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Posted by: Thomas Joseph
Posted on: Mon, Oct 04, 2010, 2:20 pm CDT

Tideliar: MicrobiologistXX (http://microbiologistxx.blogspot.com/)

 

Would make a good addition to the family next time we consider expanding.

Posted by: Nikkilina
Posted on: Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 7:56 pm CDT

I'm struggling with this now. My husband and I are talking about a baby, but I'm terrified about what happens to my project while I'm out! I can see why a lot of women in science choose not to take time off for a baby, because it potentially puts you at a disadvantage as your field moves on without you. I'd love to hear everyone's perspectives on this.

Posted by: Suzy
Posted on: Wed, Aug 11, 2010, 11:57 pm CDT

That sounds average. When I was in grad school- which was in the early 90's, there were 3 women faculty. Two more was hired about a year later and then another was hired but non-TT as her husband was recruited and they gave her that position.
Two did not have kids and the other four did.
Two had husbands as faculty (and they often co-published together).

One of these women (one without kids) happened to be the faculty person with the worst reputation for being cruel. She had only male grad students because women were treated so harshly they didn't choose her lab.

The entire faculty was probably around 25 people.
All of the women faculty worked a lot and weekends too. When I was in on weekends, they would be there too.

I think they really sacrificed a lot of time with their kids in those years to be in the lab.




Posted by: Gerty-Z
Posted on: Wed, Aug 11, 2010, 10:16 pm CDT

OK, so I exaggerated a little. Of the ~25 faculty with primary appointments in my Dept., I am one of 5 women. The other 4 are all full professors, two have children that are grown (their husbands are both also faculty in the dept) and two have no children. I still think this qualifies as a problem, though.
Posted by: Suzy
Posted on: Wed, Aug 11, 2010, 8:02 pm CDT

Hi Gerty,
Do you mean you are the only woman PI in your department? Or the only one with a child?
Jade
Posted by: Gerty-Z
Posted on: Tue, Aug 10, 2010, 10:46 pm CDT

Hey! Now that I'm here maybe I should tackle this, too. I have a 3-year old AND a new tt job. Also, my Dept has a "women in science" problem (I'm about the only exception)
Posted by: Tideliar
Posted on: Mon, Aug 09, 2010, 6:57 pm CDT

I am genetically under-qualified to answer this but MicrobiologistXX (http://microbiologistxx.blogspot.com/) just had a baby, Dr. Isis has a 3yr old, (http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/) and Alyssa is expecting soon (http://mrscomethunter.blogspot.com/).

There's three potential candidates to see you can get them to post or guest blog?
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