FemaleScienceProfessor

This (partial?) CV contains at least two possibly-puzzling elements one may encounter in publication lists. Depending on the (sub)field, th...

OK, this one may be a bit off-putting at first, but if you read beyond the name, there are some informative aspects of it. The author of th...

This is a very interesting fake CV, in part because of the reasons why it was created. Says the author: I decided to .. make the CV of t...

This one is from EuropeanFemaleScienceProfessor. Apparently most of it is based on a real CV, with the exception of the duck thing. Note ...

Here's another one. If the author wants to claim authorship in a comment, they are of course welcome to do so. I should have mentioned ...

Here is the first example submitted for the Fake CV Attempt-At-Academic-Humor thing. I typically try to come up with names for the title (s...

For me, this winter break would not be festive without an End-of-Year Attempt-At-Humor Academic Writing Contest Of Some Sort . Oh sure, I ...

Question from a reader: What would cause you to treat grad students like they were people?* What a great question! The answer is pro...

Puffer fish from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodontidae Clinton image from http://textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com/

Some people tend to send epic emails (I am guilty of this), and some people send characteristic emails that might as well be text messages,...

One more Cover Letter entry (I think), and then the voting will commence , tomorrowish. Apparently this is a slightly modified version of ...

The strange thing is, I think I got this same e-mail, or one very much like it, and I think I am in a different field from Mark P, the p...

My favorite part of this Cover Letter entry is the very last line, below the signature, but there are other gems in here. ...

The competition continues to be fierce for the Most Obnoxious Cover Letter possible. Here is another contender: Dear Search Committee,...

How many different ways are there to write an obnoxious Cover Letter? There are an infinite variety of ways, but some themes are becoming ...

Has anyone else gotten one like this? I have, unfortunately, although it wasn't in the cover letter, it was in follow-up corresponde...

Another entry in the Cover Letter contest; this one nicely captures the phenomenon of "I am going to collaborate with Professors X, Z...

Another Cover Letter contest entry: Dear Miss FSP and members of the search committee; I am writing to apply for your tenure-tr...

Another entry in The Cover Letter contest: Dear Search Committee: My name is Dr. Joseph von Kool and I am applying for the o...

Another entry in The Cover Letter contest.  Dear Search Committee Chair, I know these letters are usually addressed to a pers...