It's been forever since I posted here. Hello!

I hope everyone is coping with wintery weather.

I just passed my dissertation defense!

I can now sign Ph.D. after my name and make everyone call me doctor!

Now I can also pay attention to the rest of the world...including our upcoming wedding.

So, I am not really a "jeans" person. I typically tend towards long skirts and fairly high cut shirts (lots of turtlenecks!), although I am okay with tight sweaters/shirts. I like my privacy from the public gaze ( Read more... )

LiveJournal tells me it's been 13 weeks since I posted anything here. I guess now that the sun is shining and my roof is no longer in danger of collapsing under ice, it is time to crawl out from under my rock. I am looking forward to getting a little more exercise and buying a new bathing suit this season (mine is six years old and the elastic ( Read more... )

1. Having the love of a very brave man ( Read more... )

When I used to do diagnostic interviews with a pediatric neuropsychologist, we had a clever little diagnostic probe in which we took considerable pride. It was "Do you have a favorite number ( Read more... )

Today I finished the wrap up for what was my third big lecture. I got another round of applause! Emails from students saying they enjoyed the material, and even an email from the instructor saying how much she and the students appreciated my nice, "inspiring" style (she wasn't there for the day I gave the full lecture, just for today's 15 minute ( Read more... )

If you were given 75 minutes to teach 330+ young minds (future teachers, parents, citizens, etc.) about child development/developmental psychology....what are some of the things you would want to be sure to convey? Keep in mind that some of these young people may never take another psychology class or development-related class again, but the ( Read more... )

1. Why does microsoft word have to contaminate any files it touches, even if they aren't SAVED in Word? This is the second time this little nasty feature has screwed with my dissertation data and cost me time and data ( Read more... )

I've been away from LJ for some time in an attempt to be more focused on the things I actually needed to be doing/ am paid to do. One of these things was to teach an intensive summer version of Experimental Psychology, a course required for Psych majors at UW Madison. Happily, my students finished their final oral presentations today and I am ( Read more... )