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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.
July 31, 2009
Category: what did they say about "balance," again?
Abel, host of the next edition of Scientiae, has asked us how we balance our summer "musts" and "needs" (work and play). I think I've come up with a personally satisfactory answer to that question: lazy summer mornings. During the...
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Category: SciWo says...
I need some new teaching shoes for fall semester. My trustworthy, if utilitarian, Keens always look incongruous with the feminine tailoring I prefer for my teaching/meeting outfits. Plus, my black Keens are a bit too big for my feet, since...
Posted by SciWo at 8:08 AM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 30, 2009
Category: SciWo says...
If she lives in New Jersey, she might be. Because apparently, refusing a C-section (and then successfully vaginally delivering a healthy baby) and acting "combative" "erratic" and "noncompliant" during labor is considered child abuse and neglect and is grounds for...
Posted by SciWo at 12:34 PM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 27, 2009
Category: SciWo says...
Two months ago, at the beginning of the summer, I asked Dr. Isis, the goddess of all things domestic and laboratory, for some fashion advice. My problem was one of hot outside-cold inside - which is pretty unappealing when referring...
Posted by SciWo at 3:35 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: academic adventures
Plagiarizing from Profgrrrrl, the translation would be "Oh Shit, I must write! week." In a week and a half, I'm going out of town for a week and a half. In between now and when I get back, there are...
Posted by SciWo at 2:43 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SciWo says...
Sprinklers. Wading pools. Picnics. Dogs. Playing with Minnow. Hanging out with good friends. The hallmarks of well-spent summer weekends. Just don't forget the cucumbers... One day's worth of cucumbers, after a few days of rain. This picture was from a...
Posted by SciWo at 7:08 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 25, 2009
Category: Alice shares...
Folks, I know my blogging has been near non-existent recently. I've just come back from yet another workshop (this time on engineering and identity - v. cool) and tomorrow we head out on vacation. We're camping across the country, then...
Posted by Alice at 8:40 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: women in society
This slim novel by author Bi Feiyu takes the reader inside the world of the Peking Opera, after the Cultural Revolution and at the dawn of capitalism in China. Xiao Yanqui rashly lost her place in the opera company just...
Posted by SciWo at 4:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2009
Category: care and feeding of graduate students
To recap, I'm prepping a new graduate level course on experimental design and data analysis (EDDA) that will serve MS and PhD students from geosciences and civil and environmental engineering. I've been working through the SERC course design tutorial, and...
Posted by SciWo at 6:57 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 23, 2009
Category: earning that PhD
Can you spare 50 minutes to help out a graduate student desperate for research participants? If so, please read below: Dear all, Within the context of my PhD project at Philips Research and Eindhoven University of Technology, I am developing...
Posted by SciWo at 2:23 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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