Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fwd: [ECOLOG-L] Families in Science - Balancing your personal and professional life

2012-04-12 Thread Kerns, Becky -FS
Some of the email that have emerged in this threat have been the most depressing I have seen on Ecolog in a long time - with some notable bright spots. I would like to encourage all starting out graduate students and scientists - you are our future and please don't be discouraged by what you ar

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant?

2012-04-09 Thread Kerns, Becky -FS
I was wondering when this point would be made. Maybe we should not even open these jobs to women! And I thought we were making progress. Becky Becky K. Kerns, Ph.D., Team Leader/Research Ecologist Ecosystem Dynamics and Environmental Change Threat Characterization and Management Program, PNW R

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Backpacking with an infant?

2012-04-09 Thread Kerns, Becky -FS
This has been a really good discussion - parents have to make these kinds of decisions all the time and there are no easy answers or right or wrong pathways. What I see as a central issue are the expectations for performance we have of ourselves, and what is drilled into our heads by many advis