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Dancing With Widow X
In my previous post I used a recalcitrant subject in an ethnography study, Widow X, as a symbol of all...
Not that I'm biased, but ...
Events like commencements tend to connect me to family members I haven't seen in a while. In this case, an...
Fun with Cognitive Dissonance
Both of these stories make sense on their own terms. But taken together, they neatly capture the basic dilemma in...
Math Geek Mom: One Fallacy and Two Paradoxes
Recently, our college president spoke to the faculty. In her speech to us, she said that some economists think that...
Motherhood After Tenure: professors and money
I love Suze Orman; I can’t help it. Like her counterpart, Doctor Ruth, Orman speaks frankly about a charged topic...
The Platinum Rule
Twice in the last month, I've been in meetings at which somebody suggested that the solution to some ongoing dilemma...
ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Back to Elementary School
When my older daughter started elementary school, I asked about helping out occasionally in her classroom and I was politely...
When the Boss is Awful
In response to yesterday's post, several commenters asked variations on "well, okay, but what if the dean is a jackass...
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