Name: Alycia Mosley Austin Job: Director of Graduate Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives and Executive Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Rhode Island Source: Branching Points [original post from June 2013] Excerpt: I was perhaps a little too … Continued
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Name: Jeff Dunn Job: Professor of Radiology at the University of Calgary Source: Dr Dunn’s blog [original post from November 2014] Excerpt: I wasn’t actively looking. There was a job at the University of British Columbia I was trying to … Continued
Name: Jennifer Gardy Job: Assistant Professor and Science Communicator Post: I have the best jobs in the world. Most of the time, I am chasing my childhood dream of being Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak – as a Senior Scientist at the … Continued
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Name: Laura Guertin Job: Earth Science Professor Post: I pursued an undergraduate degree in geology, and I was always drawn to the ocean and hoped to have a career in studying and researching coastal processes. I knew I would have … Continued