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Do Female Academics Have to Be Role Models?

December 2, 2019November 5, 2018

We talk a lot about the importance of women and minority academics mentoring students and new faculty. But are we expecting too much of them?

Tags academia, academic culture, academic science, cdnsci, department chair, diversity, equity, inclusion, mentor, minorities, Nobel, Nobel Prize, pay gap, physics, promotion, Role model, women in science, women in STEM

On Claiming Your PhD

December 2, 2019June 20, 2018

I didn’t attend my PhD convocation. I barely finished the degree itself, as I was struck by a deep depression in my last year of … Read more

Tags academia, arrogance, convocation, degrees, depression, mental illness, ordinary, PhD, science communication, tall poppies, thesis, writing

Coming to Terms with the Past

December 2, 2019April 4, 2018

Since I had my knee injury I’ve been sitting around pretty much doing nothing. I regularly ice my knee, and do loops around the house … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, birthday, health, injury, knee injury, meaning, mental health, purpose, recovery, sexism

Improve Your Productivity By Making Time for Rest

December 2, 2019March 7, 2018

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that, because of my illness, I have limited time in the day to do things … Read more

Tags academia, art, Creativity, disability, editing, productivity, reading, rest, slow scholarship, walking, work, writing

Your Job Isn't Who You Are

December 2, 2019November 1, 2017

*Updated 1 Nov to add thanks to @jryancs.  It’s fall. The big leaf maples are shedding their leaves—a profusion of yellow, orange, and red covers … Read more

Tags academia, autumn, bears, communicator, disability, editor, fall, freelance, language, mental health, scicomm, science, Scientist, sciwri, what scientists do, writer

How's Your Inner Life These Days?

December 2, 2019August 23, 2017

Today instead of a Wednesday links post I’ve decided to write a regular post with a few links thrown in. —- Over the past few … Read more

Tags academia, community, Creativity, cycling, eclipse, editing, history, kayaking, landscape, life, nature, outdoors, place, progress, quiet, social media, thinking, writing

Wednesday on the Web: 28 Jun Edition

December 2, 2019June 28, 2017

Well this year’s solstice definitely ushered in summer. From a cool and damp spring we jumped to a dry, hot summer – seemingly overnight. It … Read more

Tags academia, beavers, bored, Great Plains, internet, language, nature writing, salmonids, technology, wildfire, writing, writing advice

Restoring a Forest: Looking Back, Moving Forward

December 2, 2019October 25, 2016

On today’s morning walk through the forest, I stopped for a moment to listen. My dog sat quietly at my side as the forest came … Read more

Tags academia, creative writing, forest, goals, limitations, priorities, restoration, walking, work, writing

Managing Your Mental Health in Academia

December 2, 2019March 13, 2016

A few years ago, when I was still in academia, we had a meeting of scholars who were part of the university’s Water Institute. We … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, career, health, mental health, mental illness, stress

International Women's Day 2016: Link Roundup

December 2, 2019March 8, 2016

[Updated March 9th to add the @IAmSciComm list of women science communicators] Today was International Women’s Day, a day we celebrate the achievements of women … Read more

Tags academia, Canadian highered, cdnpoli, gender equity, international women's day, IWD2016, science, science policy, scipolicy, women in science
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