Dr. Krista Kay Bresock (she/her)

I’m where I am today & I got thru the most bonkers bullshit (to put it lightly) because of my sobriety. I’m a better sister, daughter, teacher, skater, mathematician, person because of my sobriety. How did I do it? One day at a time & with the love & support of family/friends. ❤️

Year 11 challenged me in ways I never fathomed that I would/could be challenged. But I stayed sober. In fact, I absolutely could not have risen to (and surpassed) those challenges had I been drinking/using. It’s really hard to put this stuff into words lol. All I know is that…

Absolutely loved writing this piece for @Nature about how you’re never too old to get a PhD. Meet some amazing people who made it happen in their 30s, 40s, and beyond. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Hey strangers! The amazing @lizlandau wrote a story for Nature magazine about people who finish their PhDs later in life, & I’m in it! It features some of my kickass skate park grad photoshoot pics, & I’m so humbled to be a part of something like this! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Provost Office salaries increased by over $300,000 from FY 19 to FY 24, per results of WVU’s administrative review. Multiple college-level reviews revealed understaffing and reinvestment needs following salary and operating budget reductions. thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/a…

Morgantown and #WVU folks, join us May 8, 7-9pm at 131 Pleasant Street to celebrate and mourn all the great folks our university and our community are losing. Thanks to @123pleasant

Someone just screamed out of their car window KRISTA I LOVE YOU!!! It was a former Differential Equations student and can I just say FUCK W*VU for making me question my love for this job.

As an eloquent colleague just said: “This really kind of sums it all up. WVU patting themselves on the back for great workplace culture with evidence being a company awarding them for pushing their product down employees throats more than any other institution has.” Link below👇

I have had the honor of getting to know @taylordelong18 and having her in several classes. She represents what is best about #WestVirginia, and WVU is driving her out of state thanks to #academicdecimation.

@anniek_p Yes I’ve been meaning to read Jemisin! And I have read the monk and robot series and I am fiending for more!!! Those were so wholesome and heartwarming 🥰

I have 11 audible credits that I need to spend before tomorrow!!! Give me your favorite sci-fi books/series. I love hard/psychological Sci-fi. I’ve already read Expanse series, 3-body prob series, collapsing empire series (Scalzi), Children of Time series. The weirder the better!

Alright here we go again! The illusion of power! I will do my damndest to rage against the machine from the inside! I think I’m gonna get a shirt made that says OK BUT HOW DOES THIS HELP STUDENTS??? and wear it to every senate meeting. Thoughts?

Admin: Class sizes will NOT be increased! Fall semester schedule: Lol (Many 40-person calculus classes are weirdly located in 60-80 person classrooms for fall) (Ask me about the big renovation to a building that produced lots of 40-person calc classrooms that now sits empty)

@blowupscheme I have a sneaking suspicion that for my institution, it has to do with cutting costs associated with, you know, being a functional university.

I am giving a required evening exam in a building where all the exterior doors are locked. I have a TA posted at a door to let students in. Solid decision-making to start locking all building doors at absolutely ridiculous times EVEN WHEN THERE IS NIGHTTIME TESTING. Big 🧠 energy

@dannytotz What the actual fuck

Although “50 deans” is ridiculous. You come up with all sorts of titles. Unrelated: purpose.wvu.edu/work-groups

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The University spent $350k on roundtrip charter flights to Charleston, West Virginia, in 2023, expending nearly 40 times the cost to drive per trip. Read more: thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/a…

@samuelt22223 I’m exactly the person I present on Twitter lol … I’m an open book, heart on sleeve, the whole deal

I’ve been away from Twitter for a while but I dropped back in to complain about my work situation, so I wanted to also drop back in to say that I’m still sober (10 years, 5 months) but I’m back in the Rooms. It’s been several years but it’s time I get back to it. (10 year coin!)

I’m getting back in the Rooms, working those steps, and maybe eventually being a sponsor. Sober holidays are hard, but the other path leads to destruction (this is not an exaggeration). I’m not drinking/using with you today. #RecoveryPosse

Hardest times of my life have me feeling an assortment of feels that need to be examined and dissected, and nothing helps more than a community that knows exactly what I’m going through. It’s not a weakness, it’s being proactive and resourceful. Words are nothing w/o actions so