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A Halloween post about the scariest thing I can think of

I’m caught up on my grading. I’ve done more academic writing this fall than I have the whole rest of the year. My office is (relatively) clean. I’ve remodeled my bathroom. I’m even ahead on my ironing. I wish I had … Continue reading

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Remembering what you didn’t know

First of all, thank you to everyone who reached out after my last post. I’ve started replying, but even if I don’t get to yours, please know I read every one and took them to heart. This is a weird … Continue reading

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When early-career meets early-family

When my husband was first starting out in grad school, he took a crosslisted graduate/undergraduate physics class. One day the professor looked away from the board for a moment, gazed out at the class, and said, seemingly apropos of nothing, “Academia … Continue reading

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