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Mothering at Mid-Career: First Year
Lately I find myself wearing several hats. I’m chairing a committee to look into our first-year curriculum, for example, at...
Betwixt Earth Day and the EPA
Last week, the EPA finally came to the scientifically obvious conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants worthy of regulation. That's...
To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick
A Letter from Key West To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick The southernmost sky is...
Policy and Parental Leave
This semester, my institution has been moving toward developing a family leave policy for faculty and staff. I'll start by...
Dad
My Dad died Friday. He was 69. He was at home. He had battled ALS – Lou Gehrig's disease –...
Ask the Administrator: The Most Effective Faculty Protest
A savvy correspondent writes: I'm writing because my large urban public university recently hired a high-profile person who, in a...
Math Geek Mom: Looking at the Long Run
The other day I found myself watching “Good Morning America” while waiting for some work to be done on my...
Months and months
Patricia DeWitt makes a point which is entirely valid, at least if the expressions of a lot of staff folk...