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.
October 31, 2008
Category: Alice shares...
I've been tagged twice to tell you 6 random things about me. Here are the rules: The RulesLink to the person who tagged you.Post the rules on your blog.Write 6 random things about yourself.Tag 6 people at the end of...
Posted by Alice at 6:36 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: publish or perish
My colleague Donna Riley just sent me a way-cool call for papers: inclusive science, for a special issue of the National Women's Studies Association Journal. Get your writing hats on -- papers are due January 15! The rest of the...
Posted by Alice at 3:48 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Scientiae
I'm hoping it's not the effect of the Halloweeny season, but Jane's edition of the November Scientiae will be delayed. Because she has pneumonia. Please don't take this as indicative of a curse on Scientiae hosts. But do take...
Posted by Alice at 8:31 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: science education
It's the very last day of our DonorsChoose Reader Challenge for 2008. I just want to say how amazed I am by the generosity of our readers. I'm particularly proud that we have far more donors than many of our...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 3:50 AM • 1 Comments •
October 29, 2008
Category: ScienceWoman says...
It's one of those days where it is now almost 4 pm and I have yet to get working on tomorrow morning's lecture. I'm also going to miss a self-imposed deadline to get a draft out to a collaborator....
Posted by ScienceWoman at 3:39 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: women in science
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to come to a day-long workshop hosted by the Association of Women in Science at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis. Below are some snippets on things I learned, for better or worse....
Posted by Alice at 8:53 AM • 9 Comments •
October 28, 2008
Category: blogging
Picking up on a meme for which I've been tagged by ScientistMother, I'm going to add my own little twist, and do six random facts along a common theme....
Posted by ScienceWoman at 9:00 AM • 4 Comments •
October 27, 2008
Category: women in science
I sporadically get press releases from organizations trying to promote themselves to our readers. This time, I'm actually going to manage to post it in a timely fashion. The Feminist Press with IBM have just launched UnderTheMicroscope.com, a new site...
Posted by ScienceWoman at 8:53 PM • 0 Comments •
I'm very very behind on blogging. I have two conferences to write up for you, 3 blogs to share with you, and 3 update posts. But I have another migraine. So they will have to wait. But feel free to...
Posted by Alice at 4:35 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: philanthropy
This is it, folks - we're coming round into the home stretch of DonorsChoose, with one week left in October. And there is some great news - ScienceBlogs has decided to donate FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS to Donors Choose, distributed among...
Posted by Alice at 9:27 AM • 0 Comments •
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