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Academic Abuse
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📚 Raising awareness of academic abuse
🤝 Support | Resources | Advocacy
🌐 Main Site: academicabuse.com
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Higher Ed retaliation is real.

The fact that so many survivors stay silent isn’t proof that it doesn’t happen—it’s proof of how well universities suppress it.

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November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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So excited… my memoir chronicling abuse across 7 universities is coming soon!

preorder: theburnlist.shop

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October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Behind-the-scenes writing about the coercive abuse I experienced from a professor in grad school. Coming 10/12.

Subscribe to theburnlist.substack.com to get access.

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October 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵)

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September 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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For 20 years, I was suppressed in academia. Never again.

theburnlist.shop

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September 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵)

🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
September 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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So you’re starting a new grad program? You don’t know it yet, but you’re a deer in the headlights… here are 10 reasons why. (🧵 1/3)

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September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Saturday night: some hit the bars. I hit The Burn List. ✍🏻

Memoir theburnlist.shop + secret AcademicAbuse.com features 👀 coming soon! 🍻

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September 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Yes, I put together a FREE interactive dashboard of that database.

I offer a second data dashboard that is free all day every day, and a third which is free for 30 days.

I hope all 3 options give you what you're looking for.
September 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Please note: "30 day free trial" provides access to the whole entire data dashboard. So - I would appreciate if you'd not misrepresent the fee structure of my site, given that it offers 2 entirely free tiers.
September 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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When you need academic abuse support resources, data, or community on the go? There's an app for that!

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September 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵)

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September 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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To those walking the stage with invisible wounds—this one’s for you.

You didn’t just earn a degree. You overcame a system.

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June 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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If you crossed the stage without clapping for the institution—
We get it. And we’re clapping for you.

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May 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Some walk with honors.
Some walk with trauma.
Some walk with no family in the stands.

But you walked. That’s the victory.

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May 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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To the grads who had to fight every step of the way: you were never alone, we see you!

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May 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Your degree doesn’t erase what you survived—but it proves you kept going anyway.

That’s strength. That’s yours.

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May 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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If you're overwhelmed with finals, take a page from this little guy. Cat naps (and cats) are your best friends!

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May 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Your value doesn’t live in a gradebook.
Make time to eat and sleep.
Your survival matters more than your score.

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May 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Finals week culture:
⛔ No rest
⛔ No boundaries
⛔ No support

Resist it however you can.
You’re worth more than the grind.

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May 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🔥 #TheBurnList 🔥 Preorder at academicabuse.com/preorder for bonus content!

Editorial assessment by Donna Freitas
Contracted w/Atmosphere Press
Press inquiry from @timeshighered.bsky.social

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April 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I submitted my piece as purely anonymized, including myself, institutions, and abusers. I’m unsure why you rejected me, but it’s starting to look like gatekeeping.
April 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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📊 Nearly 50% of academic abuse cases reported since 12/31/24 involve harassment or Title IX violations. Almost all of the rest? Discrimination. 🧐

🔗 academicabuse.com/#theulist

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April 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Head to academicabuse.com, and click the book in the popup, or just go to academicabuse.com/about.

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April 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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For those of you hearting and reposting, you're the first to know (shhhhh....) the pre-order link is now live. Teaser excerpts and author identity (ahem) go live at campaign milestones.

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April 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM