"Start an academic blog? Are you serious?"
So was my reaction to my husband Kevin's suggestion that I start blogging as part of my academic pursuits. I'm still turning it over in my mind. Would anyone read it? Do I care? Do I have the time?
It's been a while since I've written here. When I last posted over a year ago, I was just about to graduate with my Ph.D., start new job as an assistant professor, and (oh yeah) get married. All of that came to pass -- I had a wonderful wedding, started my job, and had a fairly successful first year as a faculty member.
Life as an assistant professor is busy and eventful. I love my job, my students, and well, my life. I usually get to work really early in the morning, come home exhausted, work out for a little bit, and then get to spend a couple hours with my husband before it's time to go to bed. Time already seems like a precious commodity -- so is blogging really worth it?
What would I talk about? When I started Autologica eight years ago, it was meant to chronicle my life as I transitioned from becoming and undergraduate to a graduate student. I could talk about things I am doing as an assistant professor, I suppose. A quick run down on what's going in my life right now:
I can talk about the pedantic discoveries I make, as I continue to develop as a teacher and as a professor. It's truly amazing to see things from the other end. I love helping my students through their struggles, and celebrating in their successes.
Whatever I decide to talk about, I think I will continue to update this blog. If there are topics that anyone would like me to discuss, definitely e-mail me, or comment on this post. We'll see where this goes next.
So was my reaction to my husband Kevin's suggestion that I start blogging as part of my academic pursuits. I'm still turning it over in my mind. Would anyone read it? Do I care? Do I have the time?
It's been a while since I've written here. When I last posted over a year ago, I was just about to graduate with my Ph.D., start new job as an assistant professor, and (oh yeah) get married. All of that came to pass -- I had a wonderful wedding, started my job, and had a fairly successful first year as a faculty member.
Life as an assistant professor is busy and eventful. I love my job, my students, and well, my life. I usually get to work really early in the morning, come home exhausted, work out for a little bit, and then get to spend a couple hours with my husband before it's time to go to bed. Time already seems like a precious commodity -- so is blogging really worth it?
What would I talk about? When I started Autologica eight years ago, it was meant to chronicle my life as I transitioned from becoming and undergraduate to a graduate student. I could talk about things I am doing as an assistant professor, I suppose. A quick run down on what's going in my life right now:
- I am a 2013-2014 CDC/CRA-W Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) advisor. I'm guiding a team of five students on a parallel computing project.
- I'm leading a panel discussion at the 2013 Grace Hopper Conference called Navigating the Academic Job Search.
- This semester I'm teaching CS301, an introductory CS course in Python that I largely designed, and CS474, our computational theory course.
I can talk about the pedantic discoveries I make, as I continue to develop as a teacher and as a professor. It's truly amazing to see things from the other end. I love helping my students through their struggles, and celebrating in their successes.
Whatever I decide to talk about, I think I will continue to update this blog. If there are topics that anyone would like me to discuss, definitely e-mail me, or comment on this post. We'll see where this goes next.
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