skookumchick | November 15, 2008Scientiae webspinner skookumchick has raised the batsignal for a strong and courageous host who can take on the task of running the December Scientiae (to be posted Dec 1 or thereabouts). If you can do it, email Scientiae directly. Otherwise, the spate of bad Scientiae luck will continue :-( .
In addition, she invites volunteers to host for 2009 - let her know in the same way. Thanks!
Update: Isis is going to host! Yayayay! Watch for a cfp soon!
sciencewoman | November 14, 2008 I'm at the end of a super long work week, one where I saw even less of Minnow than usual, and one that's leaving me wondering whether my priorities need adjusting.
And as I listen to Minnow babble herself to sleep down the hall, I discover this beautiful post from one of the most thoughtful bloggers I know.
But here's the thing: making a workplace more family friendly is a fight that cannot be one by women alone. Women cannot be the only ones making a ruckus in the workplace and fighting with themselves, their peers and their bosses to effect change. If we make a nurturant woman's workplace…
sciencewoman | November 13, 2008The University of Washington's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change
received an award this year from the National Science Foundation
ADVANCE program to hold professional development workshops for
Ph.D.-level women in industry, research labs, consulting, or national
labs who are interested in transitioning to academic careers in STEM.
The first workshop will be held October 19 and 20, 2009.
This workshop will be very helpful to women interested in making the
transition to academia. The workshop speakers will primarily be
successful women faculty members who began their post-Ph.D. careers…
sciencewoman | November 13, 2008As you've probably heard, Isis the Scientist has gotten herself some new digs around these parts. Her blog, "On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess," also got itself a shiny new banner.
And while I've got to admit that I admire her for strongly-held opinions on footwear and other subjects, I'm disappointed by her obvious failure to cite her sources.
Banners from my pre-partnered days, in order of creation. All of these banners far predate the creation of Dr. Isis's pretentious little blog.
:)
sciencewoman | November 12, 2008Where we left our heroine at the end of the last episode, she was on her way to pick Minnow up from daycare. Work day's over right? Should be smooth sailing from here to midnight. Maybe, maybe not.
(Note to Lab Lemming: Don't worry about the time to type up these posts. They were compiled from short emails I sent to myself throughout the day...this is lazy blogging.)
5:20 Arrive at daycare. Have the following conversation:
Teacher 1: So-and-so's parents just had a baby boy.
Teacher 2: Yeah, and Tyler's parents are having a girl.
Me: Tyler's mom is pregnant? Seems like…
skookumchick | November 12, 2008I'm just thrilled with our final numbers from our DonorsChoose campaign -- because of your generosity, $2953 are going to go help 1,126 needy kids learn some critically important science. And I'm also psyched that Sciencewomen came in second of all the Scienceblogs participating in both amount donated, and numbers of donors (43!!) We came in 4th in terms of the number of students reached. Congratulations, everybody.
I've also finally pulled together the list of winners of our t-shirt drawing. Methods and winners are below!
Okay, so I feel the need to share my "random selection" in a…
skookumchick | November 11, 2008You know, maybe it's just because it is 11:30 at night and I have another hour to wait to pick up my husband from the airport shuttle place, but...
... there are some days I wish I was still pseudonymous.
'Cause then I could tell you just how tired I am, how even though I had a lot of good meetings today, I am feeling SO COMPLETELY over my head. How much I worry about failure. How much I feel like I have to squish aside and hide the crazy-cool me in order to be Dr. Me at work who is supposed to know everything already, how much I feel I'm being sucked into being in crisis-busy mode all…
sciencewoman | November 11, 2008Where we left our saga, our heroine was getting ready for her class. The work day had begun in earnest.
9:10 am. Start the last minute lecture prep. Decide to not make the overheads I need for an example at the end of class...we won't get there anyway I think.
9:30 am. Class. Discuss problems with the latest homework assignment, brief student presentations on a previous assignment, lecture with powerpoint and on the board. Damn, I reached the point where I need the overheads. Have to let class out 8 minutes early, even though we're running a bit behind the syllabus.
