tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post6188809255877944119..comments2024-03-19T00:11:46.679-07:00Comments on The Prodigal Academic: The 5 worst conversations I've had as a professorprodigal academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-64633385879929233352017-01-09T20:14:29.858-08:002017-01-09T20:14:29.858-08:00Anon: I don't really blame you. It is really h...Anon: I don't really blame you. It is really hard to discuss personal hygiene with someone else. <br /><br />Sebastian: I don't really want to discuss specifics here about a student. I will say that things went on longer than they should have due to my inexperience as a mentor. I would handle things differently now after more years under my belt.prodigal academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-76420891238917722862017-01-09T19:45:50.574-08:002017-01-09T19:45:50.574-08:00Just out of curiosity, and if you don't mind d...Just out of curiosity, and if you don't mind divulging, why was this student not cut out for PhD research, and how did he or she get as far in the program as he or she did? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02419079228285900133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-49393314134667511212017-01-09T08:28:42.025-08:002017-01-09T08:28:42.025-08:00As a dean working with faculty, I was advised by a...As a dean working with faculty, I was advised by a peer that I should have a conversation with a faculty member about her personal hygiene, especially since we would be meeting weekly for 2 hours in a small, badly vented room as part of a personnel committee. I asked my peer dean (who was a woman) why she thought I (a man) would be more successful in this conversation than she had been. Eventually, I didn't do it, and none of her peer faculty members would, either. She was cheerful, insightful, great to work with, and she smelled. No one chose to deal with it. Not my only failure as a dean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-79238505641333873062016-12-19T14:28:34.581-08:002016-12-19T14:28:34.581-08:00I was very close to having a hygiene conversation ...I was very close to having a hygiene conversation with a student. I narrowly escaped but I am sure it will come up again with another student (or may be this one).Funny Researcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971957974804668620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-53505313086331411962016-12-09T05:22:44.789-08:002016-12-09T05:22:44.789-08:00Ah, the personal hygiene. I have had to have "...Ah, the personal hygiene. I have had to have "the talk" probably close to a dozen times already. With not one, not two, but three students I have had to have the talk *more than once.* (You'd think having it once would be embarrassing enough for any student, but apparently not.) Before the first time I had it, I checked with the dean of students at the college and university levels, and they both said it's fine to have the conversation about the expectations in your lab, especially if what the student is doing is affecting the work climate (literally!) for others or can also hurt the student (in particular, his career prospects). xykademiqzhttp://xykademiqz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com