Higher education professional focused on graduate training, mentor support, & mental health. I lead trainings and consult with departments. She/her/hers.
Joined December 2013
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28 Aug 2019
Thanks to @AcademicChatter I got a whole bunch of new followers yesterday. Seems like a good time to officially introduce myself here so folks can decide if they want to stick around or not. Basic info about who I am and what I do can be found here annaboconnell.com
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27 Apr 2022
Yes! For this to work we need 2 things: (1) real time feedback about our interpersonal & mentorship effectiveness. (2) both training & support to have these convos. Please allow me to elaborate in an obnoxiously long thread...
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27 Apr 2022
.. Finally: everyone should have access to support for difficult convos or when communication has already broken down. This support should be informed by principles of effective communication & conflict management, which means additional training for anyone in a leadership role..
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27 Apr 2022
.. I acknowledge that what I'm advocating for represents even more training for which no one has time. But as someone who has been through this type of training and who uses these principles in my own work, I think the benefits far outweigh the cost of investing in this approach.
20 Apr 2022
Yes! Also no one can take away what you have learned. It can help to see that what we call "failure" is really progress via a different path towards our original goal or - maybe (!) towards something else, something better, that we can't see just yet. @AcademicChatter
19 Apr 2022
Failure can be an isolating experience, but you are not alone. Even if people don't talk about it often enough, you are surrounded by people who have felt the pain of failure and who are coping with fear of future failure.
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14 Feb 2022
All of #academia should be operating under this principle:
“There are a lot of brilliant people in this country. I completely reject the notion that his brilliance is so singular and critical to the nation that his behavior is excusable.”
politi.co/34zJyS6 via @politico
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28 Jan 2022
Wrapping up a @CIMERproject Facilitator Training today. This group's commitment to improving #mentoring in #Academia is truly inspiring. Big thanks to the inimitable @Dr_DianaAzurdia for co-facilitating with me, I had fun & learned a lot. Great way to close out #MentoringMonth!
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26 Jan 2022
I took a nearly 2-year Twitter hiatus but I'm finally feeling like getting back in the game. I miss my #AcademicChatter, #AcademicTwitter, #AcademicsWithADHD, and #NeuroDiverseSquad friends!!
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14 Dec 2021
I'm *way* late to the party but HUGE congratulations to @fatu_sn on your amazing Ted talk! Proud to be part of the important work Fàtima and the @CIMERproject are doing.
youtu.be/EmwkDW3-99g
#mentoring #mentalhealth #AcademicChatter
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It’s official!!! @BarneyGrahamMD & I are Federal Employees of the Year. Tonight, we will accept the “Sammie Award” following an intro from Dr. Fauci - a gratifying moment given our recent re-positioning from @NIH.
Here’s to public service forever even from our new posts. 💫 🥂
28 Oct 2021
Two NIH scientists who helped develop #COVID19 framework (including @KizzyPhD) named Federal Employees of the Year - washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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12 Oct 2021
We are all really just people, standing in front of colleagues, asking to be seen. Interpersonal communication skills (perspective taking, listening for understand, finding mutual purpose) can be learned & should be a priority in #academia, as important as ethics.
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10 Sep 2021
I just left a voicemail for someone and said "period" at the end of a sentence like I was voice dictating a text.
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