This week on AcaDames, Whitney discusses what it’s like to receive tenure, why she sets boundaries between her personal and professional life, and even a mathematical formula for choosing love. She also shares her experience being the only black tenure-track woman in her department, and why a home renovation was more stressful than her high-risk pregnancy. 

Discussed this week:

Whitney's dating optimization strategy, Top Tip #2 (around 7:11) in Hannah Fry's TEDTalk: The Mathematics of Love (https://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_fry_the_mathematics_of_love/transcript?language=en)

This American Life: LaDonna (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/647/ladonna)

Whitney had major reservations about the ableist implications of how she described her first-born. Here's a corrective: “Let’s Stop Saying: ‘We Don’t Care, as Long as our Baby’s Healthy” by Sarah Sahagian (https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sarah-sahagian/baby-healthy_b_6336822.html)

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Recorded: May 31, 2018

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