Have you ever wondered what your advisor struggled with as a graduate student? What they struggle with now? Growing up in Science is a conversation series featuring personal narratives of becoming and being a scientist.
Growing up in Science was started by professor Wei Ji Ma in 2014 at New York University, and is now worldwide. An article in Science describes the origin and impact of the series.
At a typical Growing up in Science event, one faculty member shares their life story, with a focus on struggles, failures, doubts, detours, and weaknesses. Common topics include dealing with expectations, impostor syndrome, procrastination, luck, rejection, conflicts with advisors, and work-life balance, but these topics are always embedded in the speaker's broader narrative.
Join us for a conversation about the human factors that are universal undercurrents of working in academia but that too often remain unspoken.