Dr. Maria Holland
@mholla.bsky.social
Ass Prof at Notre Dame, studying the mechanics of the brain and other soft stuff. Mamá. Pro-life/whole-life because science. Tweets are my own.
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And...it's here. UW announced tenure clock extension options for junior faculty last week.
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
I'm already hearing rumblings from academic leaders that tenure clock extensions may be part of how early career researchers weather this new storm.
A reminder that clock extensions are not the easy solution some think them to be: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We must do better by junior faculty.
A reminder that clock extensions are not the easy solution some think them to be: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We must do better by junior faculty.
Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock | PNAS
Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure
clock
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June 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And...it's here. UW announced tenure clock extension options for junior faculty last week.
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
Wow, I really wasn't expecting this paper to become so relevant again, so soon - but I've been hearing conversations about extending tenure clocks AGAIN. What about a four-year clock extension? 🤔 I'm sure there could be no downsides . . . .
New paper I'm extremely proud of: "Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock". We argue that extensions should be treated as a safety net, not insurance policy (1/6) www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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March 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Wow, I really wasn't expecting this paper to become so relevant again, so soon - but I've been hearing conversations about extending tenure clocks AGAIN. What about a four-year clock extension? 🤔 I'm sure there could be no downsides . . . .
MOOD
What a fascinating time to be going through a glacial process where my university ultimately decides if they want to hire me for life or not. 🙃🫠🫣
February 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
MOOD
New paper I'm extremely proud of: "Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock". We argue that extensions should be treated as a safety net, not insurance policy (1/6) www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
August 16, 2024 at 6:41 PM
New paper I'm extremely proud of: "Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock". We argue that extensions should be treated as a safety net, not insurance policy (1/6) www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
A two-proof day. First Springer removed all the italics from in vivo/ex vivo/in silico, then OUP replaced all my spelled-out numbers with digits (e.g. "2 local peaks" and "8 species"). You see, academic publishing costs so much because of the aDdEd VaLuE 🙄
January 2, 2024 at 6:35 PM
A two-proof day. First Springer removed all the italics from in vivo/ex vivo/in silico, then OUP replaced all my spelled-out numbers with digits (e.g. "2 local peaks" and "8 species"). You see, academic publishing costs so much because of the aDdEd VaLuE 🙄
I love Gradescope in general, but their data visualization is COMICALLY bad.
October 18, 2023 at 10:41 PM
I love Gradescope in general, but their data visualization is COMICALLY bad.
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Behind every seemingly sane early stage professor, there is a slack of other ESIs shitposting through it with her...you know who you are.
Behind every woman is a slack channel of other women helping her navigate professional situations.
September 26, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Behind every seemingly sane early stage professor, there is a slack of other ESIs shitposting through it with her...you know who you are.
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why would researchgate name itself after an academic scandal that hasn't happened quite yet
August 22, 2023 at 4:21 PM
why would researchgate name itself after an academic scandal that hasn't happened quite yet
Just awarded my first R01! With our collaborator Hiroshi Kawasaki, we're going to investigate the role of astrocytes in cortical folding via a combined computational and experimental approach!
September 5, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Just awarded my first R01! With our collaborator Hiroshi Kawasaki, we're going to investigate the role of astrocytes in cortical folding via a combined computational and experimental approach!
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A wise man once said “every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time”. (B. Gibbard, 2005)
But these days w/little kids it’s more like “every plan is a tiny prayer to our immune systems” and let me tell you they are an uncaring lot.
But these days w/little kids it’s more like “every plan is a tiny prayer to our immune systems” and let me tell you they are an uncaring lot.
August 25, 2023 at 2:16 PM
A wise man once said “every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time”. (B. Gibbard, 2005)
But these days w/little kids it’s more like “every plan is a tiny prayer to our immune systems” and let me tell you they are an uncaring lot.
But these days w/little kids it’s more like “every plan is a tiny prayer to our immune systems” and let me tell you they are an uncaring lot.