FemaleScienceProfessor

Apparently I 'came close' to getting a significant award in the not-so-distant past, and the person who nominated me talked to me re...

It will come as no surprise to some readers that I am rather fond of strange and possibly even humorous literary contests, such as those tha...

At a recent Open House event at my daughter's school, one of her teachers said the following to my husband and me: Your daughter is doin...

Mostly I have tried to be rather optimistic about the Economic Crisis, including in an earlier post in which I proposed that departments and...

A previous post expressed a wish that students for whom I write letters of recommendation (in some cases, many letters of recommendation) le...

A friend of mine who has been a provost and dean has entertained me for years with stories about amazing things faculty and students (at oth...

When my daughter was in preschool, her spring break week was the same as that of the university and we used to go on family trips for part o...

Yesterday I ranted a bit about a lame way that some reviewers try to sink a manuscript by making unsupported/unreferenced claims that there ...

There are many possible ways for a reviewer to write negative, undermining comments without appearing to be too vicious, and therefore reta...

The Acknowledgments section of a paper might seem like a straightforward statement, but it has a remarkable number of potential pitfalls. I...

A tangential remark in Friday's post resulted in a lot of comments. I have not done a poll in ever so long, and clearly it is time for a...

Professors as a group have a reputation for being a bit eccentric. This may be a stereotype or it may be a well deserved description of many...

In case anyone is wondering why I didn't write much about teaching last fall but I am writing a lot about it so far this year, there are...

A colleague is writing a proposal with a large number of other scientists and recently sent around a draft for the group to read, discuss, a...

It has not escaped my attention that for most people my age, blogging is seen as a rather absurd activity practiced by self-absorbed young p...

As my anonymity erodes away -- fortunately at a relatively slow rate so far -- I have been wondering whether it changes my blog-voice. When ...

One of the university committees to which I devote some of my time involves discussion and voting via email. Thus far this year, the committ...

Some professors get tenure but are never promoted beyond the associate rank and therefore always have an adjective in front of their title....

It has been at least several days since I have talked about MONEY , even though my university has recently proposed some truly bizarre money...

A colleague of mine has been attending a series of mentoring sessions with tenure-track faculty this week. These meetings are designed to gi...