The Bogan Academic reviewed our Gentle Academic book and the title of this review cannot be repeated here. If you can handle profanity and want an unfiltered take, you can read it here (but I did warn you!): theboganacademic.substack.com/p/the-gentle...
Screenshot of the book's synopsis highlighting key principles including honesty about gaps in knowledge, acknowledging others' contributions, being transparent about one's level of mastery, being generous with self and others, the perils of overworking, the importance of centering historically marginalized voices, the ubiquity of politics and values, and the importance of collaboration and community.
Just learned of this new book, The Gentle Academic, edited by @drkellyallen.bsky.social and Christine Grove. Very excited to dive in and see how I can realize these teachings in my own life!
I nearly had a little cry when I saw that our only altmetric came from this post by @socraticsiren.bsky.social - all I could see was this screenshot. Then I logged in and realised they were actually recommending our book! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Thank you for recommending our book!
Citing @drkellyallen.bsky.social (2020): “We need to invest in belonging and make it a priority – as a society, financially and through legislation. Belonging is intrinsic to the health, happiness and wellbeing of all people”, @hannahwilson.bsky.social in uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/a-... @sagepub.com
Delighted to share @drkellyallen.bsky.social's paper reformulating the Integrative Framework of Belonging through interviews of other esteemed belonging researchers! This open-access paper does a deep dive on the theory––a must read for anyone using the framework!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🚨 @drkellyallen.bsky.social's new paper features interviews with 10 belonging scholars on the Integrative Framework of Belonging, offering novel insights that clarify, deepen, and reshape the model! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A free event on trauma informed practice, would love to see you there: www.monash.edu/education/ev...
Sharing on behalf of Maegan Loader. This is a wonderful project for her thesis. Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested in participating. Your support would will be very appreciated ❤️.
Kelly-Ann Action figure in a box
Well this fun! 👀Make your own action figure with ChatGpt using this prompt: Draw a picture of me as a real-life action figure. Be specific as possible based on what you know about me. And put multiple interesting things that represent who I am inside the packaging.
I googled you and can now better appreciate how niche your research area is! I can understand your skepticism. But, I did see your location, maybe that's the drawcard? Even I wouldn't mind visiting, say, for 3-4 weeks!
Oh, how interesting! Still, I would not have detected a red flag. I am commonly called Prof (albeit untimely), but it can be common vernacular for teacher/lecturer in some countries, right? Not in my system though. And I would have also advocated for cross-disciplinary curiosity too, until....
Feeling vulnerable even asking: how can you tell this is spam and not a genuine student seeking answers?
🚨 Important new paper from the Ed Psych Review special issue on belonging. This paper considers how racial/ethnic identity relates to school belonging and how that might depend on whether asset-based pedagogy is being used in classrooms
Beyond publication-based metrics for evaluating and valuing scientists and their contributions @naturenews.bsky.social @drkellyallen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
LOVE the idea of a "good stuff" index! 👏👏
A special thank you to The Australian Temperament Project for allowing us to share their data.
It took a village to create this paper: Christopher Greenwood, Emily Berger, Andrea Reupert, Gerald Wurf, Natalia Rajendran William Warton, Dr Meredith O'Connor, Ann Sanson, Craig Olsson & @PrimroseLetcher
The TL;DR Psychology Today version: www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/sens...
The numbers tell the story: students with higher school belonging had about 25% lower odds of using tobacco, cannabis, or illicit substances in young adulthood".
For tobacco use, we found the protective effect of school belonging was most powerful when participants were 19–20, and while this effect decreased somewhat by their late 20s, it still made a difference.
In our new research, "students with strong school belonging were consistently less likely to use cannabis and illicit substances across all time points we measured—at 19–20, 23–24, and even 27–28 years old.
If you're collecting "evidence" as to why belonging matters, here’s some fresh research to add to your collection:
Images says Good Stuff
What belongs in a “good stuff” index? My thought piece in @nature.com is now #freetoread. It reimagines academic metrics to better reflect what academics value & the systems we want to work in. What would you add? rdcu.be/ec5uN @timeshighered.bsky.social @chronicle.com @insidehighered.com
The pressure to publish in high-impact journals is often at the expense of other scholarly activities
https://go.nature.com/3XihhIf
Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing!
If people & academic institutions are going to continue tracking things, index, & compete, we might as well measure what matters! What about a "good stuff" index that measures what we value & contributes to the types of workplaces we want to work in. Here's my pitch: tinyurl.com/3ahn4nmc @nature.com
🫠So cool!
