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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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lyra211 asks: OK, here’s the subject I’ve been googling obsessively and haven’t found much fodder about — would love to hear your thoughts: The year you are up for tenure. Awkwardness of interactions with colleagues, dealing with inappropriate communication from senior department members, the senior faculty perspective on what is happening behind the scenes, and
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Well, this daily blogging business in November hasn’t worked out so well, has it? I’m sorry, dear readers, but what can I do? There’s stuff that’s on my mind that isn’t really blog fodder and I already force myself to do plenty that I don’t want to do in real life; I refuse to do that
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Thursday was Thanksgiving, also DH’s birthday, so I cooked all day. Below: Thanksgiving spread plus the stuffed cabbage dish I always make for DH’s birthday, which will be consumed later. On Friday, roadtrip with the younger kids to an amusement park four hours away. Saturday: roadtrip to spend the afternoon with a friend from grad
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Wally asks: I’m curious if you have any advice on how to have a decent working relationship AND a collaborator/co-author relationship with someone you just can’t stand. One of my colleagues is duplicitous, a horrible gossip, trashes people (incl me) behind their backs, and tries to–and has successfully, edge people out of projects that they
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