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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.
Category: basic concepts
One of our research projects for ADVANCE involves doing a survey of people at Purdue asking them about their experience of Purdue's "climate." We're working on developing the survey, but one of the things we're finding interesting is that people's...
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Category: basic concepts
A good friend and colleague of mine, Alisha Wallers recently sent me an email about a new company she has founded. She used to be a mainstay of the feminist engineering education group until she "retired" to spend more time...
Posted by Alice at 7:55 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: blogging
While many of you are thinking about issues related to blogging and interviewing, let's take this opportunity to have a more constructive conversation on benefits and pitfalls of blogging while on the job market. Warning: I want the discussion in...
Posted by SciWo at 4:47 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: academic adventures
How to answer the "are you married?" and "do you have kids?" questions on an interview.
Posted by Alice at 5:21 PM • 61 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: basic concepts
Noted the other day when Minnow was puzzling. It's a good thing she can't read yet....
Posted by SciWo at 7:43 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: basic concepts
Let's talk engineering philosophy, shall we?
Posted by Alice at 7:14 AM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: women in science
Some of the comments to this post brought up the topic of implicit gender bias, and I thought the time might be ripe for a couple of pointers on the subject. Although I'm changing the context a little (from ethics...
Posted by Alice at 10:57 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: basic concepts
It's mid-January and you are probably contemplating whether we'll get another snow day this week. Or maybe you are thinking about your upcoming ski trip? Or how you'll pay your heating bills? any case, winter is probably on your mind....
Posted by SciWo at 7:59 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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