Questions tagged [etiquette]
The customary code of polite behavior amongst the academic world.
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Missed the application deadline for a TA job. Should I contact them?
I missed the application deadline for a TA job by a day.
How should I contact the hiring committee while still looking professional and not make it awkward for anyone? Any suggestions?
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My math professor is Chinese. Is it okay for me to speak Chinese to her in office hours?
My math professor is Chinese. She and I both speak Mandarin Chinese (普通话) fluently. The syllabus says that it is good etiquette for everyone to speak & write in English during class, and for all ...
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Should I write an email to a Latino teacher working in the US in English or Spanish?
I found the website of a professor working in the US, and I'm studying some of the class notes and exercises he uploaded there for his students (they are a bit old, making reference of courses he ...
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What should I do if my student has quarrel with my collaborator
I have a project that is a follow-up work of a senior PhD student, and my student is working on it. Due to their experience of the previous project and expertise, it is led by my collaborator, not me. ...
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How do I apologize to a lecturer who told me not to ever call him again?
I recently sent a message to a lecturer concerning an issue I have. I asked him to advise me as he is not a lecturer in my department. We scheduled a call and during the call he said I was rude and ...
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Are there any well-known political considerations for having a friend on the job market come for a visit and talk?
I'm in my second year as an assistant professor in a STEM subject in the US. A colleague and friend in the same subject (but a different specialization) has some travel money at their disposal and has ...
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Is it acceptable to seek explicit acknowledgment for code posted to StackExchange which has been made use of in open-source software?
A few years ago as an undergraduate student I wrote a short bit of code (~200-300 lines) to implement a variant of a well-known algorithm for solving a particularly challenging mathematical ...
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How to publish if the other co-authors do not cooperate (a concern)
I am an ERC, postdoc, I have completed my work and try to publish.
I am afraid my co-authors, one of them is the PI, do not want to publish, due to lack of interest in their part and busy with their ...
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In the UK, how do scientists address each other?
Let's say you have a PhD, and they have a PhD, and you are familiar with each others' work, but you never met personally. Would you address them as "Dear Dr. Smith" in an email, or "...
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Is arXiv strictly for new stuff?
If you have a very old paper pre-print, tech report or thesis lying around (one that you own the copyright to), and it hasn't been uploaded to arXiv, can you do it?
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Is this professor being unnecessarily harsh or did I actually make a mistake?
As a first-year PhD student, I've been receiving feedback on my dissertation plan from my supervisor and other professors. One of these professors recommended that I contact a professor from a ...
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Following up in a friendly exchange [closed]
I have been out of work and study for quite a long time, and have also decided to move country a couple of months ago. I dropped into the local Zoology Collection to enquire about volunteering ...
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Well my PI screwed me over. Need advice and help with career decision. (MS Life Sciences looking for PhD) [closed]
I had written about this earlier too. Current qualifications: MS Life Sciences.
I completed my dissertation this year in May. I completed all my dissertation work required by my program (Int. BS MS) ...
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What is the proper way to submit a "response" paper without offending the one I am responding to?
I am considering submitting a response to another scholar's paper. While I assume it is always best to first approach the journal in which the original article was published, is there a "best-...
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I am not getting academic credit for code I have written for my PhD, when it was later used in other research. Should I complain?
During my PhD, I developed a data analysis code. My PI encouraged its development, expecting it to stay within the research group. The code was used in some published papers and gained attention when ...
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Ignored by university after requesting reimbursement for faculty interview campus travel [duplicate]
I did a campus interview for a tenure-track assistant professorship at a public R1 university in March. I was told to purchase my own air travel and submit for reimbursement after the interview due to ...
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Getting research award and then ghosted?
I am being offered a research award at a university in a western europe country, and it's a quite known one as well in that country (well you can say in Europe as well). The research award is not from ...
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What title should I use to greet both a professor and an associate professor in an email?
I am wondering how to write email to both a professor and an assistant professor in the same email.
Shall I use "Dear Professor … and …" or "Dear Professor … and Assistant Professor … &...
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How To Handle Asynchronous Multiple Faculty Job Offers [duplicate]
I've seen a few threads about handling simultaneous offers
How do people get simultaneous offers?
How to negotiate multiple tenure-track offers
But what about potential job offers that may materialize ...
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What is the correct `seminar etiquette'? [closed]
I'm a new PhD student studying AI and I've never attended seminars before. When I attend the seminars held within my lab (a lab member presents a paper) now, I have a lot of questions about the ...
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Is putting a silly name on a diploma a bad idea?
I will soon be finishing my undergraduate degree. My university has requested my "preferred name" to display on the diploma. I think it would be funny to submit "[my name], King of the ...
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Seeking Advice on Requesting Professor's Help for Internship Opportunities
I'm currently an undergraduate student in a condensed matter physics research group at a mid-tier college, actively seeking internship opportunities. Despite having interviewed with a notable company, ...
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Is it okay for a potential advisor to call a post-doc "pretentious"?
I have been in contact with a professor since October last year about a post-doc position.
We had three meetings so far. The first one to get to know each other better and to establish the project's ...
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Is it acceptable to email a professor about an article they wrote years ago?
I'm an undergraduate from a non-academic background.
I have a personal interest in researching about some ethnic minorities, and came across a Routledge Handbook that focuses on that topic.
The author ...
