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Jennifer Polk

@fromphdtolife.com

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I live in Toronto and, since 2013, have helped professors, postdocs, & other PhDs who are ready to leave academia get meaningful, fulfilling jobs elsewhere. Ask me about my PhD Career Clarity Program! Find me elsewhere online at https://fromphdtolife.com.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · Nov 13

"How do I get started finding a job outside academia?"

Learn my answer, including how to avoid common missteps, in this free video resource, available to watch anytime.

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Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

FREE TRAINING How to Get a Great Job Outside Academia (even if you have no idea what you want to do next or why anyone would hire you) A free training for professors, postdocs, and other overworked, u...

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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 2d

What is Steven Pinker’s expertise on systemic discrimination in the awarding of Canadian federal grants?

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Parliament reviews EDI for research grants - University Affairs

Witnesses testify for and against applying diversity criteria to scientific funding.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 13h

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 13h

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 23h

Not sure how to explain your academic background to employers? This webinar breaks it down. Watch the free webinar now. #AcademicSky

Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.

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🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 23h

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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Jennifer van Alstyne @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social · 1d

"You don’t owe your social media followers," says Jennifer Polk, PhD of @fromphdtolife.com 💡

"You don’t owe them your presence. You can choose to pause your activity and you don’t have to stress about it."

On The Social Academic blog, podcast, and YouTube
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Jen Polk's cover photo for her blog, From PhD to Life. There are two sets of legs, the 1st wearing jeans and sneakers, the 2nd wearing blue tights, tan chunky heels, and a pencil skirt. Both photos are actually of Jen Polk and represent moving from academia to a career outside of faculty roles in Higher Education.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 1d

This is cool and good

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Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 2d

If the academic job search has crushed your spirit, I get it. This free webinar shows you another way. #AcademicSky

Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.

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Dr. Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 2d

My hot take about being evidence informed is that if you're not following emerging/junior scholars in an area you're going to miss the best stuff

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 2d

If the academic grind has left you exhausted, this webinar offers a way forward. Watch the free webinar now. #AcademicSky

Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 3d

I generally prefer that the Blue Jays win, and in solidarity with my dad, I will always prefer that the Yankees lose ⚾🤞🏻

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 3d

Want to make a career move that honors everything you’ve done so far? This webinar is your starting point. Watch it now or schedule it for later. #AcademicSky

Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 4d

Not sure what jobs are out there for someone like you? Get real answers in this free webinar. Watch the free webinar now. #AcademicSky

Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 4d

This is the person, and the party, I'm supposed to vote for again and again to avoid a worse outcome? When the Liberals lose the next federal election, it will be 100% their own fault, and not that of the folks who decline to support such a craven, bigoted party.

Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 4d

Here's lots of info about my PhD Career Clarity Program. I made this for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs, and yes, my fellow humanists, that definitely includes you:

PhD Career Clarity Program from Dr. Jennifer Polk

Join the PhD Career Clarity Program course and community for your post-academic job search. Ready to leave academia? Dr. Jen Polk's program is for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs like you.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 5d

Feeling like your career is ruled by academic gatekeepers? Bah. It doesn’t have to be. Register for my free webinar and learn how to redirect your career on your own terms. #PhDSky

Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life

Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 5d

It's 77°F in my apartment but fall is coming so I'm making mushroom lentil soup.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 6d

Not just academics. This is something that everyone should be aware of. If you don’t do research, you won’t feel the cuts today. But think of how recently you heard about scientific researchers discovering a new miracle injection that cures obesity. Ozempic only came to market in 2017. Look around.

🪾santiago, phd 🐈‍⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · 6d

Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Jennifer Polk @fromphdtolife.com · 5d

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