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Author: Deborah
Harris/Fermilab
Date: 11-08-05
23:13
There has been much wringing of hands over
how to solve the "problem" of women having children
while they are post-docs. Although it is not mentioned
in this article, there are professors in physics
departments who are supportive of their post-docs, who
respect and meet their requests for maternity leave, and
who still help get them to the next stage in the field,
namely a tenure-track job. I had my first child as a
post-doc for the physics department of the University of
Rochester, and my mentor Arie Bodek gave me exaclty what
I asked for in terms of leave (12 weeks full time off,
followed by 12 weeks half time off). After being a
post-doc for 4 and a half years, I then got a tenure
track job at Fermilab, where I had another child roughly
two years before getting tenure.
I am grateful
to the Chronicle for telling Sherry Tower's story to a
broad audience, but we should also tell the stories of
the faculty who treat their post-docs well. Better yet,
we should learn from their
examples!
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