputation of the course plays a big role.😉😎
#CER
#ChemEd
#ChemTwitter
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
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A FirstGen thing:
Becoming financially literate on your own is ~exhausting~
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This uh…really took off. 🙃😅 Thanks for all the comments on this post! Seems that many are/have been in a similar position. Hoping this thread can help others too.❤️ Absolutely do not have time to respond to all 😂, but incredibly grateful for my Academic Twitter community.
Dear Assistant Professors:
How are y’all getting everything done that you are expected to complete within a 5-day work week? Because I’ve honestly been working 7 days a week for as long as I can remember, and I still can’t get everything done. And I’m about to ~lose~ it.
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Check out our latest publication!
Beyond thankful for our leader
@vanessachemedu
, as well as
@nestates
,
@AdriCorrCER
, and Yvonne Nguyen. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity I have had to learn from and with each of these scholars.
#CER
#ChemEd
Relevance and Equity: Should Stoichiometry be the Foundation of Introductory Chemistry Courses?
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When you finally have your first research group photo that isn’t Zoom rectangles 😎
So grateful that I get to learn from these folks every day!
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
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First conference in the books for this incredible
#CER
scholar! Feeling so grateful to have her on our team.💚
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
Had the best time at my first ACS conference and my first time presenting my
#CER
research. It was great getting to finally meet people whose research I have been following.
#ACSSpring2024
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Chemistry and BCCE and Running 🏃🏻♀️🏃♂️
Thanks for joining me,
@mrfarabaugh
!
#ChemistsWhoRun
#BCCE2024
So much fun for me to run and talk about
#ChemEd
with
@MollyBAtkinson
at
@BCCE_2024
🏃♂️🏃♀️
#ChemistsWhoRun
#BCCE2024
#iteachchem
#chemfam
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So proud of our team - 4 presentations for UNT Scholars Day!
@UNTChemistry
@UNTScience
@UNTsocial
#CER
#DBER
#ChemistryEducation
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First trip to DC!
Immediately went for a 6 mile run 🏃🏻♀️
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Had so much fun presenting a seminar
@usfchemistry
and meeting so many lovely students and faculty.
Thanks for the invitation! Grateful for the opportunity to talk with
@Jeff_Raker
,
@RakerGroupCER
, Scott Lewis, & the Lewis Group. Can’t wait to see you at a future conference!
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Here to report that in Year 4 pre-tenure, I’ve given up on the idea of inbox (0). I used to think it was doable. And it’s just absolutely not. Sorry if I owe you an email, I swear it’s not personal. 😂🙃💚
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So… hypothetically… if I bring 4 pickleball paddles to Gordon next week and find a court, who wants to play during a free time (or learn how to play)? 😎
#CER
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Today, we had the honor of hosting
@Danielle_Maxwel
, Ph.D. Candidate in the
@ShultzGroupCER
, for our research group meeting. We appreciate you being open to share about your research and pathway to
#CER
. We can’t wait to see you at
@SACNAS
#NDiSTEM2023
!
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Whenever I’m asked why I’m in academia, my answer is always the same - the students. It is a privilege to be able to work alongside every single member of our research group.
As we end another year, thank you to the ones who trusted me enough to join us on this journey. 🪴💚
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One day, I’m gonna wake up and there won’t be any more time to do all the things I wanted to do. So I’m doing them all now.
Hiked Lion’s Head today, and my heart is so full.
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Just tried to open my office door with my flash drive 🙃😂 More coffee is needed ☕️
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Final day of our
@NSF
REU and
@SloanFoundation
summer programs for 2023
@UNTChemistry
!
I am so thankful for the opportunity to learn from these incredible undergraduate scholars in our group: Darien Garza-Lund, Kely Juan, Marian Martinez, and Alyssa Castillo.💚
#CER
#DBER
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While I agree that it’s better to take a “selective approach” over an “any-benefit approach”, let’s talk about the elephant in the room…
That in this system, there often isn’t a way to actually say no, depending upon who presents that opportunity to you. Just saying. 👀
What's the biggest mistake that I see pre-tenure assistant professors making?
It looks like this:
#AcademicTwitter
#TenureTrack
#AssistantProfessor
#OnTrackforTenure
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4 years ago today, I defended my dissertation and became Dr. A 🥹❤️
What an absolutely wild ride it has been!
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Thrilled to have had Dr. Jack Barbera virtually presenting our
@UNTChemistry
seminar today on the development and evaluation of assessments!
#CER
#ChemEd
#TwitterlessJack
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THIS. Starting it all during the pandemic didn’t help, and I’m sure living alone across the country from any of my family exacerbates my own feelings of loneliness. But I was truly unprepared for how isolating being a PI feels. Hugs to those who feel or have felt this too.❤️
I love being a PI, but this job comes with a sense of loneliness I never felt as a student or postdoc. I am thankful for my support system of family, mentors, and colleagues, but no one can fully understand the daily challenges. I’m pretty sure this is normal, just unexpected.
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Does anyone else overestimate the amount they can accomplish each week, so much so that the Friday to-do list is ~comical~ because everything gets pushed back throughout the week?
Just me? Oh… 😂
I’m working on being more realistic with my expectations of myself.❤️
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Prediction: full gray by my midterm review 👩🏻🦳😂
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When you finish your 16 miler at 9am and 93°F🔥☀️
Summer training in Texas ain’t for the faint of heart.
#MarathonTraining
#DashingForDASH
#ChemistsWhoRun
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