Women in science blog
Hi, I have started a blog on issues relevant for women in science and women (or man!) in general. I will be writing about diversity in the workplace (with particular attention to science when my experience is), work-and-life balance, gender …
Read MoreTo work or not shouldn’t be a question
We are a two-scientist couple, an Austrian and a German, both with experience working in the United States. So we read with great interest the Working Life story in which Michelle Gabriele Sandrian, an American, shared her experience working as …
Read MoreNurturing a Baby and a Start-Up Business
Fledgling companies are like sticky-fingered toddlers. You’ve got to watch them every single minute.
And yet a small group of women is proving that it’s possible to start a high-growth technology company and have children at the same time. They …
Read MoreMothers in Science: 64 ways to have it all
The aim of this book is to illustrate, graphically, that it is perfectly possible to combine a
successful and fulfilling career in research science with motherhood, and that there are no
rules about how to do this. On each page …
Men and Mothering
University policies and academic culture continue to discourage men from being active parents
It’s no secret that more than 40 years after Title VII guaranteed them equal treatment in the workplace, women with children still go home from work and …
Read MoreWomen in science – passion and prejudice
“Scientific research requires special talents, just as much as intelligence, passion and diligence. I do not know a single successful scientist who is really lazy, and only very few who are able to pursue at the same time other interests …
Read MoreMind the Gap: Studies find continued disparity in tenure rates between men and women with families
“The hardest year of my life” is how Dr. Daniela Kaufer describes her first year as a faculty member in the department of integrative biology at UC Berkeley, and her third year as a mother. Amidst the demands of her …
Read MoreWired Op-Ed: “Overworked, Overwhelmed, Overscheduled? Work More”
You are overwhelmed, overscheduled, and dejected, because you keep trying to have it all—or at least most of it. You want a fulfilling job and personal life, and it’s not working. The way out? Work more. Hate to break it …
Read MoreThe Joyful Professor: How to Shift from Surviving to Thriving in the Faculty Life
The Joyful Professor is designed to help you be a productive and successful professor without sacrificing your own needs. Written by a professor who has been there and found a better life, the Joyful Professor will guide you through a …
Read MoreProfessor Destressor
Dr. Susan Robison provides personal and professional coaching.
If you are a college professor or administrator who wants to make a difference while you are making a living … you’ve come to the right place. Educators who live and work …
Read MoreTomorrow’s Professor
Access to Tomorrows-Professor eNewlsetter (or you can sign up to receive it in your inbox) with postings twice weekly, usually on Monday and Thursday mornings, Pacific Standard Time. The eNewsletter seeks to foster a diverse, world-wide teaching and learning ecology …
Read MoreThe Academic Ladder
feeling overwhelmed by all the demands on your time? this website has several resources that you can utilize to “get help with the climb” — including online writing groups as well as group and individual coaching for all career stages.…
Read MoreThe Dissertation Coach
This company is focused on helping graduate students finish their thesis or dissertation and making graduate school a positive learning experience. Some members have indicated that they have attended seminars presented by Alison Miller, a dissertation and life coach from …
Read MoreThe Imperfect Balance Between Work and Life
a discussion of work-life balance issues from a working woman, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard Business school…
Read MoreThe Imperfect Balance Between Work and Life
a discussion of work-life balance issues from a working woman, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard Business school…
Read MoreNSF Career Life Balance Initiative
NSF started its Career-Life Balance Initiative to provide incentives to institutions that create gender-neutral policies and practices. The goal is to ensure that all personnel can address lifestyle responsibilities. The article is followed by links outlining federal career-life balance policies …
Read MorePreparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
As you prepare to begin your career as a geoscience faculty member, you’re probably wondering how to land a job you’ll enjoy, as well as what you can do now to lay the groundwork for a successful career in academia. …
Read MoreLearning Through Life: Balancing Graduate School and Motherhood
There are salient similarities among the cultures of mothering and academia. They both, for example, place harsh demands on one’s body and mind. If one were offered a purview into homes across the country in the wee hours of the …
Read MoreJo Van Every.ca
Imagine the academic life you would really like to have.
It would include all the best parts of what you have now. It might also include some things you wish you had but have set aside as impossible dreams.
What …
Read MoreHousework Is an Academic Issue
Scientists are likely not to be interested in thinking about housework. Since René Descartes, Western culture has stringently separated matters of mind from body. Housework is, however, related to the life of the mind. Scientists wear clean clothes to the …
Read MoreHow to Leave Academia
Blog of peer-to-peer post academic support. From leaving, the transition, and career advice.…
Read MoreEarly Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
If you’re just beginning (or about to begin) a career as a geoscience faculty member, you’re probably wondering how to balance teaching, research, and other demands on your time, so that you can succeed without having to sacrifice your sanity. …
Read MoreEarly Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
If you’re just beginning (or about to begin) a career as a geoscience faculty member, you’re probably wondering how to balance teaching, research, and other demands on your time, so that you can succeed without having to sacrifice your sanity. …
Read MoreCoaching Service: Escaping the Ivory Tower
Is academia making you miserable?
Are you becoming restless, depressed, apathetic, or cynical? Are you struggling to find a job or finish your degree? Is your teaching feeling rote? Have you lost your enthusiasm for research? Are you resenting your …
Read MoreChild Care, Research Collaboration, and Gender Differences in Scientific Productivity
Large differences in scientific productivity between male and female researchers have not yet been explained satisfactorily. This study finds that childcare and lack of research
collaboration are the two factors that cause significant gender differences in scientific publishing. Women with …
Balancing the Scale: NSF’s Career-Life Balance Initiative
At a time when other nations are increasingly developing and retaining their own science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) talent, it is critical that the United States develops its own globally competitive, domestic STEM talent in order to ensure future …
Read MoreAlternative Careers in Science, Second Edition: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Scientific Survival Skills)
Book by Cynthia Robbins-Roth containing advice for those dissatisfied with work, but not with science.
* An insider’s look at the wide range of job opportunities for scientists yearning to leave the lab
* First-person stories from researchers who successfully …
12 Things Successful Women Do Differently
Every woman has her own definition of success. But there are certain traits that most successful women share.…
Read MoreA Bad Reputation for Academic Careers
Why are more and more graduate students turning away from careers at research universities?…
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