In the 27 October 2020 issue of STAT, journalist Shraddar Chakaadar highlights a problem that confronts women scientists often -- even if she, Akiko Iwasaki is the principal investigator of a major university laboratory (Yale University). "To know Iwasaki is to know that she is passionate about combatting sexism, power imbalances, and toxic behavior in … Continue reading A different kind of virus: Imbalance in Science
Diversity ‘on the outs’?
That was the week that was* . . . diversity and diversity training were thrown out with the cat... by the White House and at least within federal government organizations. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-race-sex-stereotyping/?utm_source=link The White House rationale is a spin which sees the 'black & white' of an argument and not the gray (context) which surrounds it--simplicity … Continue reading Diversity ‘on the outs’?
The View from a Small Island: Bias–Post III: The Human Imperfections
The mind is the brain at work and culture is the creation of manifold individual minds composing a civilization where the legacy is handed on from one generation to the next. Charles Gillespie 1998 A quick review: in Post I and II I present a new look at implicit Bias. I argue for a … Continue reading The View from a Small Island: Bias–Post III: The Human Imperfections
Post V – a Pandemic and Party Conventions: the View from a Small Island
Polarization and Presidential Conventions August 21, 2020 a personal disclosure, an explainer book, the first presidential party convention and an introduction to a St. Louis couple who need counseling, desperately. I must disclose my political predilection at the outset. You may decide to continue reading, or not. Politically, I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative. … Continue reading Post V – a Pandemic and Party Conventions: the View from a Small Island
Post III: 2020, a pandemic romance–the view from a small island
By March of 2020, articles about isolation and the effects of quarantine on relationship proliferate the internet. Some sexual, others platonic. Isolation serves notice to us all that life is different and a new normal could be expected. In my business-coaching practice, clients begin to share comments usually reserved for a therapist’s chair. Long-term partners, … Continue reading Post III: 2020, a pandemic romance–the view from a small island
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