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.
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
September 30, 2008
Category: computer science
OK, I think I've finally figured out what my schedule looks like for Grace Hopper (with all the logistics going on, you'd think we were trying to move the pope or something) and I have some possible meet-up times. (I...
Posted by Jane at 10:43 PM • 6 Comments •
September 24, 2008
Category: computer science
Anyone up for a meetup at the Grace Hopper Conference? Anyone? Bueller?
Posted by Jane at 11:32 PM • 3 Comments •
September 23, 2008
Category: computer science
This year, our department (finally! finally! after years of wheedling/wishing/hoping/pleading) is seriously discussing issues of retention, recruitment, and climate. I'll have much more to say on this later. But for now, I want to focus on an interesting side discussion...
Posted by Jane at 10:15 PM • 19 Comments •
September 16, 2008
Category: work-life balance
Well, so much for the year of being in balance, and so much for keeping my life in control. It's still relatively early in the school year, and I am already completely overwhelmed. I've been up since 5am today. At...
Posted by Jane at 10:47 PM • 3 Comments •
September 10, 2008
Category: miscellania
I saw this meme over at Adventures in Ethics and Science: The Vegetarian's Hundred, a veggie-flavored response to the recent Omnivore's Hundred meme. I'm going to play by Janet's rules, which are: [original] If you want to play along, here's...
Posted by Jane at 10:40 PM • 2 Comments •
September 8, 2008
Category: motherhood
For reasons that I don't even pretend to understand, Baby Jane has entered an extreme Mommy Attachment phase. Most of the time, she's her normal, independent toddler self. The rest of the time, she apparently feels some strong need to...
Posted by Jane at 9:49 PM • 3 Comments •
September 3, 2008
Category: work-life balance
In which our heroine attempts the impossible: achieving a "balanced" life, pre-tenure, during the school year.
Posted by Jane at 11:20 PM • 2 Comments •
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