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“Henry Adams’s” most recent “Academic Bait-and-Switch” column in The Chronicle, in which he discusses all of his misguided reasons for...
Math Geek Mom: Making the Grade (Sort Of)
I remember my comprehensive exams in graduate school as the low point of that experience. Classes were fun, and I...
Motherhood After Tenure: Switching Roles, or, How I Turned into Archie Bunker
As I have mentioned before, my husband quit his job in January, making me the official “breadwinner” and reversing the...
ABC's and PhD's: Five minutes
How many five minute intervals have passed me by completely unproductively in my life… I hate to think. (Heck, I’ve...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Semester's End
Friday I held the last meeting of my seminar. I often find the last day of classes difficult; I always...
The State of the Humanities
“Indicators” are released to provide data on students, faculty and American life.
Math Geek Mom: Thank You Notes
A colleague in the Biology department recently told me about a book that applies game theory to altruism in the...
Long Distance Mom: Earth Day, 40 years later
April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. Millions of people hit the streets. Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” had...