I have now, for the very first time, interviewed possible graduate students for Northwestern's Clinical Psych MA program. I have some thoughts on what made a successful interview, and what didn't work super well for a psych masters-level interview (a 🧵).

https://twitter.com/CamHostinar/status/1207382314033926144

First, I want to urge mentors and undergrad psych programs to do some prep with your students who are applying to psych grad schools. Psych programs are super competitive and some students are EXTREMELY well-prepared for the application and interview process. Some are not.

Three years ago today I was in a zoom meeting and started to feel feverish. I didn't have a thermometer so had to use a kitchen one (so pointy!) and found I had a 103 fever. Symptoms consistent with COVID but couldn't see my MD bc healthcare in NYC was overwhelmed (and scary). This began a very terrifying 2 weeks of living alone in NYC during the beginning of a pandemic, having COVID, and not being able to leave my apt or see anyone bc I was contagious. My mom was terrified and had to witness this from the other side of the country.

OK, I have posted info on CVs, cover letters, research & diversity statements.

Here is info on *teaching statements* from Columbia's academic job market boot camp.

Links to previous 🧵s in linktree in profile. Teaching statement info is from Barbara Houtz, STEM Ed Solutions

https://twitter.com/CindyBVeldhuis/status/1448746619265077252

Teaching statements are generally 1-2 pages and require a great deal of thought.
Need to demonstrate you know fundamentals of:
✏️ engaging students
✏️ assessing students
✏️ organizing/managing a course

Two years ago I went through Columbia's academic job market bootcamp. It was many weeks long and we prepped our materials and got feedback on them. Here is some of what we learned: A🧵 #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #AcademicJobs First: CVs
CVs differ from resumes in purpose, audience, scope, content, structure, length and formatting. CVs document your career history - they tell the story of your work. Structure and length vary and may vary by fields.

This is a presentation I did for our postdocs on applying for Ks. Given that they were already getting information on types of Ks, the forms, etc. I focused on my experiences. I also used questions from participants attending a K panel organized by @DrHaeny to focus this talk. Warning: “At the end the person who invited me said, “Oh, I thought at first this was going to be a really depressing talk.” LOL. I tried to share my actual journey - not some glossy version of it. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

Yesterday I learned that my RAs didn't know how to change the color themes in excel - so they were stuck using the boring old DEFAULT excel colors. What a travesty! What are they teaching kids in school these days - cursive??? #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter I thought I'd share here how to change the colors so your @Microsoft stuff can be prettier.

A thread: In LGBT research, we often use what is called the "two step method" to measure gender identity. This means you ask about sex assigned at birth (the sex on the birth certificate) and gender identity (woman, man, trans, nonbinary, etc.). 1/17 When we did our study on the effects of the 2016 election on queer women and trans individuals, we just asked the latter - essentially, do you ID as a man, woman, transgender person, etc. (choose all that apply). 2/17

A presentation I did for our PhD students today on productivity during a pandemic... I wanted it to be highly interactive.

There has been a lot of criticism of the plan for WH staff to be among the first to get COVID vaccines - the idea being that they don't seem to believe in the virus (as evidenced by their super spreader events, etc.). And the president decided to postpone the vaccinations But not everyone in the WH is there bc they support current president. There are staffers who work there regardless of who the president is-staffers who clean, protect, cook, etc. who really do deserve vaccines due to exposure.

If you plan to apply for an F31, F32, F99/K00 it's important to really think about & talk about money. This is not easy or comfortable - but it will save you a lot of stress later on. I'll explain in the next few tweets. Much of this may apply to T32s as well. /1 With an F32 or F31 (I'm less familiar with F99s, but am assuming they are similar), you get a stipend - and that money is set. For postdocs, you start out at level 0 most of the time, and then go up a level each year. So you get a bit more money each year, which is nice. /2

I feel like one of the issues right now is that people have very mistaken ideas of what this virus is. We need to amplify voices of those who are sick and those who are taking care of them. I am on day 12 of what is likely COVID-19.

https://twitter.com/Craig_A_Spencer/status/1242302400762908685

Yesterday my MD wanted me to go to the ED bc of concerns about my oxygen. I was very lightheaded - esp when I walked up a flight of stairs. I decided to just rest and see if things improved as I had had a very busy workday, and that may have been too much for me.

This is just a thread of photos I took when I was in Wuhan in October. It was one of my favorite cities that I visited in China (second only to Xi'an).

@m_simonephd is submitting a K soon, and I offered to share some of the feedback I got from reviews for my K99 submission. Since some of this might apply to other K mechanisms (and other people!), I thought I'd tweet broadly: 1. Recommendation letters: It is critically important that these letters talk about not just you but also your primary mentors. Even if letter writers don't know your mentor(s) they should express confidence in their skills, mentorship, etc.

My friend, the brilliant & talented @CNortonDane is a GENUWINE project manager (like she is a certified proj manager, which is super cool!). In advance of a training she did for @CU_Nursing postdocs in Jan, we did a consult on applying PM to an academic context. /1 We talked through my list of projects (which she calls a "backlog") & some strategies for organizing, prioritizing, and taking control of them--to get things done! I had/have so many projects it can feel paralyzing at times, and can feel hard to make true progress on any. /2