Pleuni Pennings

Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University

How I survived my first semester as Assistant Prof after having a baby

Earlier this year, I gave birth to a baby boy and two months later I started my new position as an Assistant Professor in biology at San Francisco State University. My husband and I were both at home for the first two months after our baby was born, but I usually hear: “Wow, you went back to work after only two months?” whereas he hears: “Wow, how cool that you were home for two full months!”