dr. alicia andrzejewski (she/her)
@aliciaandrz
shakespeare prof | cat lady | @CUNY alum | words in @LAReviewofBooks, @huffpost, @bostonglobe, @chronicle, @lithub, @AmericanTheatre, etc.
hi new followers! I know you’re here for kitty pictures but I’m a Shakespeare prof at William & Mary & a public scholar, writing on everything from early modern abortion to serpent handling. I post about my sobriety journey, pedagogy, motherhood, mental illness, & more. welcome!
Reading this tweet on my for you page and checking the display name and realizing a former teacher of mine got a hit tweet. Shoutout to the Convent of Pleasure which I never would have read without her class.
a few years ago I had a student that hated me so much it radiated off her. she wanted a prof to perform expertise & authority & that’s just not me. on the last day of class she came up to me & said “I’m scared you’ll give me less than an A because you know that I don’t like you.”
strangers: “well maybe the student is right & you are a terrible professor.” me:
90 weeks sober today. in lieu of a selfie please accept this picture of my cat.
can’t post the usual selfies because my eyes are all swollen up from corneal ulcers so here’s my beautiful hand.
the little grey one has claimed my husband’s office chair. what’s even cuter is how reluctant he is to move her.
people will find a reason to get mad at anything I post here. except:
this past semester I had one student say it was the best course they’ve ever taken & another say I shouldn’t be allowed to teach it ever again lol
I kept my last name (Andrzejewski) & gave it to my daughter. I’m proud of it. I’m proud my great-grandparents didn’t change it to make it more palatable & I love that my mother gave me a first & middle name to go with it. if my husband insisted I change it, I wouldn’t marry him.
sometimes i get sad that my last name wont be my last name anymore