A blogging professor in print

摘要

As a science undergraduate, I imagined that being a professor involved little more than teaching a class each semester and 'doing research'. The inner workings of academia were a mystery to me. Since then, an explosion of blogs written by students, postdocs and faculty members has opened a new window into academic life. Blogs allow scientists at all levels to peek into the professional lives of colleagues at other institutions and in different fields. Pseudonymous blogger Female Science Professor (FSP) first introduced herself in May 2006: "I do not look my age, I do not look like a professor, I do not look like a scientist. My colleagues are, with a few exceptions, very kind and polite to me, and some (many? most?) even like me ... but they do not take me seriously."