Earlier this month I presented a small part of my research at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in Montreal, Canada. The conference took place in the wake of the devastating election results. The timing of the conference couldn’t have been better. I needed to get out of D.C. and not worry about turning onContinue reading “When You Present Critical Findings About Your Friend at a Conference…and She’s in the Audience”
Category Archives: Work-Life Balance
The Dissertation Is My Olympics. The Olympics Is My Dissertation
Thank goodness for the Rio Games. Just when I was falling into a rut with my doctoral work, the Summer Games begun. It’s early to feel burnt out considering I just started the dissertation journey. Perhaps defending my proposal only a few months after giving birth and then moving to the other side of theContinue reading “The Dissertation Is My Olympics. The Olympics Is My Dissertation”
My Postpartum (Blogging) Hiatus
The last eight months of my life have been one transition after the other. Here are the most notable highlights: I had a baby! It was a long time coming. Transitioning to parenthood has been intense. Two months postpartum I cleaned up my dissertation proposal, defended it, and became ABD. Two weeks after that, weContinue reading “My Postpartum (Blogging) Hiatus”
Guest Post: The One-Body Problem
Originally posted on Tenure, She Wrote:
by @scidoctress I hold immense respect for my female friends and colleagues who are struggling to advance their own academic careers alongside a spouse’s. I’ve watched brilliant women find a plethora of creative solutions to the “two-body problem,” as it’s termed, from negotiating spousal hires to commuting great distances…
Yuka Polovina 