キャリアニュース2019年３月28～４月２日

At first, I was confused by the 17 exclamation points in the subject line of the email from my master's thesis committee member. But a crater formed in my stomach as I read the message. The professor wrote that he was offended and disappointed by our class graduation picture—an informal tradition in our environmental science program. Creative props are encouraged, and some fellow students and I had held up signs that read “Sustainability requires social justice” and “Dismantle white supremacy in the environmental movement.” These issues were part of why I was pursuing these studies; highlighting them was important to me. But so was graduating in a few weeks, which would be in jeopardy if this professor didn't give me a passing grade on my thesis. ![Figure][1]</img> ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER To make matters worse, he had sent the email to my other committee members, my advisers, an assistant dean, and nearly a dozen of my classmates. I was terrified. I had never viewed my advoc