Today is the official launch! Thanks to the wonderful community of collaborators that made this possible. #Caribbean #digital #humanities

Sometimes dealing with fellowship rejections isn’t just learning lessons about self worth. Sometimes it’s coping with the stress of financial insecurity while waiting for other funding decisions and knowing you’ll now have to work 2 part time jobs while trying to do your PhD.

So true 😆

Finishing your PhD shouldn’t depend on winning external fellowships. Universities should provide funding for what they know is avg time to degree based on decades of data.

Current mood

This thread has been created as a means of information for people throughout CARICOM/Caribbean region + diaspora who are interested in donating resources + other forms of relief to the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines during the regional crisis of #LaSoufriereEruption. 🇻🇨

Lab meeting today involved drawing/painting our research. Final products are not yet available, but I will post an update when they are complete. ⁦Christopher Nolte⁩ ⁦Caitlin J Campbell⁩ ⁦@afireman9⁩

Anyone else have expenses not on the estimated cost of attendance that they wish they knew to budget for before starting #gradschool? I’ll start: a $650 night guard for stress biting.

Friends, if you work in #CaribbeanStudies or #DigitalHumanities, dLOC has some upcoming workshops that you may be interested in. Starting next month, please join us for *** Exploring the Caribbean in DH: A dLOC as Data workshop series. *** dlocasdata.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/exploring-the-…

Nothing frustrates me more than senior faculty telling PhD students to just follow their passion and things will be alright. As an already-not-so-recent PhD who was on the market for two years before securing a permanent position, I can say that this is not how it works anymore.

There is something incomparably charming about a person with an intense passion for a specific kind of animal. The more obscure the better. If people ask your favorite animal & you get out your phone because it's gonna require some explanation & be a whole thing, you're my people

In 2 weeks I’m moving to NYC. It’s been my dream for a long time and I’ve been so unhappy where I’m at. I will finish this #PhD, but I will not be looking for a job in academia and I’m not sure what’s next. I just know I’m moving in the best direction for me.

I passed my defense today. I’ll be the first person in my family with a #PhD. The feeling is unreal.

E is Eumicrotremis orbis, the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker or in this case, Lumpy. They're cute. That's all you need to know. #FishABC

I’ll throw another one into todays E for #FishABC. Inspired by KaiTheFishGuy’s eel I’ll throw in Echidna catenata. The chainlink eel, who like other eels, biofluoresces!

Graduated with my #PhD today! #archaeology #graduate 💚🐊