There are some things that just stick with you. For example, in fourth grade I got called to the principal’s office over a playground argument. My mom taught in my school and I had never been so sick in my life as I was in that moment of dread. It’s a feeling I would never forget.
Being a grad student is hard work, being a post-doc is hard work, being a professor is hard work. I remember the constant state of stress, lack of sleep, concerns about deadlines and massive workload I carried as a doc student. Now, looking back five years later, I can say Read more…
There is a sort of mythos that surrounds doctoral studies – this harrowing vision of life at odd hours, in strange surroundings, with little contact with the outside world. It is a position of solitude and unwavering focus at a level that excludes all human relationships and other concerns. The Read more…
My name is Amanda Glaze (@EvoPhD), and I study the intersections of science and society, specifically evolution, in the Southeastern United States. I am honoured and humbled to join you as a guest blogger here on Errant Science and RealScientists.org in honor of Ada Lovelace Day. It is because of Read more…