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Withdrawal of Acceptance for Postdoctoral Position
I am a PhD student in mathematics in the US, scheduled to graduate this year. Last fall, I applied for postdoc positions. My situation is a bit complicated: in late January, I was offered a postdoc ...
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Does my contribution to an editorial project merit a more formal acknowledgment?
For the past several years, I've worked remotely and without pay in an archive in order to assist a colleague (who has actually left academia) with a book project. The project consists of compiling an ...
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Reaching back out to PIs of interest to inquire about PhD application status
I'm a senior undergraduate student awaiting (physics) PhD program application decisions. I spent a chunk of last summer writing to and, occasionally, informally interviewing with PIs of interest, and ...
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Is it okay to contact members of a lab before applying to a position?
There is a certain permanent position recently advertised at a lab that I'm interested in. The application consists of submitting a number of documents (CV, project, etc.) online, which will be ...
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Is it unethical to not disclose relationship when applying to same group
My girlfriend and I are applying to the same PhD program and are interested in the same group. The group is quite small and it is likely that we will be working together a lot, I am unsure if ...
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What is the etiquette for applying for multiple PhDs?
I have applied to 6 funded PhD projects in fairly broad areas. I had an interview for the first one just over a week ago and it didn’t feel like it wen’t well and I never heard back from them. The ...
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A question about choosing LORs in a particular case
I know that the topic of letters of recommendation is already a topic in this community and I have read many posts about it, but it seems to be a topic that never ends up raising new questions. Here I ...
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Submit to journal and poster session at conference simultaneously in social science
In social science are you allowed to submit to a journal and conference (poster session) at the same time? The conference I'm looking at does not indicate that you can't post your results elsewhere, ...
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IP protection when showing preprint work
This question is in line with What is an effective way to copyright my teaching material? but about preprint work, not course material.
I produced a huge original database during a COVID break (sans ...
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I reviewed a paper that was rejected, and the authors have posted the paper online without corrections. Do I intervene?
I wrote a thorough review that included many suggestions for improving the methodology, and criticisms of their analysis. Initially, the main problem with the paper was that the authors only reported ...
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Can I submit to a high school journal and "real" journal at the same time?
I'm a high school student that did some research in Social Science. My research is novel enough that I think that I have a chance of getting published in a "real" journal with an impact ...
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I made an inappropriate joke in my class. Should I apologize or just let it be? [duplicate]
I am teaching introductory calculus, physics and programming to engineering students at a local college. Yesterday, at the end of a long day which involved a lot of programming, I ended up making a ...
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Inclusion of a Personal Photo in Academic CVs: Appropriate or Not? [duplicate]
I'm in the process of refining my curriculum vitae (CV) for academic purposes, and I'm contemplating whether to include a personal photograph. This decision seems to vary greatly across different ...
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Having a relationship with one my students as TA? [duplicate]
I'm a teaching assistant and the semester is almost over. I might be a TA next semester too. I like one of my students, but I think it's not professional to tell her. Is it wrong to ask her out, or ...
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Can I just phone an editor if he never answered back via email?
Last year, I submitted a book manuscript to Springer. The academic editor told me that it looked great and that he would send it for peer review and would contact me in due course. Both the publisher ...
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Is it academically correct to name your own theorems?
I get a repeated feeling of insecurity when I write an article that needs to contain hierarchical organizations among its theorems. It isn't uncommon that one article contains a few important theorems ...
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Etiquette regarding mathematical writing
This is a question about etiquette regarding writing mathematical papers, but I feel like this venue is more appropriate than MathOverflow (though I could be mistaken). The question is as follows:
If ...
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The registrar's office requested me to raise the cap of my courses
I work for a small private college and today I received an e-mail from the registrar's office requesting me to raise the cap of two courses that I will be teaching in the spring since there are a few ...
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How would you characterize or cite common social media posts?
I am investigating a complaint that comes up on social media "often" for a particular institution. The complaint is about a particular type of bad interaction with the institution. I could ...
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Cancelled PhD Study ended my career plans
I work as an R&D engineer in the Automotive industry. In 2018 My Supervisor(boss) approved my application for a PhD program based on a 5-year distance learning model, with a UK-based University. I ...
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What should I do with the postdoc verbal offers if I'm strongly inclined to one option?
I am a international student who is in the midst of a US postdoctoral job search. I have two potential lab options, lab A and B, both of which I have interviewed with and received positive indications ...
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Ask about political climate at a department during a job interview?
I am on the job market this year, and one of the main things I'm looking for is a good department culture fit. Naturally, the political views of the department and its members plays a role in this, ...
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Wearing academic dress (gown) after I left the university
I wore a gown to attend graduation and other formal events when I studied at a UK university. I still keep that gown but I'm not in academia for years. Under what situation would it still be useful?
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A potential postdoc PI contacted my Ph.D. advisor without asking me for the contact info. Is this common?
I'm a recent Ph.D. graduate looking for a postdoc opportunity in the US. I recently interviewed with my potential PI, and at the end he said we will discuss later. A week or two after the interview, ...
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What to do when a senior co-author is very disrespectful?
I am a researcher and professional in the social science field, writing a paper in the field of Computer Science together with CS colleagues to be submitted to an interdisciplinary journal, which is ...
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When a paper has multiple corresponding authors, how should one respond to interview requests by media?
I've got two stories, one old and one recent. I'll start with the old one.
The paper has three authors, all corresponding. The first author was a senior postdoc who came up with the idea and did all ...
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