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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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Introduction
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The mid-tier courses
The upper-level courses
November 30, 2008
Category: motherhood
For the past 18-ish months, I have been nursing Baby Jane. For the last few months, we've been down to 1 nursing per day, in the mornings. I knew that I'd wean her eventually, sometime around the 18 month mark,...
Posted by Jane at 4:27 PM • 4 Comments •
November 24, 2008
Category: teaching
In the past week, I've had to have some uncomfortable conversations with students. In each case, the student is failing my class. (And we're not talking barely failing....we're talking obviously failing.) In each case, the student had no idea that...
Posted by Jane at 12:08 AM • 11 Comments •
November 17, 2008
Category: miscellania
I've been tagged for the 5 things meme by GirlPostdoc! And heck, this is way more entertaining than the oodles of work I should be doing, so here goes......
Posted by Jane at 10:32 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: work-life balance
Mr. Jane and I are so, so fortunate that we have good quality, affordable daycare for Baby Jane that we absolutely, positively love. It is so wonderful to drop Baby Jane off in the mornings and know that she is...
Posted by Jane at 1:16 AM • 18 Comments •
November 10, 2008
Category: tenure
Could somebody please explain to me why some senior faculty feel the need to treat the tenure process as a hazing?* Possible hypotheses: 1. These faculty members never quite got over the teasing and hijinks aimed at them in junior...
Posted by Jane at 11:41 PM • 9 Comments •
November 9, 2008
Category: work-life balance
So as you can probably tell, since I've gotten around to posting the Scientiae carnival, I'm feeling better. Well, I'm out of bed, at least, so that's something. I think it's going to be a long road back to feeling...
Posted by Jane at 12:15 PM • 6 Comments •
November 8, 2008
Category: scientiae
Hello, and welcome to the November edition of Scientiae! The month of October was filled with tricks and treats galore; costumes were donned, and a rollicking good time was had by all. Or at least most. Or some. Anyway, read...
Posted by Jane at 12:44 AM • 10 Comments •
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