I feel compelled to join this group, as my labmates and I have been having these types of discussions for years! I, too, am interested in the response to this...
Hello, I saw this message last week and meant to respond with my experience but time got away from me. I am finishing my postdoc and I have a 17month old...
Hi All I wish everyone a happy new year and wanted to share something that I received in my inbox recently. It's from a group called MomsRising and is along...
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...
Hi! My names is Jessica, I am a grad student with a 4 years old child. Thanks to Sara's article I found you guys! I am exited about hearing your experience of...
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...
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...
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, 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 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, 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...
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...
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...
I'm in the thick of job search right now and just did one interview and my approach is to be very up front about having a family and including a photo of them...
I appreciate hearing about your experiences. Not having had the experience of a job interview (yet), I suppose that I did not really know what to expect....
Hello Ryan, I never hid my family during my two job interviews (and I was offered both so I'm pretty sure it wasn't held against me). For the second interview,...
I had a negative experience with an academic interview just last month and want to get advice on how to prevent this problem in the future. Knowing my...
Hi Melissa, Wow - that is quite a story. I don't have any expertise in the matter, but using that as a reason not to hire you and telling you that was the...
Hello Melissa. First, let me congratulate you for listening to your maternal instinct and putting the well being of your daughter first! I am sorry to hear...
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