What if promotion & tenure committees nationwide agreed to exclude ALL accomplishments from March to December 2019 when reviewing dossiers/packets?
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Instead, candidates‘ would submit a one-page statement about what they did during Mar-Dec 2019 to take care of themselves, their families, and their communities during the pandemic.
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Rather than evaluating “productivity” for that time period, P&T committees would be simply acknowledging - without judgment - that whatever each candidate did during that time period was exactly what they needed to be doing.
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For those of you reading this and thinking to yourself, “that’s not fair! I got a big grant funded in June!,” take a deep breath and hear me out.
You applied for that grant because you wanted to make the world a better place through your research, right?
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You didn’t apply for that grant *just* to make your promotion and/or tenure case look stronger, did you?
You applied for that grant to do the research you care about.
The research is the point, *not* the brownie points you get for landing a grant.
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Ugh...this should be March-December 2020
I need more coffee
March-Dec 2020, not 2019
All of this should be March-December 2020.
I need more coffee.
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If we collectively agree to ignore ANY contributions between March and December 2020, it would be a step toward leveling the playing field for those who are carrying disproportionately heavy burdens during the pandemic.
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“Extending” the promotion/tenure clock alone doesn’t alleviate stress - it just drags it out. Extend the promotion/tenure clock AND don’t look at ANY contributions between March-December 2020.
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I’ve seen a gazillion tweets from white scholars containing expressions of solidarity with colleagues who are Black and/or are teaching kids at home while trying to work. I’d love to see those solidarity tweets turned into tangible action.
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What do you think? Is this something you’d be willing to champion in your department/school?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! 😊
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If you’re white, you know someone who empathizes with the mob at the Capitol.
You know someone who *supports* the actions taken by that mob.
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You know someone who thinks Trump won the election but it was “stolen” from him.
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You know someone who called it a “riot” when Black people took to the streets to protest racism in policing, broke windows, and burned buildings, but...
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In the J-term class I'm teaching, the topic of "faking it" came up yesterday. I don't know who needs to hear this today but I thought it was worth sharing.
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Some women and non-binary people with vaginas feel pressured to "perform" pleasure for the benefit of a partner. In movies and on TV, sex rarely takes a long time -- it's done quickly and both parties act as though they had an orgasm through penis-in-vagina sex.
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In reality, reaching orgasm for people with vaginas is generally more complicated than that. It can be difficult for someone to feel confident enough to say to a penis-having partner that they need more than PIV in order to have an orgasm.
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I've worked as a volunteer at the past three inaugurations: twice with the American Red Cross (Obama 2009, Trump 2017) and once with the Boy Scouts of America (Obama 2013).
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I was proud to serve at all three events. Crowds in 2009 and 2013 were massive but I felt safe. Crowds were tiny in 2017 and there was more discord but I still felt safe.
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I'm sad to say I won't be volunteering to serve at Biden's inauguration because after this week, I have zero confidence in the ability of the Capitol Police to handle anything other than maybe defending the body wash aisle in CVS.
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Like the author of the piece, I've been on the "patient side of the stethoscope" before -- through hospitalizations with Greyson, my (compulsively early but) late wife, and myself.
I empathize with how frightening it can be when a loved one is in the hospital. I also empathize with how difficult it can be to be a healthcare professional taking care of someone - someone who is usually cared for by a loved one who, at that moment, feels helpless.
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The concerns raised by physicians on Twitter about the medical inaccuracies in the article are valid ones.
I feel more conflicted about the comments re: the author "hissing" at a resident who tried to examine her daughter in the middle of the night.
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Thank you to my @UVA, @UVASON, and @uvamedicine colleagues who have been speaking out loudly, clearly, and consistently on Twitter over the past year (and long before that) about the ways in which politics, policy, racism, and health are inextricably intertwined.
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For my colleagues at UVA who *haven't* dipped their toe into using Twitter to speak truth to power, here are a few tips for getting started.
1. Decide what kind of world you want to live in.
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2. Decide whether you're willing to say hard truths out loud, in public, even if that means the people you work with -- or for -- may not like what you have to say.
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