tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post4281923499312606584..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: One MoreFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-20657623869174782822012-01-19T21:48:46.415-06:002012-01-19T21:48:46.415-06:00As a current (female) grad student, I find this le...As a current (female) grad student, I find this letter, and the comments after it, really frightening. All the departments I have worked in were at least 40F/60M with the old guard (male) retiring as they hired a more equal ratio. Other than talking to current female faculty when interviewing, how can I avoid becoming this letter writer?HennaHonunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-75459142456715813582012-01-14T17:13:11.579-06:002012-01-14T17:13:11.579-06:00Anonymous, anonymous, anonymous. Funny how the dud...Anonymous, anonymous, anonymous. Funny how the dudes never notice that you're all anonymous, even as they throw abuse at women like me.Keahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652514294703722285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-8398897344420664982012-01-14T00:18:09.294-06:002012-01-14T00:18:09.294-06:00If this were Facebook, I'd be "liking&quo...If this were Facebook, I'd be "liking" many of these comments right now. Specifically, the ones that echo the CL.<br /><br />\Sad, but true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-17446860142914633732012-01-13T22:27:48.299-06:002012-01-13T22:27:48.299-06:00If the last poster figures that out, I want to kno...If the last poster figures that out, I want to know. Currently leaving seems the only option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-1576191377249741122012-01-12T18:43:50.697-06:002012-01-12T18:43:50.697-06:00I am not sure what saddens me more, the letter, or...I am not sure what saddens me more, the letter, or all of the comments echoing the letter. Sorry, ladies. Glad money trumps gender at my institution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-30230406468766373522012-01-12T10:48:57.725-06:002012-01-12T10:48:57.725-06:00I would accuse you of plagiarism, but I can't ...I would accuse you of plagiarism, but I can't figure out where you saw my letter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-1648321466018911522012-01-11T18:58:43.827-06:002012-01-11T18:58:43.827-06:00Ugg. Chiming in to say this is too familiar.
And...Ugg. Chiming in to say this is too familiar.<br /><br />And the mortgage stress just adds to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-19619899724401119202012-01-11T16:16:15.406-06:002012-01-11T16:16:15.406-06:00Yup, feel this way daily. So how do we write thes...Yup, feel this way daily. So how do we write these? I focus on the good things about the school I am applying for but sometimes it feels like I am just dodging the issue. Still "my chair thinks i'm smart - for a girl "- seems a bad way to go. Sigh... Why are so many of us in this position and why are there so few recourses other than leaving?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-26330881349847778632012-01-11T16:06:14.242-06:002012-01-11T16:06:14.242-06:00mathgirl, I too am currently applying for the two-...mathgirl, I too am currently applying for the two-body problem, but I am writing a very generic cover letter.<br /><br />If they see you're successful, they shouldn't care if you're unhappy at your current position and always unhappy, because that means you can be productive when unhappy. ;) At least that's what I'm telling myself.<br /><br />And I don't feel like I should discuss the two-body problem in the cover letter. If they call me for an interview, I would address it in person.<br /><br />I feel like I poured my heart and soul into the research and teaching statements. Do I really need to make a personal outstanding cover letter? So, I really kept it terse and generic.<br /><br />We'll see how it goes....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-27580139017639003082012-01-11T13:26:00.654-06:002012-01-11T13:26:00.654-06:00Wow, not funny but sad and oh so true. I would ne...Wow, not funny but sad and oh so true. I would never write it but I sure feel that way on a daily basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-25217900043948199652012-01-11T13:10:25.687-06:002012-01-11T13:10:25.687-06:00Actually, this raises the interesting question of ...Actually, this raises the interesting question of what one should write in the cover letter when applying to tenure-track (or higher) positions from a tenure-track (or higher) position. <br /><br />For example, I'm currently in the job market because of a two-body problem. I'm already in my second tenure-track position (I'm moved to the second school because it is a better research match). <br /><br />When writing my letter, I found myself with many questions: should I talk about my two-body problem? Should I explain why I moved in the first place? <br /><br />If I don't explain anything, it looks like a pattern of someone who is always unhappy and moving between tt positions. Or someone afraid of not getting tenure. <br /><br />In the end, I opted for explaining the 2-body problem but not the previous move, since it's easier to guess the reasons for it.mathgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641041257943155537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-1965928675946097922012-01-11T11:05:47.434-06:002012-01-11T11:05:47.434-06:00~shudder~.
To be clear, that's a sympatheti...~shudder~. <br /><br />To be clear, that's a sympathetic shudder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-7941602350016574812012-01-11T10:18:41.370-06:002012-01-11T10:18:41.370-06:00ouch. too painfully close to home.ouch. too painfully close to home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-37042628413994450182012-01-11T06:30:26.542-06:002012-01-11T06:30:26.542-06:00This one cuts a little to close to home.This one cuts a little to close to home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-32369007636531619672012-01-11T06:20:34.328-06:002012-01-11T06:20:34.328-06:00I agree with Anonymous 12:53. And yet, no one wan...I agree with Anonymous 12:53. And yet, no one wants to hire someone who comes off like that for a TT position. We had a candidate once, in my department, who exhibited something approaching that level of desperateness. His presentation started out OK but just went sour as he seemed more needy and desperate in the discussion afterward.Sagitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-89684733524121625652012-01-11T04:52:19.982-06:002012-01-11T04:52:19.982-06:00True to the last tear!
Sadly some of us will not ...True to the last tear!<br /><br />Sadly some of us will not lose the self-respect really until the last straw. By then it is too late. You are old and balding and dont know how to fit into the tech worldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-25121854548371790732012-01-11T02:12:07.146-06:002012-01-11T02:12:07.146-06:00wow, sounds like something I could have written.wow, sounds like something I could have written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-8332288488817831272012-01-11T00:53:19.439-06:002012-01-11T00:53:19.439-06:00this one isn't funny, it's just sad. the ...this one isn't funny, it's just sad. the author isn't arrogant or clueless, she's just desperate. Sure, she should put on a better game face, but....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-18220699655965441372012-01-11T00:38:40.020-06:002012-01-11T00:38:40.020-06:00As a second year tt professor I must say I underst...As a second year tt professor I must say I understand this letter. I hope I never have to write a cover letter like this in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com