Alice Pawley is an assistant professor of 
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 
Hi there. Long time, no see. I've been busy doing work, having fun, and remembering to celebrate the good things in my life. Here's what's been happening in the past week:
- Monday: I got to see a beautiful new place.
- Tuesday: My flights home proceeded smoothly.
- Wednesday: My daughter woke me up by laughing in her sleep.
- Thursday: My PhD student passed hir orals/comps.
- Friday: My undergraduate student presented hir first poster and won an honorable mention in the campus undergraduate research conference.
- Today: Minnow, Princess Pup and I spent a lovely morning walking in the woods.
We're into the final few weeks of the semester, I've got a bunch of work to do before I am free of it, so blogging will continue to be light for a while. Hope all is going well for all of you.
Education & Careers
Comments
What's "hir"?
Posted by: Comrade PhysioProf | April 18, 2009 5:56 PM
Congrats to your PhD student and undergrad student! You must be very proud :D
Posted by: MCH | April 18, 2009 6:36 PM
His/her-- love it!
Posted by: unbalanced reaction | April 18, 2009 7:37 PM
yeah, the 'hir' threw me for a loop for a second. I thought the first one was a typo, but when I saw it again, I figured it out. I like it. Clever :)
Posted by: Amber S | April 18, 2009 9:17 PM
Hir is not a unique construction/obfustication. I see it in several other forums as well and decided it was simply the easiest way to provide some disguise for talking about students.
Posted by: ScienceWoman | April 18, 2009 9:28 PM
Glad you had some good highlights in your week!
Posted by: Alice | April 19, 2009 1:00 PM
Hey,
I really need some women that are interested in science to come add to my blog. Lately, I have been writing about biological basis of behavior issues and most of my readership has become male. They tend to disagree with me most of the time. I would like a better balance of perspectives, so if this blog is going to light, come to my place!
feministx.blogspot.com
Posted by: Feministx | April 19, 2009 3:00 PM
Being woken by your daughter's laughter--that's great.
Posted by: Lilian Nattel | April 19, 2009 5:15 PM
not to stray off topic, but holy shit Feministx, I go to your site, hoping to see something interesting and what do I see....you being a frickin' racist idiot with a post about how ugly aborigines are. wow...really great blog you have there. You state:
"I don't like to be a racist, but are they really that hideous in general?
I don't believe the women of any other race are categorically ugly, but I have to be honest here, they look borderline deformed. Like mothers of orks or something."
I think I know who the hideous person is Feministx.
Posted by: rb | April 20, 2009 8:26 PM
Before anyone goes off on Feministx or rb, note this post:
http://scienceblogs.com/sciencewoman/2009/04/a_feminist_or_not_a_feminist_a.php
Posted by: Alice | April 20, 2009 10:37 PM
I love the image of Minnow waking you up by laughing in her sleep. :)
Posted by: Kim Hannula | April 22, 2009 1:57 PM