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I’m back!
My Epic Summer of Epicness (and Epic Exhaustion) is pretty much over now – and not a moment too soon. I am tired, people. I spent a month in the field, which was great and all, but tiring, then drove...
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Not ashamed
On Friday night, I was at restaurant with a group of friends, and as it turned out, three of us (me and two other female Ph.D.s) were all in non-traditional academic jobs — and we all love our jobs....
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Extensions
So, my horrible paper that I have submitted to four journals finally got a revise and resubmit this time, hooray! The trouble is, it is a very big revision that they have requested. Fine, fine, I’ll do...
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A full life
In grad school and later, I often heard people say that it was important to have a well-rounded life and interests outside of academe. My response to such statements, which I usually kept to myself,...
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Email autoreplies
I understand and accept the usefulness of email “away” messages. But I must admit it drives me crazy when someone emails me, and I hit “reply” and send a prompt response, only to get their “away”...
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Advanced faculty wrangling techniques
Getting a group of faculty members together to accomplish something has often been compared to herding cats. I disagree. When I want to get my cats all into one room to do something at the same time,...
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Deluxe apartment in the sky
Hey you guys! Guess what, guess what! I’m moving to the Chronicle Blog Network! I know, I know. You hate it when people do that. You think it’s inconvenient to get a new login in order to comment, you...
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Fauxductivity
In the Chronicle yesterday, there was a nice piece about “procrastination productivity” that several of my friends posted to Facebook – about all the things you get done because they are a distraction...
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Away message
Wow, you guys. That was intense… In case you missed the madness, my last post was featured on WordPress Freshly Pressed the other day, which brought over 3000 visitors. Holy crap! So: Welcome, new...
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I have moved!
Yay! It’s official – I am now blogging in my new space on the Chronicle. Come join me!
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