Higher education professional focused on graduate training, mentor support, & mental health. I lead trainings and consult with departments. She/her/hers.
Cary, NC
Joined December 2013
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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
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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.. 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..
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
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
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!
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!!
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
Anna O'Connell retweeted
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. 💫 🥂
Two NIH scientists who helped develop #COVID19 framework (including @KizzyPhD) named Federal Employees of the Year - washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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.