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A scientist and an engineer being the change we want to see
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.
SciWo is an assistant professor of geosciences. She blogs about the intersection of science and real life - primarily based on her first-hand experiences. Her older posts can be found here.
December 31, 2008
Category: Alice shares...
I'm finding the thing I need the most is a break from my computer. A break from emails saying I should do things, a break from my overflowing calendar, a break from long-overdue papers. So I'm doing other things instead....
Posted by Alice at 1:07 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 29, 2008
Category: women in science
This news is a bit old, but I'm still excited about, so I thought I'd share with others who may not have heard. Jane Lubchenco, an honest-to-goodness-working-mommy-scientist, is going to be the nominee for the next head of the National...
Posted by SciWo at 12:50 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 28, 2008
Category: books
I have a dream that one day, academics--both men and women--will be able to take time to go the mountain top--or just the hill in the local park, or even a slope on campus--and cherish watching their toddlers roll down,...
Posted by SciWo at 3:04 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 27, 2008
Category: SciWo says...
There's quite the discussion going on over at Dr. Isis's house about different approaches to feminism and how the actions and choices of mothers and others do or do not conform to particular feminist philosophies. I made a comment early...
Posted by SciWo at 3:17 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 26, 2008
Category: publish or perish
Three papers, an introductory chapter and some broad conclusions. Those are the ingredients of a Ph.D. dissertation in it's simplest form. That recipe doesn't tell you anything about all the blood, sweat, tears, and sleepless nights that go into those...
Posted by SciWo at 3:39 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 23, 2008
Category: in the news
Last night on the News Hour, essayist Nancy Gibbs read another good essay about the confluence of the holiday season with the current economic collapse. Read it here; listen to it here....
Posted by Alice at 2:08 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: what did they say about "balance," again?
It's December 23rd, grades are in, my daughter is in daycare, Christmas shopping still needs to be done, and I'm working on a review for a journal. What's wrong with me? Shouldn't I be enjoying the break between semesters? Why...
Posted by SciWo at 12:27 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Alice shares...
I'm sitting at my desk at home, feeling the cold air blowing through the window, and watching the birds eat at the bird-feeder. I submitted the last of our grades yesterday, including one for a student who hasn't attended class...
Posted by Alice at 10:22 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 21, 2008
Category: SciWo says...
It's the end of the year, and I'm feeling a bit reflective. (I'm also avoiding a daunting between-semesters to-do list. When will I manage to take a break?) In a recent comment thread, Female Engineering Professor commented: I often find...
Posted by SciWo at 10:43 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 20, 2008
Category: conference chatter
Don't tell my university administrators, but sharing my latest science results is only a tiny fraction of the reason to go to a conference like AGU. Even hearing the latest and greatest science is not the entire reason. This is...
Posted by SciWo at 3:18 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
