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Confessions of a Trailing Spouse
Last winter semester, I didn’t teach. It was by choice, but it was a choice that dates back to 2001...
"Wherefore art thou," . . . Wait, who are you, again?
Guest blogger, Afshan Jafar, writing from Connecticut in the USA. Photo: Afshan Jafar Afshan Jafar For a while now, everywhere...
I Have Some Bad News
The first student looked at me with tears in his eyes, silent for a moment, and then said, “I have...
Which is your Priority: Research or Teaching?
For academics of a certain age, having many fine balancing acts to prioritize is our prerogative. UVenus writers have blogged...
I Need a Wife
My office-mate Jessica spat those words out in exasperation one afternoon as she raced into the office with a pile...
Be Careful What You Wish For
My career has always been important to me, but I never wanted it to dominate my personal life. Early on...
The Exodus: Philippine Academics Who Never Return Home
There is something about the air in America that seduces the senses. To those who have never been to the...
Summer's Labour's Lost
My sons and I hold a recurrent discussion about the reason school lets out in early June and resumes on...