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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: Pawley pix
Okay. I've been back a week now, and am getting myself a little recombobulated, so now it's time to jump back in to blogging. Thanks for your patience while I've been offline. Our trip out west was phenomenal. As I've...
Posted by Alice at 10:02 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: in the news
I'm back. In person, and online. And not all that thrilled about it, but I'll cope. ;-) I'll regale you with updates on our fab trip out west, and on how my fall is shaking out, including teaching and research...
Posted by Alice at 7:35 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: travel
Dear asshat, When you are only carrying a small garment bag and attache case, and you encounter a mother struggling into the airport parking deck elevator with a toddler in hand, giant carseat over one shoulder, suitcase rolling behind and...
Posted by SciWo at 12:28 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: conference chatter
A. Non Mouse, who blogs over at NaCl and hv, has just written a great series of posts about her strategies for successfully bringing a baby to a conference. Check out her how-to posts on childcare, transportation, gear, and accommodations....
Posted by SciWo at 12:12 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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: engineering education
I'm off visiting a set of archives for the rest of this week - Karen Tonso and I are trying to cook up a cool research idea (to expand into a manuscript) about engineering and identity in relation to this...
Posted by Alice at 8:01 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: conference chatter
When I first started to go to conferences, I couldn't see what people saw in them. I didn't know anyone, I thought lots of the sessions were boring, and I found the whole thing overly stressful to deal with. Then...
Posted by Alice at 5:11 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: travel
I'm in Amsterdam, we're having a great time, I'm totally jet lagged, and I have decided I love Dutch coffee. Thanks for the advice on things to do - my best decision so far was not biking. Here are some...
Posted by Alice at 4:39 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: conference chatter
Okay, so I have recovered from my visit to Washington, and my first JAM conference. Here are some highlights that are more edited than my lame live-blogging post is. ;-)...
Posted by Alice at 10:23 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: conference chatter
At JAM last week, a really useful session was conducted by Nakeina Douglas, an assistant professor in the L Douglass Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth. She also is involved in the Grace E Harris Leadership...
Posted by Alice at 4:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
