It's #BacktoSchool ✏️ day for my kids! And, boy, does this #AcademicMama feel FREEDOM 🔔 in the house--the week between their going back & my semester starting is super productive.
Between 3 birthdays 🎂🥳, getting ready for school, & [🌎 🚨 issues], I've had a hard time writing. Today I'M BACK, BABY! ✍️
Between 3 birthdays 🎂🥳, getting ready for school, & [🌎 🚨 issues], I've had a hard time writing. Today I'M BACK, BABY! ✍️
August 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's #BacktoSchool ✏️ day for my kids! And, boy, does this #AcademicMama feel FREEDOM 🔔 in the house--the week between their going back & my semester starting is super productive.
Between 3 birthdays 🎂🥳, getting ready for school, & [🌎 🚨 issues], I've had a hard time writing. Today I'M BACK, BABY! ✍️
Between 3 birthdays 🎂🥳, getting ready for school, & [🌎 🚨 issues], I've had a hard time writing. Today I'M BACK, BABY! ✍️
Finally, huge thanks to my partner and my little boys for being my companions and most excited supporters on the journey ❤️
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama
April 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Finally, huge thanks to my partner and my little boys for being my companions and most excited supporters on the journey ❤️
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama
I've been using #academicmama as that Facebook group has such a large membership.
January 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I've been using #academicmama as that Facebook group has such a large membership.
Tonight’s 4th grade math homework prompted my daughter to challenge the premise because, “There are 3 genders, Mamá: girls, boys, and non binary.”
#genalpha makes me hopeful!
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#academicmama #gender #diversity #inclusion
#genalpha makes me hopeful!
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#academicmama #gender #diversity #inclusion
January 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Tonight’s 4th grade math homework prompted my daughter to challenge the premise because, “There are 3 genders, Mamá: girls, boys, and non binary.”
#genalpha makes me hopeful!
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#academicmama #gender #diversity #inclusion
#genalpha makes me hopeful!
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#academicmama #gender #diversity #inclusion
Applications are open for our Caregiver Travel Grant 2025! Apply now for a chance to receive flexible funding to cover caregiving expenses while attending an in-person scientific conference! Apply: www.mothersinscience.com/caregiver-tr... 📅 Deadline: March 31, 2025 #WomenInSTEM #STEMM #AcademicMama
January 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Applications are open for our Caregiver Travel Grant 2025! Apply now for a chance to receive flexible funding to cover caregiving expenses while attending an in-person scientific conference! Apply: www.mothersinscience.com/caregiver-tr... 📅 Deadline: March 31, 2025 #WomenInSTEM #STEMM #AcademicMama
I was basically off my computer for 2 wks. Did get a bit twitchy because I genuinely LOVE the work I'm writing now, but I soaked in time with my kids, Xmas movies, 5 audiobooks, & made a decent dent in magazine pile. Now enjoying writing w kids back in school before my semester starts #academicmama
January 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I was basically off my computer for 2 wks. Did get a bit twitchy because I genuinely LOVE the work I'm writing now, but I soaked in time with my kids, Xmas movies, 5 audiobooks, & made a decent dent in magazine pile. Now enjoying writing w kids back in school before my semester starts #academicmama
Visited the “Computer Museum of America.” My kids’ highlight? Using an electric typewriter. Mine? Explaining to them why we endured this soundtrack each time we wanted to go online. The things we now take for granted!
#dialup #internet #modem #sound #academicmama #genx #ptsd
#dialup #internet #modem #sound #academicmama #genx #ptsd
December 29, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Son, “How does me eating this cereal help save a panda?”
Anyone have a 9-year-old friendly explanation of the non-profit industrial complex I can pass along?
#nonprofitindustrialcomplex #charity #academicmama
Anyone have a 9-year-old friendly explanation of the non-profit industrial complex I can pass along?
#nonprofitindustrialcomplex #charity #academicmama
December 25, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Son, “How does me eating this cereal help save a panda?”
Anyone have a 9-year-old friendly explanation of the non-profit industrial complex I can pass along?
#nonprofitindustrialcomplex #charity #academicmama
Anyone have a 9-year-old friendly explanation of the non-profit industrial complex I can pass along?
