Elizabeth Ostrowski
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Elizabeth Ostrowski
@elizostrow.bsky.social
Evolutionary genomics and microbiology in Aotearoa. 🇺🇸in 🇳🇿. Personal account
https://ecoevo.social/@elizostrow
Column three is 😍
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
And probably extroversion too
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I dunno - I mean, this person is cool, they think just like me is going to result in hires of people reflecting the current dominant phenotype
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Eg your earlier example of a faculty interview as being a vibe check
November 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I would urge a lot of caution on using vibes if you’re in a position of power making these decisions.
November 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
That sounds very sensible. I don’t know why my subconscious brain pulls this scenario out over and over 🤷‍♀️
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Oh no! I’m surprised that’s not my dream, actually
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🎯🎯🎯
But surely Kiwis are having heart palpitations from how direct this is 🤣🤣
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Ooh that’s awesome. I missed an opportunity with UW. It’s shorter but not eliz
October 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Well elizabeth-ostrowski (or worse, elizabeth-ostrowski160 for poll everywhere) is jealous
October 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Is your profile page really just “sam”? 😆 How’d you manage that?
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
And maybe that department chairs are often rotating
September 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Or more simply, in my department, we do things by committee and votes that my “line manager” 🙄 did for us in NZ.

It does mean there is *way* more service on us since we must self-govern — but I understand and appreciate this task now.
September 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yes, US is heading in the direction of UK/NZ/Oz but nowhere near as far along the path. In my case, it’s the faculty code, which enshrines shared governance, that seems to drive the difference.
September 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM