I am a Psychology graduate from India. I am writing this blog to talk about who I describe as the malevolent lords of academia – toxic professors, and how to cope with them.

In my opinion, succeeding in academia is difficult with the cut-throat competition and the discrimination against candidates from marginalized communities, even without toxic professors and lab members. 

My expectations of academia were low based on the experiences of previous students, especially those with disabilities and/or Asian students, who had often faced accessibility issues and racism in being selected for research labs, conference travel grants, etc. 

However, I, unfortunately, encountered toxic professors. With these incidents, my respect for academia sadly plummeted, which I didn’t even know was possible because it was already at rock bottom.     

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