Category Archives: work life balance

Supporting math majors and grad students in the time of pandemic

Posted on 01/26/2021 by Pamela E. Harris

By panelists Giovanny Marquez and Lucy Martinez, and moderator Pamela E. Harris The 2021 Joint Math Meetings (JMM) conference included a special session organized by Dr. Katherine Stevenson, chair of the AMS Committee on Education. The program of this special … Continue reading →

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Guess Culture versus Ask Culture

Posted on 01/13/2021 by Pamela E. Harris

By Kim Holman When I was a child, I grew up in a “guess culture” household. I had to pay attention to the people around me and make a guess as to whether or not I should ask for something. … Continue reading →

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Do I owe you?

Posted on 07/08/2020 by Pamela E. Harris

  The grad years You accepted me into a graduate program having just given birth to my daughter 4 months prior. Offered me a fellowship in which I had reduced teaching responsibilities and when I did teach I was left … Continue reading →

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Learning During the Pandemic: What we wish our professors and mentors knew

Posted on 05/05/2020 by Pamela E. Harris

Student Authors: Mayleen Cortez, Brooke Keene-Gomez, Lucy Martinez, Amaury V. Miniño, Jenna Race, Kelemua Tesfaye, and Stephanie. Blog post compiled by Melissa Gutiérrez González, Pamela E. Harris, and Alicia Prieto Langarica. In this blog we center the voices of mathematics students as … Continue reading →

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The importance of leadership skills

Posted on 01/09/2018 by erikacamacho

Leadership training in academia and in particular in mathematics is something we don’t tend to discuss or think about that much until we are about to take on a leadership academic position and wished we could have had some formal … Continue reading →

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Are you thriving or surviving?

Posted on 09/16/2016 by Dagan Karp

We are lucky to have another guest post from the amazing mathematician and educator Candice Price, who recently moved to Southern California! ***** Maybe I am just too demanding? Maybe I am just like my advisor, too busy? Recently, this … Continue reading →

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