Sciencewomen
A scientist and an engineer being the change we want to see
Profiles
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.
Recent Posts
- Ask Sciencewomen: what should I look for in a graduate school?
- A belated happy 4th of July!
- In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- Ask Sciencewomen revisited: Not giving up this "silly scientist stuff" just because I'm going to have a baby.
- My progress towards tenure: a self assessment
- Bloggy goodness
- On the value of finding time for one's self while conferencing
- Moving on to Delft
- Silence is the Enemy: More unspoken stories
- Hallo from Amsterdam!
Recent Comments
- Katie on My progress towards tenure: a self assessment
- Comrade PhysioProf on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- JD on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- rx1 zayıflama on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- Comrade PhysioProf on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- Jason Dick on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- Rick Pikul on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- D. C. Sessions on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- David on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
- Kate on In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment
Ask Sciencewomen
- Not giving up this "silly science stuff" just because I am going to have a baby
- What are your work hours? Can I be a professor part time?
- Part-time post-docs
- Do you give a gift to your advisor when you defend?
- Blogging on grad school decision-making
- Optimizing publications for a PhD student
- Negotiating "beer with the guys" on a job interview
Manifestos
- Science Woman's revolution looks like this
- Yes, but what does Alice *do*?
- The personal is political, and so Alice blogs as herself
Teaching-related quandries
Grant Newbie
Academia Schmacademia
- What are you good at? Part I Part II
- On spring break, real faculty work at home
- Wanted: "Culture of collegiality"
- Negotiating the "illegal questions" on an academic job interview
- Little Red Hens find their own peer mentors
Archives
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
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- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
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About ScienceWoman
I'm an assistant professor in -Ology at Mystery University in Mystery City. I'm mother to Minnow, wife to Fish, and daughter to ScienceGrandma. I mostly blog about my experiences as a woman scientist struggling to balance the demands of academia and a family. I blog because when I was a graduate student contemplating the future, I felt isolated and alone in my ambitions to do good research and be a good mother/wife/person. I don't want other young scientists to feel that way.
The views expressed on this blog are solely my own and in no way should they be taken as the opinions of Mystery University or of Scienceblogs.
About Alice Pawley
I'm an assistant professor in the super-cool School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. I'm an engineer, but a comparatively weird engineer: a feminist, radical, social justice-y engineer. In my research, I combine theoretical frameworks from women's studies, sociology, science and technology studies to apply to the study of engineering and engineering education - I like to think of my work as feminist engineering research.
I'm also a local foodie, and a granola-y vegetarian cook and gardener trying to make a smaller carbon footprint. I'm a Mac person, a hiker and camper, a not-very-good sailor, a not-very-good-but-at-least-in-tune singer, and a photographer. I'm also married, no kids. My husband used to have an academic position in another state; now we've worked the spousal hiring system a little to get him a job at Purdue.
I blogged pseudonymously from the spring of 2006 until I started blogging under my own name here in February 2008. I used to blog because I was writing my dissertation alone in the city my husband worked in, not where my group or peers were, and I was trying to connect with others with the same interests.
My work website is here.
The views expressed on my part of the blog are my own and should not be taken as the opinion of the School of Engineering Education or Purdue University.
