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Falling Off the Ladder: How Not to Succeed in Academia

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
February 9, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 23:00
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Kathy Weston's personal tale of how a promising academic career gradually went off the rails as her interests changed.   No discrimination, she has no white, male privilege to blame, the job ending up being different than what she wanted as she matured.

It's interesting stuff.  Give it a read.

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