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Two-Year in Hell

Richard Dean tells the story of an unusual choice made by a new Ph.D.

The Career Coach Is In: Pregnant as a PhD Student?

This week’s question is from a research university doctoral student, Ellen, and it is one I would like to throw...

Interview Tips: A Bleg

This week a correspondent sent some good interview tips for faculty candidates, asking that I gather more from my wise...

While We Still Can

Next week...Roadtrip! I'll be channeling Clark W. Griswold as we give 'affordable gas' a Viking funeral by heading hither and...

College community

Lots of folks look back on their college years as a happy period in their lives. Heck, some folks seem...

Baseball, 'Bull Durham' and the Classroom

My classes have come to a close for another year while professional baseball is finding its summer stride. I have...

Drama Mama: Product, parenting and paranoia

Recently I’ve been reading news reports on studies that link autism with multiple immunizations administered on the same day. This...

Full of hot air

I want to be Alexander Lee when I grow up. Lee is the Executive Director of Project Laundry List, an...