I wanted to reflect on these last few months after such a big change, not only in moving across the world to take on a faculty position in..

Have you ever been told, “it is sickening how cute you look every day, how annoying?” And then, before you can even think to respond, to...

even if we don't have an answer, we are scratching at a deeper issue: how much do the current rules serve you?

So if you’re going on the job market this year, know that your best is what counts.

This post falls along the lines of a theme in variations. In her last blog, Yen the idea of “taking the temperature of the room in order...

There’s a fine line between gauging the social situation of a room, let’s say, then adjusting in so that you can participate

Quitting my job (2009), moving to Paris (2010), quitting my job again and going back to school (2011), applying to graduate school...

Disclaimer: I don’t buy anything at retail price! Last week’s blog by Yen made me think about my own shopping habits. Seriously y’all, I...

Clearly there’s a theme this year. We’ve shared skin care products and talked about self-preservation strategies in the work place. Now,...

Why start this blog with “tattoos”? This may seem like a curiously retrograde concern (on my part). Still, I think, there is a stigma...

This week, we are still talking about self-preservation in academia. (Yen: When are we not talking about self-preservation?!) I listened...

Asian Americans – let alone Vietnamese Americans – don’t choose academia. The return on investment is arguably “not worth it.”

How do we go beyond the C.V. and disrupt those conclusions already made about us in those limited lines?

We complement each other. That is really why we started this blog. While we each have our own unique styles (and they keep changing…)