FemaleScienceProfessor

During the question-and-answer time associated with talks at conferences or in department seminars, have you noticed any difference in how ...

Emma Pierson has written a very interesting article titled In Science, It Matters That Women Come Last . The article is filled with data a...

Let's say there is a US University that has a long history of (1) not hiring many women faculty, particularly in some fields; (2) not t...

From e-mail from a reader (text modified to remove possibly-identifying details): I had traveled to a conference with some colleagues, in...

From an interview of Rita Colwell (former NSF Director) by National Geographic : Are you still treated differently as a woman? Cert...

It never fails to take me aback when people say "I'm not a feminist but.." and then follow the "but" with an opinio...

This has been happening to me a lot lately: I meet someone for the first time in my new capacity as an Administrator and one of the first...

A reader writes about her frustration with the prevalence of Women In Science (WIS) events that turn out to be about how to get out of scie...

To: femalscienceprofessor@gmail.com How come you are so fixated upon your gender.A female professor in science is nothing new.Should ...

Upon achieving semi-galactic status in a particular academic unit, my mailbox was moved from its traditional spot amidst the throngs of reg...

For a large conference in my general field, I was asked to be the (sub)convener of one particular session within an overall larger theme se...

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

Once upon a time, I was visiting another university and was given a temporary place to sit with my laptop and get a bit of work done. It wa...

We can look at the data for the % of science professors who are Female Science Professors and wonder to what extent the low numbers (relati...

A reader writes: Dear Female Science Professor, Maybe you had this topic before on your Blog but I was wondering if you do also fr...

Can you think of a (good) reason why a journal would need to know the gender of authors and reviewers? A reader wrote to me with this que...

Today in Scientopia , I reluctantly sort of give some advice about intra-department relationships, in response to a reader's e-mail abo...

During a recent bout of air travel, I picked up some magazines to read during the times when e-readers must be turned off and in an upright ...

Something happened this week that hasn't happened to me in a long time: I was asked if I am a Masters student. The person who aske...

In days of yore, when I was in graduate school, I was asked by a senior professor whether I was in graduate school because I couldn't fi...