Jennifer Polk
@fromphdtolife.com
I live in Toronto and, since 2013, have helped professors, postdocs, & other PhDs who are ready to leave academia get meaningful, fulfilling jobs elsewhere. Ask me about my PhD Career Clarity Program!
Find me elsewhere online at https://fromphdtolife.com.
Find me elsewhere online at https://fromphdtolife.com.
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Jennifer Polk
@fromphdtolife.com
· Nov 13
Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life
FREE TRAINING How to Get a Great Job Outside Academia (even if you have no idea what you want to do next or why anyone would hire you) A free training for professors, postdocs, and other overworked, u...
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"How do I get started finding a job outside academia?"
Learn my answer, including how to avoid common missteps, in this free video resource, available to watch anytime.
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Learn my answer, including how to avoid common missteps, in this free video resource, available to watch anytime.
fromphdtolife.com/phd-job-sear...
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“The process at HHS has moved ‘from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making’” - Daniel Jernigan, 30-year veteran of CDC who resigned in August www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science
RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“The process at HHS has moved ‘from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making’” - Daniel Jernigan, 30-year veteran of CDC who resigned in August www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
I hate that I think I know better than most healthcare professionals about why and how to prevent transmission of airborne viral illnesses but unfortunately I do.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I hate that I think I know better than most healthcare professionals about why and how to prevent transmission of airborne viral illnesses but unfortunately I do.
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
imagine being hit on by gross old Larry Summers when you just wanted professional advice and then finding out he was getting advice on how to hit on you from Jeffrey fucking Epstein
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
imagine being hit on by gross old Larry Summers when you just wanted professional advice and then finding out he was getting advice on how to hit on you from Jeffrey fucking Epstein
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
one of the grossest things I’ve ever read
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The fact that Summers remained so popular after questioning the intellectual abilities of women is really a pretty harsh indictment of US society as a whole and particularly the elite circles Summers travels in, and Democrats should have kicked him to the curb for that shit.
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The fact that Summers remained so popular after questioning the intellectual abilities of women is really a pretty harsh indictment of US society as a whole and particularly the elite circles Summers travels in, and Democrats should have kicked him to the curb for that shit.
Holiday gift idea: save yourself some money.
I use Oxio for home internet—it’s reliable and way less expensive than my old plan.
The cheapest plan is enough for me, and I work online!
Use my code for a free month: RY3RKJF
oxio.ca
I use Oxio for home internet—it’s reliable and way less expensive than my old plan.
The cheapest plan is enough for me, and I work online!
Use my code for a free month: RY3RKJF
oxio.ca
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Holiday gift idea: save yourself some money.
I use Oxio for home internet—it’s reliable and way less expensive than my old plan.
The cheapest plan is enough for me, and I work online!
Use my code for a free month: RY3RKJF
oxio.ca
I use Oxio for home internet—it’s reliable and way less expensive than my old plan.
The cheapest plan is enough for me, and I work online!
Use my code for a free month: RY3RKJF
oxio.ca
"But now, six months after the Trump administration canceled virtually all grants approved during the Biden administration, the nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"But now, six months after the Trump administration canceled virtually all grants approved during the Biden administration, the nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Did you know I lead monthly live workshops for PhDs exploring careers beyond academia? They’re supportive, structured, and full of smart people figuring it out together.
PhD Career Clarity Program from Dr. Jennifer Polk
Join the PhD Career Clarity Program course and community for your post-academic job search. Ready to leave academia? Dr. Jen Polk's program is for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs like you.
fromphdtolife.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Did you know I lead monthly live workshops for PhDs exploring careers beyond academia? They’re supportive, structured, and full of smart people figuring it out together.
Coaching isn’t just about solving problems (though we do that!). It's also about feeling supported, seen, encouraged, which is nice but also crucial to making progress. That’s what happens in the PhD Career Clarity Program’s small group coaching sessions, 3x per month.
PhD Career Clarity Program from Dr. Jennifer Polk
Join the PhD Career Clarity Program course and community for your post-academic job search. Ready to leave academia? Dr. Jen Polk's program is for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs like you.
fromphdtolife.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Coaching isn’t just about solving problems (though we do that!). It's also about feeling supported, seen, encouraged, which is nice but also crucial to making progress. That’s what happens in the PhD Career Clarity Program’s small group coaching sessions, 3x per month.
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
Can a chatbot replace a PhD career coach?
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Can a chatbot replace a PhD career coach?
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better understand the problem they're facing right now in their job search, and what to do about it. Let me explain how this started. A couple months ago, I created a custom GPT to help me with a weekly business task. It's pretty basic, but has proven to...
fromphdtolife.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Can a chatbot replace a PhD career coach?
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Seems like there's a lot of good US politics news tonight (for a change). Congratulations!
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Seems like there's a lot of good US politics news tonight (for a change). Congratulations!
Congratulations NYC folks!! 👏🏻🙌🏻
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Congratulations NYC folks!! 👏🏻🙌🏻
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
as far as i can tell this is what new york is facing right now and im wishing you all the best
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
as far as i can tell this is what new york is facing right now and im wishing you all the best
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“I’ve been working in the lab and am paying close attention to every single thing. . . . I’m savoring every moment, in case these are my last ones.” @juliekovacs.bsky.social 🧪⚗️
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
For chemists in academia, federal shutdown compounds stress
The nearly monthlong stoppage of government activity is disrupting an already-chaotic funding year
cen.acs.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“I’ve been working in the lab and am paying close attention to every single thing. . . . I’m savoring every moment, in case these are my last ones.” @juliekovacs.bsky.social 🧪⚗️
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
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🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
I was at Nathan Phillips again tonight for game 7 - great crowd, disappointing end.
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I was at Nathan Phillips again tonight for game 7 - great crowd, disappointing end.
Not sure I've ever been in such a crowded subway, coming back home from watching the Jays game at Nathan Phillips. Sucks they lost but it was fun!
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Not sure I've ever been in such a crowded subway, coming back home from watching the Jays game at Nathan Phillips. Sucks they lost but it was fun!
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.
Sports fans singing to Nickelback lol (at City Hall for game 6)
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sports fans singing to Nickelback lol (at City Hall for game 6)
Digital displays on buses are in the spirit with LET'S GO BLUE JAYS! alternating with regular text
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Digital displays on buses are in the spirit with LET'S GO BLUE JAYS! alternating with regular text