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The adventures of a woman in computing.
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
Category: mentoring
I probably should have noticed the warning signs about my graduate program earlier---like, in the first week, when I went to meet my temporary assigned advisor and he said "Oh, uh, I don't want any more students right now. Go...
Posted by Jane at 11:36 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: computer science
For my Ada Lovelace Day post, I wanted to focus on someone who is doing interesting and interdisciplinary work in computer science, and whose work has interesting and important applications. Justine Cassell, Director of the Center for Technology and Social...
Posted by Jane at 7:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: mentoring
I'm supervising a few independent studies this year, with groups of students working on fairly large and fairly fuzzily-defined design projects. These groups couldn't be more different from each other in terms of the way they act as a group,...
Posted by Jane at 11:04 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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
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
Category: mentoring
I have a few undergraduate students working in my lab for part of the summer. They started this week. Working with undergrads is something I do every summer---well, except for last summer, when I was on maternity leave. So you'd...
Posted by Jane at 11:58 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: computer science
If you read almost any academic blog, or Rate Your Students, or really any site that academics frequent, you'll encounter discussion, debate, and general bitching about students' lack of ability to (a) properly cite sources and (b) avoid plagiarism. Discussions...
Posted by Jane at 12:34 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: computer science
Call for grant applications for the Systers Pass-It-On Grants.
Posted by Jane at 12:10 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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