r/WomeninAcademia

I’m a new mom on the tenure track. I got a major R&R decision while out on maternity leave, and let’s just say I NEED this paper to land.

But it’s hefty revisions on a solo paper - no coauthors to help me. Baby’s waking me 3x a night. My very limited brainpower goes to keeping track of daycare items and the administrative burden of returning to teaching.

I write the editor that I just returned from mat leave and ask humbly for an extension. She says no problem and to just ask if I need more time.

Despite my best efforts, I need more time. I go back and ask for an extra month. She agrees.

I work during naps and late into the night after baby goes to bed in order to try and make this new deadline, a pit in my stomach as it becomes increasingly clear that I won’t be able to make it with anything close to my best work on this revision.

I log into the submission portal to submit what I could slop together, only to find that, without mentioning it, this angel of an editor gave me two extra weeks beyond what I’d requested. I almost burst into tears.

Women helping women is how we all make it in this hostile world. Thank you, editor. I hope to pay it forward one day.

Hello everybody!

I'm getting married in July and am planning on taking my fiancee's last name. I'd really love to publish under this name, and I have a single publication under my current name on work I did in my undergrad (unrelated to my current work, and I don't see myself ever going back to that subfield). In looking for other's experience in taking their partner's last name while working in academia, I've seen almost everyone saying they either kept their maiden name, took their partner's name but published under their maiden name, or published under their new name and ended up regretting it.

I guess my question is: is it an inherently bad idea to take and start publishing under her name? The lack of information about people who have done this makes me hesitant to do this.

I am a lecturer (MCF) in France who has just been tenured, and I’ve just become pregnant. My position is in Marseille while my husband lives in Brittany near all my family. Is it possible to request a transfer after my maternity leave to avoid raising my child alone? What steps do I need to take ? I was told positions must be held for a minimum of four years there is exception ?

I am writing to seek input from people who identify as women and are neurodivergent (with particular interest around ADHD and Autism) and work in any capacity within higher education.

I am speaking at a conference about the intersection of womanhood and neurodivergence in higher education, and would like to gather short stories with real examples to share about lived experiences. I identify as AuDHD (ADHD and Autism) and will be sharing my experiences, as well, but want to amplify others' voices within this sphere. You do not need to be officially diagnosed to share your experiences; self-identification is perfectly valid!

All blurbs will be anonymous in the presentation and I will omit all identifying information. Thanks for considering!

Hello, I am in Kinda of an odd position. I graduated with my PhD and I did two years of postdoc in the US but now I’m in a different country. I moved to start a family. Anyways, I landed a teaching position here and I am wondering if I should pursue research and publications if I eventually want to go back to the US?
My actual field does not exist here so it would be in a closely related field. I just don’t know if having international publications would count as much when I do go back to the US