<p dir="ltr">This cartoon illustrates eight emotional stages of presenting a research poster, from initial excitement to final acceptance. It humorously captures the thoughts and reactions of an academic during a poster session.</p>
Creation date
2016-03-09AltText
Eight panels showing stick figures experiencing different poster-presentation emotions.Transcript
8 Stage of Academic Poster Presentations
1 - Pride
It's amazing! I think I might even glitter the text!
2 - Nerves
The session has been open 10 minutes and nobody has come to see me yet. Oh no oh no oh no oh no.
3 - Enthusiasm
Hi there, do you have a minute to hear about my entire PhD? I might even show you a graph I made. You can spare a while, right?
4 - Boredom
Ugh, my back hurts. Maybe I could take a nap? I guess I should at least pretend to read my poster.
5 - Passive Aggression
Huh, so nobody wants to talk to me. Well I didn't want to talk to them anyway. I hope they all fail their PhDs.
6 - Aggression
Stop reading that one! It's obviously rubbish. Look at mine instead. How long this session is.
7 - Pleading
Pleeeeease read my poster! I worked so hard on this.
8 - Acceptance
I guess it's poster time.
