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Jane is an assistant professor in a computing field, and a new mother. Join her as she navigates the tenure track, deals with gender issues, figures out how to be a parent, and tries to have some semblance of a life.

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Blogging about teaching: the miniseries
Introduction
The intro courses
The intro courses, part 2
The mid-tier courses
The upper-level courses

Stuff I should probably be working on:
Journal paper #1 -- submitted, under review
Journal paper #2 -- being retooled, 60% complete
Journal paper #3 -- publication pending!
Easy conference paper -- experiments completed, need to start writing!
Next stage work -- preliminary experiments complete
Cool extension -- preliminary data gathered

July 22, 2008

Life with a toddler

Category: motherhood

It's been a while since I've done an official Baby Jane update. In fact, I don't think I've done a proper one since I migrated over from the old site! Time flies. So, what is Baby Jane (now Toddler Jane,...

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July 18, 2008

Summertime, and the living is definitely not easy

Category: research

Where is my summer?? I thought once July hit and the busyness of June subsided that I'd actually have time to, you know, maybe, relax a bit. Ha! This has been a particularly busy week. The good news is that...

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July 10, 2008

Discussion question: Transparency in teaching

Category: teaching

I've been doing some on-and-off thinking lately about teaching (summer is a great time for that, away from the pressure of the school year). One of the things I've specifically been thinking about is the idea of "transparency". I'm curious...

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July 3, 2008

An update on my mental state

Category: work-life balance

Rather than responding to all of the comments on my last post (and thanks once again---really, you all have done so much to help put me in a better mental state than I've been in in a while!), I thought...

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