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Career Coach: No Woman Is an Island, Part 2
Since the incident I wrote about last week, in which I failed to stand up for my fellow women, I...
Math Geek Mom: What Shall We Call Ourselves?
I guess we made the “big time” when this blog was criticized by the Wall Street Journal a few weeks...
ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Wheels on the bus
With summer vacation comes a flurry of activities to keep children occupied. We’re blessed in our community with all kinds...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Whose Responsibility?
Traveling and teaching in England this summer I've had a remarkable release from childcare responsibilities. Part of it is that...
Career Coach: No Woman Is an Island, Part 1
I interned at a VA medical center in the early 1990s. In some ways, the experience was a glimpse into...
Math Geek Mom: Indifference Curves
There is a concept in economics called “indifference curves”. These are a graphical picture of combinations of goods that would...
Motherhood After Tenure: the value of collaboration
As I plan the upcoming semester’s courses, I contemplate the oft-emailed articles about the “millennial generation” students. I’m skeptical of...
ABC's and PhD's: Balancing husband and computer along with family and work
Weekend evenings in July a professional team of actors perform a Shakespeare play on a stage plunked in the middle...