10:45 am. Discuss the…
sciencewoman | November 10, 2008Last September, I chronicled my journey through a fairly typical weekday as a first year assistant professor with an infant. The day started early and never really ended, so it took me three posts to tell the whole story (1, 2, 3). I always intended to revisit the project again, but it's taken me 14 months to do so. Now I'm a second year assistant professor with an almost 2 year old and life seems only slightly less hectic. Below the fold, follow me as I get my day going. I'm going to spread this day out into multiple posts spanning most of the week, so you'll have to keep coming back to…
sciencewoman | November 10, 2008
"15 km2 of rain forest disappears every minute." (WWF, Denmark)
The DailyGreen has posted 11 environmental ads from around the world that are arresting to the eye and the mind. Take a look at all of them and then do what you can to help their messages resonate in your life.
h/t Kristjan Wager
sciencewoman | November 8, 2008Eek! We're one week into November already? How in the world did that happen? I've made good progress, but I still have *so* much left to do.
I've already told you how my writing month got off to a start, but below the fold you can catch up on the rest of my progress.
Sunday Nov 2: Added final sentences to proposal. Slightly reorganized methods section to clarify. Now have draft complete except what is needed from co-PI. Sent off to collaborator. (~150 words)
Monday Nov 3: Wrote budget justification (499 words.)
Tuesday Nov 4: Election day, too distracting to get huge amounts done, but…
skookumchick | November 8, 2008Woo hoo, Jane has posted a trick-or-treaty November Scientiae over at her blog! Go read! Yayay!
skookumchick | November 7, 2008I'm pretty sure I speak for both of the sciencewomen here when I say I am SO EXCITED to announce that the fabulous Isis the Scientist has been assimilated by the Scienceborg, and is now blogging in her new digs! Welcome, Isis, and I totally look forward to your blogging here at Sb! Yayayayay!
sciencewoman | November 6, 2008I still get a little chill down my spine when the news announcers say "President-elect Obama," but already I am being reminded that we can't just sit back and wait for him to save the world. We still need to do our part, and one of the things we need to do right now is be vigilant to make sure that the most competent people are running the bureaucratic machinery of the country.
So I was very pleased when a list-serv to which I belong circulated an email from a major research organization saying that they were being contacted by the Obama transition team and asked for nominations of people…
sciencewoman | November 5, 2008From my email box:
My name is Annie Fox and I am a graduate student in Social Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Currently, I am conducting a study examining the role of blogging in the lives of Academic mothers. We have identified you as a potential participant because your blog came up in our web search for relevant blogs. Consequently, we would like to invite you to participate in our research study.
Your participation would involve the completion of an anonymous online survey. The survey contains a mixture of multiple-choice and open-response questions, and should take less…
skookumchick | November 4, 2008And now Obama's real work begins. Indiana is still too close to call. (I didn't think I would ever say this, but thank goodness for Bob Barr!) But it doesn't matter. Breathe a sigh of relief, and now roll up our sleeves and start fixing this global mess we're in. And please please please keep Obama and his family safe while he gets down to the real job now, and some crazy big problems we all need to help solve. Let's hope we can.
How we spent election night. That black square in the upper right of my screen is my video iChat with my parents in Wisconsin - they were sitting in the dark…
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skookumchick | November 3, 2008A colleague emailed me notice of an article published 11/1 in the Columbus Dispatch, titled "OSU wants more female scientists." The first part of the article reads:
A new Ohio State University program that aims to help female professors advance in the sciences would lead to discrimination and quotas, the president of a scholars' group says.
"What will prevent Ohio State officials from hiring members of the preferred groups who are less qualified than other applicants because of cronyism?" said George W. Dent Jr., president of the Ohio Association of Scholars.
"If you have a quota to fill,…
skookumchick | November 3, 2008Okay, I'm in. I seriously need to get my writing in gear, and even though I'm still trying to do the tips from AFNFM, I'm finding I need an additional push to actually put fingers to computer and do anything other than email. So here are my InaDWriMo goals:
Write the first draft of the Gender Paper from my dissertation, to be submitted to this journal CFP.
Draft a paper on gender theory and literature outside of engineering education, with a colleague.
Revise and resubmit this paper.
I'm not sure how many words that will be, but I'll try to work it out and post a little meter thingie like…
skookumchick | November 2, 2008I spent my "extra" hour from Daylight Savings doing some wrapping up our DonorsChoose campaign. Well, folks, you've done a tremendous job. Forty-two Sciencewomen readers contributed a total of $1863 to help 917 needy kids learn about science and engineering. We came in SECOND of all the Scienceblogger challenges in terms of number of donors, which I am just completely ecstatic about, and fifth in terms of the number of kids we've helped. You all completely rock. Thank you so very much.
Below the fold is the first part of our Donors Choose wrap-up: where should the Sb money go, and how…