ProfessHers -- ProfessHers
About ProfessHers
ProfessHers is a moderated mailing list for women faculty members in computer science, computer engineering, and information technology to informally discuss issues related to their jobs and being successful in their careers. Possible topics include aspects of graduate and undergraduate teaching, advising students, research, funding, interactions with colleagues, professional service, time management, promotion, and administrative work, especially for issues that are affected by being a woman or for which the perspectives of other women faculty are desired. For sensitive situations, anonymous requests for advice can be posted and anonymous responses can be made, by request to the list moderator. This list requires each subscriber to provide a short statement about her qualifications to join this list; specifically, that she is: * a faculty member in computer science, computer engineering, or information technology at a university or college * female Please look at our frequently asked questions for the rules and details of how to use this list. To access the archives, please visit ProfessHers Archives.
Using ProfessHers
The mailing list is organized around conversations. To begin a new conversation, send email to ProfessHers+new@athena.systers.org. Alternately, if you would like to specify a name for your new conversation, send your message to ProfessHers+new+name@athena.systers.org, replacing name with the name you would like (e.g., ProfessHers+new+greetings@athena.systers.org). To continue an existing conversation, simply use your mailer's "reply-all" command. You can subscribe to the list in the next section of this page, or if you are already a subscriber, use the bottom section to change options or unsubscribe.
Subscribing to ProfessHers
Subscribe to ProfessHers by filling out the following form. You will be sent email requesting confirmation, to prevent others from gratuitously subscribing you. This is a private list, which means that the list of members is not available to non-members. Your email address:   Your full name:   This list requires subscribers to provide a short essay on their qualifications to join this list. To join the list, you must tell us:1) your involvement in technical computing -- one or two sentences is enough, 2) that you are a woman, and 3) that you agree to follow the rules in the frequently asked questions. Thank you! You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security, but should prevent others from messing with your subscription. Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you in cleartext. If you choose not to enter a password, one will be automatically generated for you, and it will be sent to you once you've confirmed your subscription. You can always request a mail-back of your password when you edit your personal options. Pick a password:   Reenter password to confirm:   Which language do you prefer to display your messages? English (USA)   Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? No Yes
ProfessHers Subscribers
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