tenure
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Look whose essay just appeared in Chronicle Vitae! Why yes, the author is yours truly! It’s an excerpt from Academaze, addressing credit on collaborative work, especially while on the tenure track. https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1559-who-gets-the-credit-for-the-collaboration
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A New Assistant Professor (NAP) has a question: I have worked at an industrial research lab for five years and have finally received an offer from a well-known US public research school as an assistant professor in engineering. I am so excited but at the same time I am a bit anxious about setting up a new research
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Today, I read an excellent, poignant, and depressing post — “I have a vested interest” — discussing sexism and misogyny. Go read it. Being that I am maturity-challenged, my contribution to this important and uncomfortable topic is, understandably… A pictorially presented pun.
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I have been extremely busy, hence the scarcity of posts. I have been wanting to post on a number of interesting topics, but the time just isn’t there… And then I forget or the impetus to write diminishes for whatever reason (mostly due to sleepiness), and then there are more pressing things to tend to
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I recently spent some time with a very junior faculty member at my institution. Young, from a prestigious institution, male. Thinks he has everything figured out. When I tell him what some very explicit requirements for tenure at the university are, he pouts and objects that they are unreasonable (they are not) and that if he
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I have had a very productive summer so far. Also, two very long papers, where I was dreading protracted battles with referees, came back with glowing reviews and requests for minor revisions, so I am feeling very positive about my job these days. For a change, I thought it might write about work when I am actually
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A colleague once told me this great Chinese proverb: “Time is like water in a sponge; if you try really hard, you can always squeeze out some more.” So very true. People will always find the time for the things they want to do, end of story. If you can’t find the time for something,
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Psycgirl had a couple of posts on mentoring that made me think about my own experiences. A while ago, I wrote a book review of Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In”. There are several things I still remember about the book, and one is her view of mentorship: Mentors are problem solvers, give them a problem to
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Over the decade that I have spent in my home department, I have witnessed several faculty colleagues retire. A number retired in their 60’s or 70’s; they had been active in research and faculty governance till the very last day, but were forgotten soon thereafter and are hardly ever mentioned today. Their labs were given to
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We have been interviewing and it’s been quite exhausting. But, the process reveals more about the colleagues with whom I interact in regards to the search than it does about the candidates. My school is a large and reputable public school and the department ranks about 15th in the discipline. We are no MIT or
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