Category Archives: conferences

Lean With It/Rock With It

Posted on November 2, 2020 by kthompson

I feel like a bad feminist. And not in the Roxane Gay sense. More like in the literal sense. A female colleague of mine recently was talking about a “Lean In” group she was running on campus, and I asked … Continue reading →

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Are You Ready For Some Football?

Posted on September 1, 2020 by kthompson

Many of us, myself included, have it pretty easy. And so it’s been interesting to see what people’s “Corona/quarantine” breaking-points have been. For some, who I believe are VERY pampered, it came early: “I don’t know when I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by kthompson

How do you determine whether or not to attend a particular conference? As a working example to see through to natural generalizations, let’s use the JMM. [Just to choose a conference we’ve all heard of, attend at least once in … Continue reading →

Posted in balancing research and teaching, collaborations, conferences, joint math meetings, networking, reimbursements, research, time management, traveling, workshops | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment