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Math Geek Mom: The Normal Distribution
Imagine a number line, extending in both directions infinitely. Above this line we might graph bars that represent the proportion...
Motherhood after tenure: embodied teaching
Like fellow blogger, Libby Gruner, I too spent the end of the semester in a lively discussion about teaching. Several...
ABC's and PhD's: Balancing with young children
In surfing around the web I came upon this old thread, started in January last year on the Chronicle's “Balancing...
Mothering at Mid-Career: May Term
Our campus has a May term, an early summer school term that starts up soon after graduation and offers students...
'Serious Subjects' vs. 'Frills'
My son's mid-semester report came last week. The news was that he's doing fine in everything but humanities and art...
Math Geek Mom: A Meeting 140 Years in the Making
The idea of a tangent line is central to many aspects of mathematics. In geometry, we study when a line...
Long Distance Mom: Mira Nair
I attended an inspiring conversation with filmmaker Mira Nair recently at Columbia College Chicago. Nair spoke about how she arranges...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Juggling
It feels like it's been a while since I wrote anything about being a parent in this space. It's been...