#nonprofitindustrialcomplex #charity #academicmama
I miss the snuggles & sweet baby smells, but having big kids is fun.🤩 15yo & I have been bingeing The West Wing (21 episodes since Sat). He made 🥑 toast & fried eggs for all yesterday & started my Xmas present last night…cinnamon rolls for tomorrow…ofc I was 🛌 bc he bakes at midnight! #academicmama
December 24, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I miss the snuggles & sweet baby smells, but having big kids is fun.🤩 15yo & I have been bingeing The West Wing (21 episodes since Sat). He made 🥑 toast & fried eggs for all yesterday & started my Xmas present last night…cinnamon rolls for tomorrow…ofc I was 🛌 bc he bakes at midnight! #academicmama
December 24, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Having a hard time focusing at home w kids on break.
15yo is teaching 8yo how to play Super Smash Bros and they are so stinkin' cute.
#AcademicMama
15yo is teaching 8yo how to play Super Smash Bros and they are so stinkin' cute.
#AcademicMama
December 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Having a hard time focusing at home w kids on break.
15yo is teaching 8yo how to play Super Smash Bros and they are so stinkin' cute.
#AcademicMama
15yo is teaching 8yo how to play Super Smash Bros and they are so stinkin' cute.
#AcademicMama
Hey fellow part-time academics! What are your tips on managing workloads and expectations on your time? Hoping to get better at this in 2025. Do you set out of office replies on non work days? Do you just say no a lot? or are you some kind of timelord? #academicmama #academicchatter
harry potter and hermione granger are knitting together .
ALT: harry potter and hermione granger are knitting together .
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Hey fellow part-time academics! What are your tips on managing workloads and expectations on your time? Hoping to get better at this in 2025. Do you set out of office replies on non work days? Do you just say no a lot? or are you some kind of timelord? #academicmama #academicchatter
Not on the cards for today: food poisoning from a kid daycare holiday party. Pretty sure it was the fruit tray. Students got their grades with 50 minutes to spare! And in between nausea I’m finalizing a proposal for a conference. Y’all, never again 😫#AcademicSky #AcademicMama
December 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Not on the cards for today: food poisoning from a kid daycare holiday party. Pretty sure it was the fruit tray. Students got their grades with 50 minutes to spare! And in between nausea I’m finalizing a proposal for a conference. Y’all, never again 😫#AcademicSky #AcademicMama
Being an #academicmama is extra hard at the end of the semester when my own work is bonkers busy, the HS kid has serious finals, & the middle & elem kids have performances & events…oh and it’s 🎄!
Here’s a sample of the sarcastic delight that is my high schooler, hopefully will make you giggle.
Here’s a sample of the sarcastic delight that is my high schooler, hopefully will make you giggle.
December 11, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Being an #academicmama is extra hard at the end of the semester when my own work is bonkers busy, the HS kid has serious finals, & the middle & elem kids have performances & events…oh and it’s 🎄!
Here’s a sample of the sarcastic delight that is my high schooler, hopefully will make you giggle.
Here’s a sample of the sarcastic delight that is my high schooler, hopefully will make you giggle.
