Posts tagged “Academia”
I’m not the only one
If you liked my post last week on navigating academia with a chronic illness, you may also appreciate these: Sarah Boon writes about taking medical leave after getting tenure. Chris Buddle on slowing down after an injury
Dr. Isis always makes me cry
Flaws in men are things that the training process will correct. Flaws in women are signs that we don’t belong there. In Becoming the Mentor I Want to Be VS the Mentor I Need to Be
Why did you write that paper?
Some choice quotes from Peter Lawrence in PLOS Biology. On productivity [N]o longer are communication and record the primary purposes of publishing; instead, we now use papers as tokens to get jobs and funding. On impact metrics [O]nly false objectivity is offered by evaluating real people using unreal calculations with numbers of papers, citations, and journal […]
Sick at conferences
This past summer I wrote a little about what it was like to attend a scientific conference as a person with a chronic illness. I’m not the only one who struggles with this aspect of an academic career. I wonder if there’s something about conferences that could be changed to make them easier for sick […]
Where are the other queer ecologists?
Being a queer scientist in the world of academia is a lot easier than being queer at my old tech support job or in the rural south where I grew up. By and large, the scientists around me are kind and accepting. Most scientists care a lot more about my statistics and ideas than they […]
Writer’s block
From How to Write a Lot by Paul J. Silvia: Academic writers cannot get writer’s block. Don’t confuse yourself with your friends teaching creative writing in the fine arts department. You’re not crafting a deep narrative or composing metaphors that expose mysteries of the human heart. The subtlety of your analysis of variance will not […]
The fun part of research
From How to Write a Lot by Paul J. Silvia: Research is oddly fun. Talking about ideas and finding ways to test your ideas is intellectually gratifying. Data collection is enjoyable, too, especially when other people do it for you. Even data analysis is fun – it’s exciting to see if a study worked. But […]