Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

19 hours ago

Simple tips I’d give anyone starting their publication journey: • Use every collaboration opportunity • Don’t wait for perfect data • Build a writing schedule • Submit and learn fast • Pick journals early Getting started is just that easy.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

3 days ago

The best local examples of research-life balance I’ve seen: • A mentor who never answered any email after 6pm • A chair who shielded junior faculty from admin • A friend who quit committees without guilt • A colleague who wrote 20 minutes daily Models worth studying.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

8 hours ago

The 4 pillars of a sustainable professor life: • Detach your worth from impact factors • Write consistently, not obsessively • Focus on progress, not prestige • Protect energy with real rest Simple, but most totally complicate it.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

2 hours ago

Avoid these mistakes as a beginner researcher: • Aiming only for high-impact journals first • Waiting for perfect resources • Ignoring feedback loops • Writing in isolation Dodge these issues and save yourself years of hassle.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

a day ago

Traits of the best early-career professors I know: • Strategic in choosing journals • Resourceful with small labs • Generous with coauthors • Fearless about rejection • Relentless about drafts Look around. You’ll see the successful ones share these.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

3 days ago

My early years as a Professor: Me in year 1: • Over-prepped every lecture • Said yes to every request • Drowned in admin Me in year 7: • Built systems to breathe • Saying no without guilt • Prep just enough A few years change everything. Stay the course.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

2 days ago

Stop trying to: • Perfect every slide • Be the go-to admin fixer • Join every shiny project Instead, focus on: • Protecting time for research and writing Reality bends to your own cosmos.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

5 hours ago

If you really want to publish now, stop stalling. Do these 5 things: 1. Choose writing over endless experiments 2. Choose drafting over waiting for funding 3. Choose submission over perfection 4. Choose persistence over prestige 5. Choose clarity over jargon Success is built…

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

6 hours ago

As an HCI researcher, you can be... policy advisor research lead technologist storyteller AI ethicist designer scientist founder teacher artist ...anything you want to be. Go design the world you want to live in.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

3 days ago

Academic goals you should strive for as a new professor: • Say yes only to compensated or strategic admin • Protect your teaching time without over-prep • Finish and submit papers consistently • Build a sustainable program identity Achieving these puts you in the top 1%.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

9 hours ago

It sounds harsh, but it’s true: your work will never feel good enough. Do whatever you have to do to publish anyway. Submit before you’re ready. Share before you’re certain. Defend before you feel done. Do whatever you have to do to prove that hesitation has never published a…

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

2 days ago

How resource constraints in publishing build unexpected strength: • You learn frugality in methods • You master collaboration hacks • You get resilient under rejection • You focus on meaningful questions • You sharpen writing to persuade harder Every researcher should…

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

a day ago

If you want to succeed as new faculty, practice boundary-setting everywhere: • In meetings • In classrooms • In committee emails • In hallway quick questions Don’t wait for the perfect time. Do it daily. Do it now.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

2 days ago

Three challenges you’ll face in your first faculty years: • Program duties without support • Teaching overload • Admin creep Push through these, and you’ll find your rhythm.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

3 days ago

The 3 biggest mistakes new professors make: • Leaving research for when I have time • Saying yes to every committee • Treating email like a to-do list Let’s fix them: • Say no to protect priorities • Write daily, even 20 min • Batch email This gets the job done.

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Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic

3 days ago

Professoring is like long-distance running: • Pacing beats sprinting • Small habits compound • No medal for burning out at mile 3 Maybe that’s why academia teaches you endurance more than smarts.