Gone to seed
Category: Pawley pix
Probably what our yard looks like right now......
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Sciencewomen
A scientist and an engineer being the change we want to see
Profiles
ScienceWoman is an assistant professor in -ology. She blogs about the intersection of science and real life - primarily based on her first-hand experiences. Her older posts can be found here.
Alice Pawley is an assistant professor of engineering education at Purdue University. She blogs at the intersection of women's studies and engineering, a pretty empty space but with potential to grow. She wants to be a feminist-but-tenured professor when she grows up.
Recent Posts
- Ask Sciencewomen: what should I look for in a graduate school?
- A belated happy 4th of July!
- In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- Ask Sciencewomen revisited: Not giving up this "silly scientist stuff" just because I'm going to have a baby.
- My progress towards tenure: a self assessment
- Bloggy goodness
- On the value of finding time for one's self while conferencing
- Moving on to Delft
- Silence is the Enemy: More unspoken stories
- Hallo from Amsterdam!
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Ask Sciencewomen
- Not giving up this "silly science stuff" just because I am going to have a baby
- What are your work hours? Can I be a professor part time?
- Part-time post-docs
- Do you give a gift to your advisor when you defend?
- Blogging on grad school decision-making
- Optimizing publications for a PhD student
- Negotiating "beer with the guys" on a job interview
Manifestos
- Science Woman's revolution looks like this
- Yes, but what does Alice *do*?
- The personal is political, and so Alice blogs as herself
Teaching-related quandries
Grant Newbie
Academia Schmacademia
- What are you good at? Part I Part II
- On spring break, real faculty work at home
- Wanted: "Culture of collegiality"
- Negotiating the "illegal questions" on an academic job interview
- Little Red Hens find their own peer mentors
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May 31, 2008
May 29, 2008
How hard do academics with kids really have it compared to the rest of the working world?
Category: link love
So I meant to have a nice post today addressing Ecogeofemme's challenge of describing how we write papers/proposals, but I haven't actually managed to do any writing today like I was supposed to. Instead, I am going to point out...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 4:35 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 27, 2008
A few notes on our summer programming
Category: goal setting
It's the day after Memorial Day - time to admit that it's summer. Time to resign myself to well-meaning neighbors who ask: "So, are you teaching this summer or do you have it off?" And it's time to let you...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 1:19 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Red azaleas
Category: Pawley pix
Wonder if these will look as good when we get back? I love those early purple azaleas too, am hoping we can get some for our mudpit garden......
Posted by Alice at 8:51 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 25, 2008
Bleeding hearts
Category: Pawley pix
Yep, that's pretty much me - a bleeding heart. I should be on the boat to Isle Royale by now......
Posted by Alice at 1:32 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 23, 2008
Making a clean getaway
I'm going to Isle Royale. On vacation. With no Internets.
Posted by Alice at 1:07 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Perish the paper
Category: publish or perish
On a day when I am feeling increasingly dismal about the publication prospects of my current project, my mood was not lightened with the arrival of the table of contents for the current issue of a very high impact journal...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 12:21 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 21, 2008
Please send good vibes to my small friend Annika
Category: Alice shares...
My small friend Anni, on the left wearing the crown in this Christmas photo (with her sister Frankie) is 7. She is waiting for her third liver transplant. Last week, she was taken from our town to Chicago in an...
Posted by Alice at 11:10 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Winding down the first year, but am I really up to speed?
Category: academic adventures
I've just come out of a general positive annual review meeting with my departmental chair and it seems like an appropriate time to take stock of the year and think about where I am heading. At the end of my...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 2:50 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 19, 2008
Mother and Child Reunion
Category: mommy monday
With all the hullabaloo over the Intel ISEF, I haven't managed to tell you about my homecoming from my trip without Minnow. When I left the subject last, I was about to go to bed on my night alone in...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 8:48 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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