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Math Geek Mom: The Summer of the Missing Tooth
Calculus, which I begin teaching again on Monday, is the world of the infinitesimal. Rather than asking about changes over...
Motherhood After Tenure: the sabbatical ends
Well, I can’t live in denial any longer: the end of my sabbatical is fast approaching. In two weeks I...
ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Parallel lives
My household is a bit disrupted this month with a visit from my sister and her family. These get-togethers are...
Career Coach: No Woman Is an Island, Part 3
No Woman Is an Island, Part 3 (The last one, I promise): The Privilege of Not Recognizing Privilege A friend...
Math Geek Mom: Uniformly out of fashion
In economics, we draw a graph matching the various prices that a good could be sold at with the quantity...
Long Distance Mom: Mr. Bill
Middle-aged readers will remember the popular Saturday Night Live sketch of the 1970s and early 80s-- Mr. Bill. Mr. Bill...
ABC's and PhD's: A ramble on problems and on collaboration
Last week I went to a lecture by David Montgomery, author of “Dirt: the Erosion of Civilizations”. I didn’t expect...
Mothering at Mid-Career
My piece last week struck a nerve, it seems, among some childless academics and with at least one person who...