by Pamela | Sep 20, 2009 | Academic Politics, Astronomy, People
This is a piece on gender inequity and sexual discrimination (not sexual harassment, which is a different and emotionally more devastating thing). I´m writing this at this time not because of any one thing that´s happened, but because of a culmination of things....
by Pamela | Mar 3, 2008 | Academic Politics, Teaching
This is from PhD Comics. Normally I wouldn’t throw the whole thing in my blog, but . . . If you don’t already subscribe, hit up their RSS Feed over here.
by Pamela | Dec 24, 2007 | Academic Politics, Astronomy, Technology
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and clouds filled the sky Not an object was twinkling, not even Iota Tri; The telescope was parked in its dome with great care, In hopes of spying a star on which it could stare; My students were nested all snug in their beds...
by Pamela | Oct 3, 2007 | Academic Politics, Personal, Teaching
Today I had two juxtapositions of journal articles. On one hand I had the photo-ready proofs of a journal article on the Astronomy Cast listener survey I submitted to, and had accepted by CAP. On the other hand I had a bunch of journal articles my student was working...
by Pamela | Sep 22, 2007 | Academic Politics
Somewhere, once upon a time, the metaphor of faculty living in a mystical Ivory Tower entered the vernacular. I don’t know the history of this imagery, but it always conjures images of wizards working their spells while the look out over the common people...
by Pamela | Apr 17, 2007 | Academic Politics, Teaching
Every university seeks to convince parents (and itself) that it is a safe place where learning and personal development are fostered in a protective yet stimulating environment. This is part of the myth of the Ivory Tower: we form the intellectual fortress where the...
