A scientist and an engineer being the change we want to see
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.
September 30, 2008
Category: publish or perish
I got a paper review back yesterday. More revisions. *Sigh.* The history of this paper is: this is part of one chapter of my dissertation. I revised it into a paper last fall. I submitted it the first time in...
Posted by Alice at 3:21 PM • 5 Comments •
September 29, 2008
Category: Scientiae
OMG, has it been a busy few days. I'm just starting the second shift of working today, after an 8-5:30 day of back-to-back meetings, and tomorrow will be all day in a workshop, but I need to share some updatey...
Posted by Alice at 7:21 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: women in science
I justed wanted to give a shout-out to my friends at YellowIbis.com, a science t-shirt shop. They specialize in wonderful shirts featuring all sorts of molecules (pick your favorite, they'll make it), sciencey one-liners, and "science varsity" shirts. Minnow and...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 8:35 AM • 7 Comments •
September 27, 2008
Category: ScienceWoman says...
Domestic goddess, I am definitely not. But I do love to bake, though it is rare that I get the occasion. So when I saw a couple of bananas getting too brown on the counter, I seized the opportunity. Banana...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 2:15 PM • 10 Comments •
September 24, 2008
Category: women in science
In all the excitement of our weekend travel, two important milestones went by unmentioned. Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of my Ph.D. defense, and the one year anniversary of my move from blogger to ScienceBlogs. In celebration of the latter,...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 3:59 PM • 44 Comments •
September 23, 2008
Category: motherhood
Are reading the cheeky and well-illustrated Dr. Isis? If so, you'll already know that she's well on her way to meeting her goal of being a domestic and laboratoy goddess. But I had to laugh when I caught with one...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 7:11 AM • 16 Comments •
September 22, 2008
Category: academic adventures
There are 999 messages in my inbox. An inordinately large number of them are flagged "urgent."
Posted by Alice at 3:24 PM • 19 Comments •
September 21, 2008
Category: ScienceWoman says...
About 20 Science bloggers and readers met at the North Carolina Zoo yesterday for a day of animals and fun. Minnow was the youngest, but not the only, child in attendance. And I think she was quite happy to meet...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 11:53 AM • 3 Comments •
September 20, 2008
Category: blogging
As announced, Steve Higgins of Of Two Minds and I are hosting a Millionth Comment party on behalf of Scienceblogs on September 27, starting at 7ish, at Jupiter Pizza in Champaign IL. Come join in, and the first round is...
Posted by Alice at 4:49 PM • 0 Comments •
September 18, 2008
Category: let's talk about solutions
Money is on my mind a lot this semester. First, there's the grant writing marathon. And then there's the personal budgetary shortfall. Without a second income, we run a several hundred dollar per month shortfall. I've trimmed the fat...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 7:43 AM • 70 Comments •
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