Thread by @WhitneyEpi

1/ Another great episode of @ShinyEpiPeople! (Last week’s with @DebJakubowski was also fabulous - so 👏🏾many 👏🏾gems!👏🏾). Two ideas struck me from this @BillMiller_Epi interview:

https://twitter.com/shinyepipeople/status/1358030179658985473

2/ #1 Creating inclusive work cultures. @BillMiller_Epi talked about his #ADHD & how worn out he can feel after mtgs, how he sometimes has to move & situate his body in certain ways to focus, how he has to set time limits on mtgs...

3/ This is all the more relevant in our Zoom culture where mtgs can be stacked back-to-back without a worker ever getting up from a chair or being kicked out of a conference room. Being mindful of mtg length, flexibility w having cameras off, taking mtgs outdoors helps everyone

4/ #2 My other observation was about #impostersyndrome. It’s an idea that’s never resonated w me. And funny enough I think that lack of resonance is more common for two types of people: verywellmind.com/imposter-syndr…

5/ one type of person was called out in the episode: “the archetype” - the person who’s upbringing, gender, ethnic background is what people expect in the role. He just fits bc the system & everyone in the system had someone like him in mind.

6/ But the other type of person is the one people didn’t have in mind: the 29-year-old Black woman assistant prof who keeps getting asked how her master’s degree is going, who her postdoc mentor is, is she “sure” her position is tenure-track (yes, this all happened)

7/ This type of person is underestimated *so* much & so often messaged that she doesn’t belong. If she sticks around, it’s bc she managed to keep pushing through others’ low expectations. So the idea that her achievements are luck or handed to her accidentally is laughable.

8/ (Don’t worry! I have *many* other work-related neuroses and anxieties. Just ask my therapist. Honestly, as much as I talk about work, she should be an honorary epidemiologist! It’s just #impostersyndrome that doesn’t fit)

9/ so I’ve been toying with the idea of why #impostersyndrome doesn’t resonate with me. Does my half-baked hypothesis about the non-imposter syndrome folks resonate? Anyone with actual research experience on this topic across demographic groups?