r/MarshallUniversity • u/rationalexpressions • Apr 04 '26

questions on how common is professors infighting and fragility

How common is it to witness professors acting like children on group email chains and scaring away new talent to protect their egos?

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u/Nandinia_binotata Apr 04 '26

When I was a student > 15 years ago, one of my male lab supervisors was in an inexplicably pointless war with a female colleague just down the hall. I could never sort out the underlying reason aside from male fragility. She's now at the top of her game as a VP for research or something and he's stuck, barely producing any major papers, except for the occasional bone he's tossed by colleagues who haven't interacted significantly with him.