Dr. Jennifer Rubin

My daughter is running down the beach in Playa del Carmen yelling, “Google, Spotify.” And if this isn’t a sign of our dyspotian future, I don’t know what is.

We have a new article out in @TrendsCognSci! We discuss recent trends and upcoming directions in research about gender diversity. @statwoodpsych @olsonistahttps://twitter.com/TrendsCognSci/status/1219993751143272450 …

What I’ve learned is to prioritize myself and my family, which is something that is still rather new to me. Up next, I’ll be talking about financial anxieties tomorrow.

We aren’t as open as what we should be about mental health in academia. I think that there is a lot of shame around discussing anxiety and depression b/c it is seen as a weakness or that you are less committed to your work.

All of this was put into perspective after giving birth to my daughter in 2018. But it wasn’t until late 2019 that I realized I wasn’t living my best life and that I needed to make some changes.

Even though I learned to better manage my anxiety after graduate school, it was still incredibly difficult to see myself going through the tenure process. I feel like the same pressures I mentioned above would not dissipate even with the best supports.

When students brought up mental health concerns at an area meeting, those students were told to stop complaining. It’s still wild to think that a psychology department would diminish students concerns over their mental health.

It wasn’t just the pressures of managing everything: publishing several articles a year, teaching and evaluations, applying to grants/fellowships, and service to the department. It was also the lack of supports for students in my graduate program.

I mentioned a few days ago that I wanted to discuss my decision to transition to industry. And the first topic I want to cover is mental health and academia. Since high school, I’ve been managing depression and anxiety. And graduate school led to a decline in my well-being.

I may be sharing some of my other reasons that I'm leaving over the next few days, as I've felt the need to not share publicly (e.g. mental health, financial anxiety as a #firstgen, diversity at R1s, publishing pressures).

Many thanks to the amazing mentors I've had along the way. Thank you for always believing in me, and thank you for supporting me on this next step. I'm so excited for new challenges and developing a program of research in my new role.

the impact that our work can have for society. I want to use the skillset that I have to work towards positive change within our communities. And there are so many other places where I can put this skillset to use.

In a way, working towards a career as a an assistant professor is all I've ever known (15 years of my life!) But I've also become increasingly critical of a system that often values the number of citations you have and the journal that you publish in sometimes more than

There are a lot of reasons as to why I'm leaving. But mainly I want to prioritize my happiness and have stability. There have been many lost weekends, evenings, and holidays to work. And uprooting my life for a 3rd time to pursue an academic career no longer works for my family.

I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a position as a Social Science Researcher at foundry10 in Seattle. I started the decade pursuing an academic career, and I'm ending the decade leaving academia. And I couldn't be happier with this decision

We are starting to pay off our student loans. We owe $55,000 combined & plan to pay them off in three years. But we can't save any money or have another kid. We can't afford daycare for two children (that would be $50,000 a year in Seattle) and pay off our loans at the same time.https://twitter.com/lacymjohnson/status/1204963358266593280 …

Yup. When I was teaching, I would always give a mini-lecture about these (classist) expectations that many professors have. I could care less if my students started their emails with "hey."https://twitter.com/abbynissenbaum/status/1202221245695234048 …