1. Cleaning the house.
2. Checking kids' closets for clothes they've outgrown.
3. Laundry.
4. Cookies, because we deserve them.
5. Seriously that paper that's been languishing for months NEEDS to be finished TODAY.
#academicmama
2. Checking kids' closets for clothes they've outgrown.
3. Laundry.
4. Cookies, because we deserve them.
5. Seriously that paper that's been languishing for months NEEDS to be finished TODAY.
#academicmama
December 11, 2024 at 12:09 AM
1. Cleaning the house.
2. Checking kids' closets for clothes they've outgrown.
3. Laundry.
4. Cookies, because we deserve them.
5. Seriously that paper that's been languishing for months NEEDS to be finished TODAY.
#academicmama
2. Checking kids' closets for clothes they've outgrown.
3. Laundry.
4. Cookies, because we deserve them.
5. Seriously that paper that's been languishing for months NEEDS to be finished TODAY.
#academicmama
That sounds fun! Although that gif shows me every Monday morning (or maybe every morning?) as an #academicmama with two littles 😂
December 9, 2024 at 10:25 PM
That sounds fun! Although that gif shows me every Monday morning (or maybe every morning?) as an #academicmama with two littles 😂
December 7, 2024 at 9:40 AM
A fantastic week at #F24MRS is coming to an end. Lots of great science and the opportunity to catch up with old friends and new 💙 Big shout out to the @roysocchem.bsky.social grant for carers who made it possible for me to be here with my 2yo in tow 💪 #TravellingScientist #AcademicMama
December 6, 2024 at 7:44 PM
A fantastic week at #F24MRS is coming to an end. Lots of great science and the opportunity to catch up with old friends and new 💙 Big shout out to the @roysocchem.bsky.social grant for carers who made it possible for me to be here with my 2yo in tow 💪 #TravellingScientist #AcademicMama
Me this semester. Usually my body waits until classes are over to get sick, but not this time! How is one supposed to be sick while also being a parent and a professor!? And the emails just keep coming!? #academicsky #academicmama
a blurred image of a person kneeling on the ground with a crowd behind them
ALT: a blurred image of a person kneeling on the ground with a crowd behind them
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Me this semester. Usually my body waits until classes are over to get sick, but not this time! How is one supposed to be sick while also being a parent and a professor!? And the emails just keep coming!? #academicsky #academicmama
This touches so many #academicmama moments & resonates with my experience (baby 1 in PhD year 3; baby 2 during postdoc (transitioned to TT from leave).
A “flexible supervisor” is necessary, but we need some best practices. What is “flexible? Missed opportunities on leave cannot be recovered.
A “flexible supervisor” is necessary, but we need some best practices. What is “flexible? Missed opportunities on leave cannot be recovered.
Sharing this feels vulnerable but meaningful. 💛
In this piece for @natureportfolio.bsky.social, I reflect on having 3 children during my PhD - why I’d do it all over again, but also why academia shouldn’t make it this hard for parents to thrive.🍼🎓
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In this piece for @natureportfolio.bsky.social, I reflect on having 3 children during my PhD - why I’d do it all over again, but also why academia shouldn’t make it this hard for parents to thrive.🍼🎓
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I had three children during my PhD: here’s what I learnt
Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg worried that choosing to have children during her graduate studies might signal a lack of career dedication.
www.nature.com
November 23, 2024 at 11:44 PM
This touches so many #academicmama moments & resonates with my experience (baby 1 in PhD year 3; baby 2 during postdoc (transitioned to TT from leave).
A “flexible supervisor” is necessary, but we need some best practices. What is “flexible? Missed opportunities on leave cannot be recovered.
A “flexible supervisor” is necessary, but we need some best practices. What is “flexible? Missed opportunities on leave cannot be recovered.
Excited to be here! Follow me for posts “stellar” #globalhealth, #anthrosky, and #academicmama content!
November 20, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Excited to be here! Follow me for posts “stellar” #globalhealth, #anthrosky, and #academicmama content!
Hoped to snerdle this morning, but my children had other plans ...at 5:40am 🥴
Maybe tomorrow?
Who am I kidding, probably not 😅
#AcademicMama
Maybe tomorrow?
Who am I kidding, probably not 😅
#AcademicMama
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Hoped to snerdle this morning, but my children had other plans ...at 5:40am 🥴
Maybe tomorrow?
Who am I kidding, probably not 😅
#AcademicMama
Maybe tomorrow?
Who am I kidding, probably not 😅
#AcademicMama
Reposting as a brief hello and intro about moi to my new skeeters! 🫶🏼
#AcademicSky #PhDlife #AcademicMama
#AcademicSky #PhDlife #AcademicMama
👋 folks! My name is Sam (she/her), I am a 2nd year PhD student at UF 🐊. My research is focused on IPV-caused TBI in women and SGM survivors, prevalent multimorbid conditions, and how this ultimately impacts recovery/resilience outcomes. #HiSciSky #AcademicSky #PhDSky #feministscholars #WomenInSTEM 🛟
November 16, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Reposting as a brief hello and intro about moi to my new skeeters! 🫶🏼
#AcademicSky #PhDlife #AcademicMama
#AcademicSky #PhDlife #AcademicMama
Great to see so much new engagement here! Re-introducing myself for new folks. I'm a cognitive-developmental psychologist tenured at a SLAC (Lafayette College in Easton PA). I study children & media and am an #AcademicMama of two girls, ages 6 & 9 years. I'm an avid reader and walker in all weather.
November 15, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Great to see so much new engagement here! Re-introducing myself for new folks. I'm a cognitive-developmental psychologist tenured at a SLAC (Lafayette College in Easton PA). I study children & media and am an #AcademicMama of two girls, ages 6 & 9 years. I'm an avid reader and walker in all weather.