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Math Geek Mom: The Undercover Boss
I chose my first job out of graduate school for several reasons. The president of that university was a graduate...
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Vegas, Conventions, Transmedia
I have spent the last few days in Vegas as part of an invited group of faculty at the National...
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ABC's and PhD's: After school
“I want to go to aftercare!” This comes up in our house periodically. The aftercare program at my kids’ school...
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The More Things Change
Two of my close friends, approximately my age, were raped when they were in college. One, feeling shame that she...
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Math Geek Mom: Anecdotal Evidence
I ran into the chair of the Sociology department the other day as I came out of my Calculus class...
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Home again
Ah, spring break! No school lunches to prepare, no early morning breakfasts to make, no lightning launches out the door...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Traveling Alone--reprise
(I originally wrote this column for LiteraryMama.com in June of 2004. I’m revisiting the topic, seven years later, to note...
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Home Is the Picker
Amid jokes about killing the fatted cheesecake (we're vegetarians), Ben returned home this week from his trip to England with...