In article <61t6hj$sbn at gap.cco.caltech.edu>, ravena at cco.caltech.edu (Karen
Allendoerfer) wrote:
[edited for brevity]
>>This is in Bavaria, which I understand is quite Catholic and conservative.
>In the U.S. too, I think there's a lot of variation from place to place.
>I wonder if everything would be as wonderful in the religiously and
>politically conservative regions of the U.S.
>Karen-Hello and congratulations!
I have lived in the Bible Belt (Dallas and North Carolina) for about 12
years. My problems in Dallas while I was a postdoc were related to the
fact that I was working at a medical school with a PhD (i.e., patient fees
wouldn't cover part of my salary) and the med school was and still is a
whitebread male preserve. Here in NC I am fortunate to be in a reasonably
liberal dept. in a reasonably liberal school (we have the first female
chancellor in the UNC system, and this used to be the state's Women's
College). I have not met with much resistance to my status as a female
researcher who is in a committed relationship, but not yet married. I
also tend to travel in circles outside work (e.g., the UU church) that
will not consider me a mutant.
Back before I finished my PhD, someone from Utah State asked me if I would
consider a position in their nutrition dept. I don't think I could have
taken the job even if they offered it to me. We'd probably be drummed out
of town for our heathen ways.
Cindy
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C.J. Fuller
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