Where are the women?
It would have been awfully nice if Republicans wouldn’t have unfairly maligned the wonderful and eminently qualified Susan Rice for Secretary of State, but we can’t blame them entirely for this room full of dudes. And great (and unsurprising) that the Obama administration has appointed many more women than the Bush administration. But women need to be at the highest levels and in the inner circle. And…
...read moreThanks for having me
When I said that I would be around for about ten days, I was apparently not paying close attention to the guest-blogging schedule Jill sent out. It turns out my guest-blogging stint is up! I would like to thank Jill for inviting me to write here, and Piny and Zuzu for sharing their space. But [...]
...read moreThe Leaky Pipeline and me
In my department here at Big Name University, 30% of students receiving undergraduate degrees are women. 15% of students receiving master’s degrees are women, and 7% of doctoral students. I’m not sure what the numbers are for assistant professors hired, and for professors given tenure, but I’m sure they follow the same pattern. At every [...]
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I’m Dr. Confused and I’m a rocket scientist. That’s not quite true. I haven’t done any work on rockets, though I am probably relatively close to qualified to do so. I have a Doctorate of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering. I work more on the “aero” side of things than the “space” side. As part of [...]
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