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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.
November 20, 2009
Category: books
I am not in charge of SciWo's Storytime. Sure, it might look like I'm the one reading the books and operating the video camera, but Minnow exerts the ultimate executive authority as editor-in-chief. Some weeks no videos whatsoever are allowed...
Posted by SciWo at 6:23 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 17, 2009
Category: mentorship
Recently I had the opportunity to attend a talk by Gail Cassell, a member of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, and one of the authors of the NAS report Rising Above the Gathering Storm. Dr. Cassell is currently Vice...
Posted by SciWo at 10:19 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 15, 2009
Category: publish or perish
I even stole the title from Lady Scientist, because I am just that original these days. I spent the week teaching, advising, mothering, and making some progress on my InaDWriMo goals for the month. As of last week the goals...
Posted by SciWo at 6:23 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 13, 2009
Category: books
Three weeks ago, I had no idea who Knuffle Bunny was. Then one of our loyal readers and DonorsChoose philanthropists, requested the Mo Willems' book "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." Minnow seemed enthusiastic about the pigeon book, but...
Posted by SciWo at 6:39 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 12, 2009
Category: ask sciencewomen
From the mailbag: I have a Masters in Biology (from a 5 year BS/MS program) and for the past 4 years I've been working as a lab manager/technician. I have my own research project(s) in addition to keeping track of...
Posted by SciWo at 4:30 PM • 32 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 8, 2009
Category: academic adventures
I'm not going to apologize about lack of posting over the last month or so, and I'm not going to make any promises for the future. That said, here's what I'm up to for InaDWriMo this month. Here's what I...
Posted by SciWo at 3:59 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 6, 2009
Category: academic adventures
A few days ago I arrived at my office in the morning and was greeted with an unpleasant surprise...someone had scratched a cross into the bulletin board just outside my office door. (Apologies for the terrible cell-phone picture.) While I'm...
Posted by SciWo at 10:26 AM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: books
Taking a break from the science-y books and from the donor requests, this week Minnow and I want to share one of our new favorite books. This is the first book that we've checked out of the library that Minnow...
Posted by SciWo at 6:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 2, 2009
Category: Alice shares...
Folks, I don't know what to tell you. It's like I don't even remember how to blog anymore. I think I've posted 2 real posts in 2 months. I have ideas stacked up in my head for posts - a...
Posted by Alice at 7:26 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: blogging
WOOT! In the month of October, 33 Sciencewomen readers, with a little help from HP, donated $3612 to deserving public school students around the country. We funded projects in California, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,...
Posted by SciWo at 4:18 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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