I promise I’ll be back with the second part of yesterday’s post, but not today. It’s been a long day, and a good one—I received an honor today, and the number of colleagues from the department who showed up to the celebration was amazing. I was really touched by the turnout.

Until tomorrow, here are the greatest xykademiqz hits of 2015, as per WordPress stats:

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/07/05/question-from-reader-managing-the-first-1-2-years-as-an-assistant-professor/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/01/23/wtf-editor-and-what-professors-do-all-day-when-not-in-class-a-two-parter/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/06/12/sexist-logorrhea/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/06/29/question-from-reader-difficult-relationship-with-phd-advisor/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/02/14/ah-meetings/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/06/24/beyond-my-advising-expertise/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/04/05/grant-woes/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/01/17/whiplash-and-thoughts-on-achievement/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/05/23/grouchy-musings-on-teaching-part-2/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/02/28/reader-question-recent-phd-grad-seeks-advice-on-job-hunting/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/11/07/acute-impostor-syndrome/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/03/26/professorial-nuggets/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/12/21/on-chasing-dreams-or-not-a-post-devoid-of-coherence/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/09/17/stupid-email/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/08/19/notes-from-the-road-7/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/02/01/bits-of-academia-winter-and-sci-fi/

https://xykademiqz.com/2015/03/22/pregnancy-vs-peer-review/

 

It’s amazing to think each of these has been viewed over a thousand times—some ever a few thousand!—and that’s just the hits that WordPress records…