My presentation on impostor syndrome in academia, from ResBaz Brisbane 2018.

1. qualified
reflections on feeling like an impostor in academia
dr kate davis | @katiedavis | digital life lab | university of southern queensland
i’m not
to give this talk

2. aboutme
what you need to know

3. neurotic
i’m going to sound
and
insecure

4. “a psychological pattern in which people doubt their
accomplishments and have a persistent,
often internalized fear of being exposed as a ‘fraud’”
impostor
syndrome
Impostor syndrome. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved June 6, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

5. rife
why it’s
in academia

6. academiclife
hashtag
– it’s changing

7. casualisation

8. competition
everything is a
and your job depends on winning

9. mixed
messages

10. perfectionism

11. over achievers
many academics are

12. my experience
who i am
what i do
has been shaped by
and

13. your time
it was before
[i’m young – or i was]

14. hearme
i am woman,
whisper
[i’m a woman – and i was a naïve one ]

15. ms davies
welcome aboard,
[i didn’t have a phd – and continued to be treated like it]

16. equal
disciplines
not all
are created
[i’m a social scientist working in a feminised discipline, previously in a stem faculty]

17. my experience
the stories
myself
has been shaped by
i tell

18. work
i’m not smart. i just
hard

19. smart
i’m not that kind of

20. lucky
i got

21. for me
what impostor
syndrome looks like

22. perfectionism

23. procrastination
paralysis
perfectionism leads to
and

24. overworking

25. anxiety
irrational, obsessive
– often at 2am

26. misfit
feeling like a

27. enough
feeling like i’m not

28. combattingimpostor syndrome
what you can do for yourself

29. tribe
find your

30. donelist
keep a running

31. reflect
pause,
plan and

32. thankyou
just say

33. values
know your own

34. mentalhealth
take care of your

35. asshole
don’t be an

36. combattingimpostor syndrome
what you can do for others

37. asshole
don’t be an

38. others’
celebrate
successesin visible ways

39. supportyour
tribe

40. yourself
be nice to

41. asshole
did i mention you
shouldn’t be an

42. hide
don’t
the effort or
the agony

43. dr kate davis | @katiedavis | digital life lab | university of southern queensland
questions