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ABCs and PhDs: Personal experiments
In my last semester as a graduate student, I TA’ed a human behavioral biology course. As it turned out, I...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Lines, dead and other
February was somehow a month of deadlines for me. There was a short commissioned piece to write, a column, an...
Math Geek Mom: What do the Numbers Mean?
By now we have all heard the numbers telling us how large the stimulus package will be that we hope...
Motherhood After Tenure: Fearful Parents?
Peggy Orenstein’s recent column in the New York Times about parental fears in response to a USA Today report on...
ABCs and PhD's: The gentler side of Darwin
I’ve been planning a birthday party this week with my daughter. Her birthday is Feb. 13, sandwiched right in between...
Mothering at Mid-Career: My New Role Model
I’m wondering if I should make Jill Biden my role model. It’s too late, of course, but I’m impressed by...
Math Geek Mom: Learning to Learn
I attended a Montessori kindergarten, and so it was with great interest that I picked up a book recently outlining...
Long Distance Mom: Bridging Cultural Divides -- Across the Universe
For many of us, the political, social or cultural gaps we experience with our students may feel at times like...