Thread by @societyforepi

#MillerTwitterTakeover What do you do to help students with #impostersyndrome? I talk about imposter syndrome a lot, actually. The % of people-faculty, postdocs, students-that have it in some form is probably >80-90%. But few folks know that everyone else has it too. WCM 1/n

I often start by asking if they know about #impostersyndrome & ask them to describe what they experience. Then I talk about my own version. As a junior fac, I tried to teach myself every method I or a student needed, so that the other fac wouldn't find out I didn't know. 2/n

I didn't want other faculty to know that I was posing. Then I talk about how I still experience it, as a researcher, chair, & journal editor. It's not as severe now, I guess, but I still have it. I mean, why in the world would #epitwitter care about #MillerTwitterTakeover? 3/n

I then try to understand what drives it for them. It differs for different people. Mine comes from a bunch of things. Lastly, I help them see how common it is, how they do belong & why. Then we talk about their strengths, and help them see that everyone has weaknesses. 4/n

Ultimately, we talk about how if they look around a classroom, many folks are having similar doubts. We try to focus on those strengths we identified. I let them know that I see those same strengths. With many students, we talk about it many times-sometimes it gets better. 5/5