#ILookLikeAProfessor Deads College Professor Stereotypes
Who says membership to the professor club is limited to old white dudes with glasses and tweed jackets? Not the good folks of Twitter, who are using the hashtag #ILookLikeAProfessor to show the world academia, in all its colorful glory. Here are a few of our favorite tweets, including the one that started it all:
#ILookLikeAProfessor! Let's showcase how diverse the professoriate is! #DoesNotComeWithElbowPatches pic.twitter.com/zgKtvWd9ef
— Adeline Koh (@adelinekoh) August 6, 2015 I'm a professor with a Ph.D., a mom, author of Crescent City Girls, and runner. #ILookLikeAProfessor #WorkingMom pic.twitter.com/eCzN5HP0JR
— LaKisha Simmons (@ProfLSimmons) August 12, 2015 #ILookLikeAProfessor Proud boricua teaching food studies, American studies, Caribbean lit & world lit IU Bloomington pic.twitter.com/e3hPOVWEtz
— Vivian Halloran (@HalloranVivian) August 6, 2015 Back to Business! Dr. Ferguson & Dr. Morgan are ready for the new school year! #HowardU #ILookLikeAProfessor pic.twitter.com/PbFUexPKli
— Dr. Meyers Ferguson (@Doctor_Meyers) August 12, 2015 #ILookLikeAProfessor I WILL NEVER WEAR ELBOW PATCHES. Medieval literature. pic.twitter.com/eKSqoCZIWy
— Dorothy Kim (@dorothyk98) August 6, 2015 A colleague told me I look like a student. Nah, champ. #ilooklikeaprofessor. All 3 of us do.Because all 3 of us are. pic.twitter.com/mN4TXnjNnI
— Camika Royal (@DrCamikaRoyal) August 8, 2015 @adelinekoh "Oh! Are you in the cleaning services? I just love how clean they keep my office!" #ILookLikeAProfessor pic.twitter.com/kG1z4Q24rN
— Subini Annamma (@SubiniAA) August 6, 2015 Not only do #ILookLikeAProfessor, so does my Auntie! pic.twitter.com/mhlQIrYo3G
— Jonathan W. Gray (@elmcitytree) August 7, 2015 Yes, #ILookLikeAProfessor. #Medieval literature, translation, digital humanities, disability, queer theory. Peace. pic.twitter.com/7xCMOSRa1v
— Jonathan Hsy (@JonathanHsy) August 8, 2015 #ILookLikeaProfessor I teach Hip Hop Culture, Southern Studies, & African American Lit & Culture. I'm also a DSGG. pic.twitter.com/MfEQlx2124
— Regina N. Bradley (@redclayscholar) August 6, 2015