Hmm….
In college I had two majors.
For grad school I applied to departments in two different subject areas.
Now I am applying for jobs in two different subject areas… (or maybe three).
I think it’s a trend.
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FYI - your feeds aren’t working in bloglines and haven’t been for about a week. I’ve been missing your bloggy goodness.
Comment by sciencewoman — December 16, 2006 @ 11:10 pm
I just noticed the same thing as sciencewoman — and had to resubscribe to get it to work.
Just curious, do you feel comfortable with having 2 areas, as if you fully belong in each?
Comment by profgrrrrl — December 20, 2006 @ 1:27 am
I actually care more about my physical location than the name of the discipline. In grad school I did topic X in a building where all the other groups did topic Y and thought X was boring/irrelevant. The posters in the hallway and the seminar announcements were all about Y, as were the cookie-hour conversations. In my postdoc I study the same topic X in a building of people who think X or things loosely related to X are really fascinating– interestingly, these people come from several different departments/disciplines. So I’m quite comfortable that my area is X, it’s just not quite clear what discipline it is in! The last 3 people from my PhD group to get faculty positions went to 3 different types of departments.
Comment by drshellie — December 20, 2006 @ 2:19 am
PS: I don’t know what’s up with the feed, but thanks for the heads up!
Comment by drshellie — December 20, 2006 @ 2:20 am