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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
The intro courses
The intro courses, part 2
The mid-tier courses
The upper-level courses
January 31, 2009
Category: gender
I'd really like a do-over on this week. This was probably the least productive, worst week I've had in a long, long time. It started with this lovely incident, and went downhill from there. Astute readers may recall that I...
Posted by Jane at 10:34 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 26, 2009
Category: gender
Long time readers of my old blog may remember that earlier in my career at my institution, I was the recipient of a number of harassing phone calls. And that the resolution of these calls was largely unsatisfying. But it's...
Posted by Jane at 11:24 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2009
Category: work-life balance
I did something this weekend that, to be honest, I'm not sure I could afford to do: I took the entire weekend off. Now, lest you get the wrong idea, I have a ton of work that I could be...
Posted by Jane at 9:52 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 20, 2009
Category: tenure
Text messages from numbers I don't recognize. One of them was creepy enough to put me on edge for the rest of the day. This is especially annoying because I don't have a text plan, so I end up...
Posted by Jane at 11:45 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 14, 2009
Category: research
I've been in a situation this week where I've had to give my elevator pitch about my research quite a few times to quite a few people. Now, I have the standard spiel that I give, with various tweaks depending...
Posted by Jane at 12:30 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 11, 2009
Category: teaching
I am fortunate in that in general, I deal with very few grade-grubbing students. Way back when I was a brand-new assistant professor at my current institution, I dealt with quite a bit of grade-grubbing, along with a host of...
Posted by Jane at 10:22 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 7, 2009
Category: blogging
I just found out about this very cool idea, a sort of a call to arms to address those old, tired statements "where are the women in tech? why aren't there any women in tech? there are no women in...
Posted by Jane at 9:47 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 3, 2009
Category: tenure
For a few years now, rather than making new year's resolutions, I've been doing new year's themes. I've found it more rewarding to go with the theme idea, which is more like a principle for living one's life and guiding...
Posted by Jane at 12:00 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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