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