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Mothering at Mid-Career: More on parenting and pedagogy

It's great to be part of this Mama, PhD community, where faculty with children can share their stories, weigh in...

Sustainability work #2 - Moving decision-makers

Sustainability work is a continuum. Some efforts are very physical, others are hands-on in an entirely different way. Like any...

Career Coach: Parenting and Pedagogy

"Dr. K." asks: As an incipient Mama Ph.D., I’d like to know how parenthood affects your pedagogy. If anyone has...

Mental Gobstoppers

When I saw the Gene Wilder version of Willy Wonka, I was taken with the idea of everlasting gobstoppers. They...

The Engineers Think On It

I was in a diner in a nearby town recently, the kind of place where The Beatles on my t-shirt...

THIRD-WORLD CORRUPTION AS A BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE -- Part One

Universities are winsome, dappled, pathetic things. Their two main constituents, students and professors, are cute and idealistic. They worry about...

Working sustainability #1 - Moving dirt

Thanks to Stephen for offering The Natural Step's definition of sustainability. It's a good tool for focusing your (my) thinking...

Grants and Plans

As direct operating subsidies are losing ground against our expenses, and becoming increasingly tenuous as tax revenues drop, we're turning...