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
October 30, 2008
Category: work-life balance
So the last time we heard from our heroine, she was battling the evil germ invasion. But that was over a week ago. What's happened? Has our heroine successfully fought off the germs, brought balance and rest back to her...
Posted by Jane at 12:38 PM • 10 Comments •
October 23, 2008
Category: work-life balance
If you get very little sleep for several weeks running, ... and work under extremely stressful conditions (like, oh, say, tenure review), ... and fail to take time for yourself to recharge, ... and hang out with germy people, like...
Posted by Jane at 10:15 PM • 6 Comments •
October 16, 2008
Category: tenure
How I would have liked to spend my day today: 8:30am-noon: Work on research noon-1: Lunch with colleagues 1-3:30: Work on class prep/grading 3:30-4:30: Coffee w/ friends 4:30-5ish: Minor work tasks: email, update to-do lists, more grading What my day...
Posted by Jane at 10:55 PM • 1 Comments •
October 14, 2008
Category: scientiae
So I'm hosting the November edition of Scientiae, and I just put up the call for posts. Please consider contributing something for the carnival! Posts are due no later than 11:59pm EST Thursday, October 30....
Posted by Jane at 10:28 PM • 0 Comments •
October 13, 2008
Category: work-life balance
1. Baby Jane, who is one of the world's best sleepers, woke herself up coughing last night, then decided that if she was up, then the rest of us should be, too. 2. Which culminated in a 4am full-blown, all-out...
Posted by Jane at 10:13 PM • 2 Comments •
October 9, 2008
Category: miscellania
A week or so ago, I was telling Mr. Jane about a dream I had. In the dream, one of my colleagues had found my blog, but was totally cool with it---gushing over it, telling me I should "definitely include...
Posted by Jane at 9:34 PM • 5 Comments •
October 5, 2008
Category: computer science
That's the best way to describe how I feel right now: it was a whirlwind trip to GHC (did it seem to anyone else like the schedule was just CRAMMED FULL this year?), and I'm mentally and physically exhausted. I'm...
Posted by Jane at 1:45 AM • 4 Comments •
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