FemaleScienceProfessor

The occasion for this and other recent FSP-centric metablogging solipsistic me me me posts is the 5th anniversary of this blog. At such temp...

What do the following two situations involving different women in different jobs in different countries have in common?: 1. A quotation by C...

Today I listened to a podcast about "phantom vibrations" -- sensory hallucinations that people experience when they think their ...

Today in Scientopia , I discuss views of research time and money in the context of grants: Do you stick to your plan as closely as possible,...

During a recent conversation that involved some review and contemplation of the various twists and turns and trajectories of my career, I ca...

It recently dawned on me that a lot of time had passed since I had surveyed the general categories of my blog posts. I last did this in Janu...

Below is a slightly edited excerpt from a recent e-mail from a reader. Some details have been generalized to make the scenario a bit more.. ...

The other day, I heard a professor say about a student: " She is so quiet, I didn't think she was smart until she aced the first te...

At some point, in one of my old blog-posts, I asked how often authors check their citation data: every week? every month? every once in a wh...

At many universities, the tenure evaluation year may actually take most of a year, starting with the soliciting of external evaluation lette...

Are you a normal advisor? See today's post over in Scientopia to read about one aspect of the profile of A Normal Advisor .

There were some interesting comments on a recent post about professorial office space, and it seems that professors who commented are prett...

From time to time, when a "fortune" in a fortune cookie entertains me, I keep the little slip of paper, although I don't alway...

Sorry.. Blogger ate this post, along with all of your comments.. but here is the restored post (without the comments) . There have been many...

Yesterday's post in Scientopia resulted in a wide range of responses in answer to the question of whether a female professor should agr...

Today in Scientopia , I discuss a question from a reader -- a female science professor -- who wonders whether to serve on the PhD committee ...

As I was reading various essays and editorials about Motherhood and Moms last weekend, I was reminded of a conversation I had earlier this y...

Whenever I visit another university or another department at my university and spend some time in faculty offices, I always look around at t...

How important is writing quality for the success of a grant proposal? I don't think you can get a grant proposal funded just because it...

Today in Scientopia I discuss how to deal with students who break some of the "unwritten rules" of academic culture.