FemaleScienceProfessor

Something that I have been seeing more and more in grant proposal reviews (my own and those of colleagues who have shared theirs with me) i...

Earlier this summer I met an undergraduate from another institution. The meeting was arranged by one of the student's mentors, who wrot...

Yes, I know that Acceptance is Stage 5 in the evolution of grief, but in the academic context of graduate admissions, it is Stage 2(ish), i...

* with some exceptions At, in, on, under, and through Scientopia today, I meander from pseudo-answering a question about whether to expl...

In the discussion on the Scientopia post yesterday there was a comment about whether professors worry that having some "failed" (...

In Scientopia today, an angsty-message from the grad-advising trenches.

In the not-so-distant past, a colleague said, in reference to a promising young PhD student being advised by another colleague (not at our ...

Some grad students and postdocs who write to me have advisors who abuse the advisor-advisee relationship by making unreasonable demands on ...

If you advise PhD students, do you have an advising philosophy in terms of the scope of projects for students just starting their PhD resea...

In Scientopia , I discuss a letter from an undergraduate researcher who is now anxious about her interactions with her lab's PI, and in...

Professors who advise students: Do you feel that it is (1) essential (2) important to some extent (3) nice if it happens but not that i...

Every once in a while, someone makes a statement in a comment about how their advisor "doesn't do anything". In some cases, t...

Today in Scientopia , I discuss issues related to the independence, or lack thereof, of graduate students, and whether the preferred amount...

If you are (or were) a graduate student and your advisor suggests that you do something that you think is incorrect or stupid, what do you ...

Perhaps you have heard the expression, "If you want something done, ask a busy person." Some people are able to get a lot done, a...

Sometimes I forget that I also have a blog over in Scientopia. This is probably not a good thing. I am a bad Scientopian. But today I dec...

Fellow professors : In the past few weeks/months, days, I know that many of you have looked on with intense jealousy and longing as the firs...

My e-mail inbox is piling up with questions and concerns, many from graduate (and some undergraduate) student readers with questions about d...

Today in Scientopia , I open discussion of a grad student's question about how authorship is decided on a paper, and whether a research ...

Did I mention that I am having a crazy-busy few months at the end of summer/beginning of the academic year? Yes, I think I did , and for th...