Thread by @TheTattooedProf

Uni: hey, send us notices of accomplishments so we can market ourselves w/ what our faculty do!
Me in March: OK, cool. I have a book that just came out and I'm doing a bunch of appearances for it
Uni: *10 months of cricket noises*
Colleague, last week: Oh, you wrote a book?

Uni: hey, keep sending us those accomplishments! We're proud of our faculty!
Me: does 8 keynotes, chosen as scholar-in-residence for another college, book becomes amazon bestseller & ends up on "best of 2020" higher ed lists, signs contract 4 next book
Uni: *more cricket noises*

Uni: hey email us your accomplishments!
Me: ok...
Uni: Oh, cool. Thanks for getting our name out in so many places!
Also uni: *cricket noises*
Me: appears on three national higher ed forums, gives several community talks, workshops
Uni: new phone, who dis
Me:

I'm fully aware that this sounds thirsty, or humble-braggy, or sour grapes. BUT, this is the problem: institutions *want the benefits* of faculty public scholarship and service in the higher ed sector, but they either implicitly or explicitly withhold tangible affirmation/support

This is the lowest of low-hanging fruit. We're exhausted. Morale is in the tank. We're working our asses off. It's not hard to give a public attaboy once in a while. If you're not planning on affirming the work, just stop asking me to tell you every time I do some of it.

And you know what? My colleagues who are women, esp women of color, in lots of places across higher ed, are getting this silent treatment times ten. It's like...how do admins and marketers not get this?

Anyway, this thread brought to you by low blood sugar and a bunch of annoying emails. Sometimes you gotta sit in that petty-ass bad attitude for a while before you climb back out.