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I couldn’t believe it when our doctor first called to say that I was pregnant! I wasn't sure who to tell. But when my boss asked me for an updated plan for our upcoming…
I almost chickened out, but I ended up getting coffee with the socially anxious PhD whom I recently met at a talk. I agonized over the meeting all morning and ended up…
This is an interesting take on mentors and mentees by Dr. Asli Telli is Associate Professor and a Research Associate through a remote fellowship at WISER, Witwatersrand…
- Asli Telli
- February 7, 2023
The period of completing the first draft was probably the toughest period I’ve ever had psychologically. I questioned every life decision I ever made. I was so lost in…
- Kim Goodwin
- April 29, 2019
In the media, an academic simply doesn’t look like me. They don’t come from the background I came from. While, this may seem like an overgeneralization, sometimes I feel…
In exactly a week, I will be back at work and someone other than me is going to take care of my little rascals. I am not worried about my 4 year old, who has already…
This week was the last week of my clinical internship. And I was so sad to go. By some miracle, I was able to hold in my tears, until the next day anyway. I can’t…
- Elizabeth Mulherron
- June 4, 2019
When you are starting a career in academia, you are inevitably going to be working on a couple of short-term contracts. And these contracts can make you feel out of sync…
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On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, let us celebrate the remarkable journeys of female researchers who have defied stereotypes, shattered…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- February 9, 2024
Fieldwork is full of dichotomies. It can be exciting but exhausting, fun but frustrating, challenging and yet calming. Work in my last field site ended up being both the…