First, I want to say that I really appreciate this
forum. It is very inspiring. I have a 14 month old daughter and I
am in the middle of my PhD.
It was great to read Sara’s article in
Frontiers this past month (and the response article too!).
I wanted to let you all know about an article myself
and a female faculty member in our department recently wrote for Chronicles of
Higher Education about being moms and doing fieldwork. Below is the link to the
online version.
Hello, I'm a Ph.D. candidate and the mother of a 2 year old. I'm writing up my dissertation while taking care of my son at home--with help from a babysitter 3...
Hello everybody and especially Sara, I read your article in Frontiers in Ecology and Environment (and by the way discovered this group :) and found it very...
Hi Flore Thanks for sharing your experience! It's amazing that you are through your Ph.D. and only 26 years old - congratulations. It feels very uncertain...
Hi Everyone, I just read Sara's article and joined this group. Sara, thank you for writing the article! It feels wonderfully reassuring to find other scientist...
Betsey, We're at the same stage of our research--I have two chapters done and will defend this spring too! You must have had some experience bringing your son...
Hi Sara, I did bring my son into the field when he was about one and a half and he's been out with his dad catching birds. He loves it and he tells his...
Hi Flore, I'm glad that you wrote into the group and congratulations on your pregnancy! Carolyn's thoughts are very similar to my own. Like her, I also send...
I am curious if anyone has heard of two half-time people sharing a tenure-track position? I once worked for a city government agency in which there were 2...
Sure, I know a married couple who job shared "one" position, but that's kind of problematic, because the tenure criteria tend to be higher for both faculty...
I have some friends who share a position. One of them discussed the pros and cons with me a few years ago. Apparently you don't really work half time even if...
Hi all! First, I want to say that I really appreciate this forum. It is very inspiring. I have a 14 month old daughter and I am in the middle of my PhD. It...
Hi everyone I'm happy to see some new posts and I wanted to share an article that a friend emailed to me regarding a new book that targets some of the issues...
Hi everyone, How fun to read posts about what people are doing! I thought Sara's article was extremely well-written. One of the problems I've had with some...
Hi all - I'm glad to see that this group is up and running! It's encouraging to hear your stories and see how you all have made furthering your careers and...
Hi Everyone, I'm a proud father of a two year old boy and have another boy or girl on the way any day now, while doing my postdoc, finishing up publishing my...
Hey Ryan, It's great hearing from a Dad! And that feeling of being torn between work and home is a universal one for working parents. Maybe not so much for...
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