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Dear #CorpusLinguistics bubble,
I need your help for a visually impaired student of mine: Are there any corpus tools that work well with text-to-speech software? Thank you! 🙏
For a few years I've been maintaining and slowly improving a Google Sheet template to help #academics (particularly salaried academics) track how much they are working, and how this work is distributed. I've just updated the template for 2023.
The reason for this is academic #workloads are often left very abstract and vague, usually measured in 'percentages' with only the loosest connection to time and the actual number of hours you are paid to work. I find that tracking my hours helps to reassure me I am doing enough work in some aspects of my job (in #research, for instance), and also help prevent me from overworking.
For example, this year, I know I have worked 61 hours more than I have been paid for thus far. This means in December, once marking and everything is wrapped up, I'm just going to tap out and do pretty much no work for a couple of weeks (just keep an eye out for urgent emails), but also not take leave. Because those are hours I'm owed. So by the end of the year, I should be back close to zero hours overworked.
Some academics hate counting hours as bean counting or volunteering into surveillance. I get that. But considering how the ever-intensifying exploitation of academic staff relies on #university management obscuring and intensifying our work, I find tracking how much I've actually worked incredibly empowering.
With the new year, maybe consider tracking your own #academic work!
The template: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W-w_pbJgsemr5vznErqqNG5UJsfxeiPUNgG8f6pXyfg/edit#gid=1226213337 #commodon
Instructions INTENT OF THIS SPREADSHEET Universities allocate workload and evaluate performance based on metrics that are often arbitrary and obscure. Within these metrics, the extensive time spent on tasks such as emails, meetings, reading, and thinking is inadequately accounted for. Consequen...
New handle, new #introduction!
Hi 👋 I'm Dr. Echo Rivera!
🎓 #FirstGen: got my PhD in Community Psychology,
👩💻 then worked as a research associate at non-profit evaluation center for 3 yrs.
😖 Didn't like it 🙅 Quit.
🦄 Founded professional development co
Now I'm trying to end #DeathbyPowerpoint in #academia + research to make it more accessible & inclusive!
🤝 Let's connect!
#Academia #AltAc #SciComm #AcademicChatter #Phd #PresentationSkills
A small suggestion for new #TwitterMigration folks!
When you arrive here it's extremely helpful to add a profile picture, a bio, and maybe some links to your other sites (if you can)
It's even more helpful if you add this information before you start sending follow requests!
It's hard to work out who you all are otherwise, and it's not uncommon for folks on here to check before allowing follow requests to go through
Also, welcome! 
Repeat #introduction: Hoping to connect with other @academicchatter @phdstudents and researchers in @linguistics and @corpuslinguistics, and people in the broader field of #HealthCommunication
I'm a #PhD student, currently looking at linguistic markers of suicidal ideation in social media content. Using a #CorpusLinguistics approach to #DiscourseAnalysis, I'm interested in the digital tools and methods used to provide support for people with depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts online 😊
My gender expression is fluid. Several years ago I felt frustrated by changes to the terminology around transgender feelings, beliefs and actions. I decided to study the lexical semantics of various terms in this frame, in the hopes of clarifying our thinking and advocating for better treatment!
https://transblog.grieve-smith.com/2013/04/17/three-definitions-of-transgender/
You may think you know what "transgender" means. But if you've been around the trans community for any length of time, you know that the word has been fought over before. There are at least three different ways that the word is used, and all apply to a somewhat different group of people. First
A gentle reminder to folks who are new to Mastodon. In solidarity with those in the disabled community who rely on screen readers, we ask that you:
* Add alt text/image descriptions when you post media
* Capitalize the first letter of every word in a hashtag #LikeThis
* Avoid emojis in your display name
UPDATE: So many great questions! Please check the replies to see if your question has been asked and answered ❤️
#StrongerTogether #Accessibility #AltText #Disability #Solidarity #FediTips
Larissa Goulart
Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
Brendan Keogh
Echo Rivera, PhD
Maria Guzenko
Danielle Navarro
Anatol Stefanowitsch
Dr. Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith
Robin the Mod (fka Josh)