Researcher @AAUW | Historian via @UVA | Author: THE DEMOCRATIC COLLAPSE (Fall 2022!) @UNC_Press | Californian ☀️ (she/her)
Jan 10, 2022 • 24 tweets • 6 min read
Re #aha22 jobs panel. I'm a #twitterstorian working outside of academia- a path I forged w/o help from my alma mater. There's a dearth of helpful advice for ppl being forced out of/choosing to leave academia. Here's what worked for me, what didn't, & what I wish I'd done sooner🧵
Caveats: I'm a cis straight white woman from a middle-class family. My background meant that if absolutely everything fell through, I could've moved back in with my parents (but like I was 29 so omg no thank u)