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Parenting in Academia
The challenges of balancing fatherhood and research: Father’s Day
This World Father’s Day, let’s celebrate the resilience and dedication of researcher fathers who navigate the intricate balance of fatherhood and academic career every day.
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Jun 14, 2024
My work-life imbalance
My two year-old is asleep now and my first grader is about to work on her math assignment for the day. Right now, my spirit and flesh are both weak, I have to help with math homework, and I really should be grading.
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Nov 30, 2020
Why is it so hard? How I got through my hardest professional hurdle yet
I was happy and ready to take on the world. Little did I know the year ahead would have the biggest professional hurdle of my life.
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Jun 17, 2020
It’s overwhelming – I feel like I should be doing so much right now
I spend a few seconds sinking into this emotion, shuddering from the reality that the life of a black man/woman/child is not valued the same as my white friends and coworkers. I feel guilty about not speaking up and telling someone…but find that I don’t know where to begin.
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Jun 5, 2020