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I’ve been working on my annual report for 2018. It was not a bad year; I got a lot of new money, an award, but paperwise it was lower than my usual annual output and I know why — senior students graduated in the two years prior and the group is full of newbie folks…
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On the one hand, things would likely not be better elsewhere. On the other hand, things might be better elsewhere. I like my department. I like my colleagues, I really like most of those with whom I interact frequently, I like department staff, and I like department leadership. I am, however, not delighted with our…
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My reserves of empathy are seriously depleted. A problem with trying to be supportive and helpful is that people take you up on support and helpfulness, and then some. They take and take, take it all, and then ask for more. And when you say no more, put up boundaries, you are met with a…
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Soooo… This semester is kicking my butt big time. Teaching overload in anticipation of a sabbatical, lots of grownup service, far too much face time with colleagues and students… So today I left the committee meeting I had after my second class and gave a ride to a colleague. During class I received ~15 text…
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Monopolies are a feature of capitalism, but I (naively) never used to think they could be a feature of academia. I am active in several subfields, and in each there is a small number of large, successful, well-funded groups that seem to pollinate the entire national academic ecosystem and largely the international one, too. People…
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Phindustry has some great news over at Academic Infiltration!
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*tap-tap* Is this thing still on? Hi everyone, it is your friendly neighborhood blogger. Delinquent friendly neighborhood blogger. Very ashamed delinquent friendly neighborhood blogger. I’ve been MIA for several reasons. One is that fiction has taken up much of my creative bandwidth, but there has to be a way to accommodate both blogging and other…
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Happy Festivus! I hope everyone has recovered from the relatives and/or overeating and is back to a more-or-less regular schedule. Traditionally, the first week of January is the blog delurking week… So, without further ado, I give you… The Belated 2019 Blog Delurking Week (Jan 6-13, 2019)! Please stop by to say ‘hi’ in the comments,…
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For me, 2018 was the year of: — Great success in raising grants. Hired my first research scientist, on top of two postdocs and a small army of grad students. — Eldest starting college! I’m so proud of him! He’s so independent and doing so well! He is double-majoring plus working a few hours a…
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Callie has rightfully called me out on my lack of posts. For what it’s worth, I’m not ghosting y’all, at least not on purpose. I have no intention of giving up the blog; it’s just that other things vie for my attention. Part is that I am just really, really exhausted. I know the following…
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