FemaleScienceProfessor

At a meeting last month, I discovered that a senior colleague from another university has a Facebook page. I asked some other colleagues if ...

Last night I had dinner with several of my graduate students, and they spent a lot of time ranting about my colleague, Professor Troll. Some...

Several recent commenters asked me for more information about how I manage to be so ‘efficient’. Just to be clear about where I am on the ef...

Every once in a while I obsess about Letters of References. This is one of those times because: - I have been reading hundreds of L of R...

Token Ignoramus (August 31, 2007 post): I am being a dutiful search committee member for a faculty search in a field that is far beyond my e...

Professor Magnet Hotel update (October 1, 2007 post) I stayed again at the PMH and enjoyed my stay, as always. I recommended this hotel to s...

The week has barely started, but I have already had an encounter with my colleague, Dr. Troll. On Monday I went to a meeting of one of the c...

This weekend as I was contemplating some home improvement projects, I remembered an incident from when I first moved here. I arrived at my p...

This morning I participated in an informal meeting with other professors and some graduate students in my department. The purpose of the mee...

A favorite phrase employed by some proposal reviewers is to accuse the PI’s of proposing a ‘fishing expedition’, meaning that the PI’s don’t...

A male colleague at another university has told me numerous times that he uses me as Exhibit A when discussing life/career issues with stude...

Many years ago when I was a second-year grad student, I gave my very first conference presentation. The topic was a project that was not my ...

In recent years, I have occasionally published papers in thematic “special volumes” and have edited one as well. Note that I am referring to...

In a recent conversation with a young colleague (not in my department), I was amazed to find that s/he had given up on a project after a gra...

Some American science organizations (professional societies, funding agencies) require that the meetings they sponsor have some representati...

Previously I have written about some of the things I enjoy about being mid-career (and middle aged), including: seeing my former students pr...

How to fill those gaps in time when students come to your office for help, but they are not organized about it? They arrive, rummage in thei...

I apologize that the photograph is a bit blurry, but I think you get the idea.. this is the most awesome graph paper shirt in the world.

I do not get upset if a student’s cell phone rings during class (unless the student answers the phone). If a phone rings while I am teaching...

The students in one of the classes I am teaching are gearing up for an in-class debate in the next few weeks. Through discussions in class, ...