User Geoffrey Brent

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Shall I go and see my advisor's father who is on his death bed?

answered Dec 22, 2019 at 6:45

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I slept with my advisor's daughter and she is blackmailing me now. What can I do?

answered Sep 2, 2018 at 3:47

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A staff member was rude to me in an email and made me look bad in front of other members of the staff. How should I handle this?

answered Feb 4, 2018 at 22:18

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Difficult student would dispute every grade in the course and now wants letter of recommendation

answered Dec 15, 2017 at 22:51

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Should I let my former undergraduate advisor know that my PhD advisor was abusive?

answered Jun 12, 2018 at 2:37

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Would students feel uncomfortable if I include in my lecture a quote which is somewhat sexually suggestive?

answered Dec 16, 2017 at 7:54

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Professor behaving oddly, but I don't want to persecute him

answered Aug 30, 2019 at 2:53

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How to query gender in a multiple-choice poll/survey?

answered Jul 29, 2018 at 11:58

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Is it bad not to answer the "Tell me how you behaved in a situation of conflict with your previous supervisor" question in a PhD interview?

answered May 18, 2021 at 4:54

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How do I talk about my abusive former advisor if people ask?

answered Apr 8, 2018 at 22:28

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Am I conveying disrespect if I omit my gender pronoun from a conference nametag?

answered Jan 30, 2019 at 0:38

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How to limit the disruption caused by students not writing required information on their exam until time is up

answered Jan 19, 2021 at 21:31

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What was offensive about the "ladies lingerie department" joke, and how can I avoid offending people in a similar way?

answered May 15, 2018 at 12:37

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How to tactfully refuse to be listed as a co-author

answered Jan 13, 2021 at 4:42

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Just started a postdoc, but it went REALLY bad, REALLY fast. Stay or go?

answered Oct 13, 2018 at 10:18

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Rainbow flag in paper

answered Jun 15, 2018 at 0:55

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My student's family won't let her study what she wants

answered Jan 18, 2018 at 4:41

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Rules for notifying co-authors about re-presenting a project at a conference

answered Mar 26, 2018 at 6:00

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Ought mainstays (people recurring in a piece of academic writing) be abbreviated?

answered Jan 30, 2018 at 3:22

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Is this journal a scam: Requires payment, invited to submit via email, no comments from reviewers, journal not listed on scimagojr rankings

answered Jun 4, 2018 at 12:42

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In what ways do authors of an anonymous paper reveal themselves unintentionally?

answered Jul 22, 2021 at 7:36

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Is it OK to write Wikipedia articles about your research?

answered Aug 4, 2021 at 22:04

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What should I do about students' grammar mistakes?

answered Nov 1, 2021 at 1:52

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Why might researchers distinguish their interests between applied math and computational math?

answered May 6, 2018 at 11:30

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In a revision, is it essential to address editor comments, even if they misrepresent a reviewer comment?

answered Dec 16, 2017 at 8:09

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Is it considered normal to publish job offers inviting candidates to apply based on their gender and/or race in academia?

answered Aug 25, 2017 at 2:42

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If someone gets a PhD in Israel, can he work in the universities in Muslim-majority countries?

answered Apr 3, 2020 at 0:59

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How to prevent students from using modified calculators to cheat on exams?

answered Nov 25, 2017 at 22:58

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Is talking to a professor about personal issues acceptable?

answered Apr 3, 2018 at 3:22

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answered Apr 17, 2018 at 3:29

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Shall I go and see my advisor's father who is on his death bed?

I slept with my advisor's daughter and she is blackmailing me now. What can I do?

A staff member was rude to me in an email and made me look bad in front of other members of the staff. How should I handle this?

Difficult student would dispute every grade in the course and now wants letter of recommendation

Should I let my former undergraduate advisor know that my PhD advisor was abusive?

Would students feel uncomfortable if I include in my lecture a quote which is somewhat sexually suggestive?

Professor behaving oddly, but I don't want to persecute him

How to query gender in a multiple-choice poll/survey?

Is it bad not to answer the "Tell me how you behaved in a situation of conflict with your previous supervisor" question in a PhD interview?

How do I talk about my abusive former advisor if people ask?

Am I conveying disrespect if I omit my gender pronoun from a conference nametag?

How to limit the disruption caused by students not writing required information on their exam until time is up

What was offensive about the "ladies lingerie department" joke, and how can I avoid offending people in a similar way?

How to tactfully refuse to be listed as a co-author

Just started a postdoc, but it went REALLY bad, REALLY fast. Stay or go?

Rainbow flag in paper

My student's family won't let her study what she wants

Rules for notifying co-authors about re-presenting a project at a conference

Ought mainstays (people recurring in a piece of academic writing) be abbreviated?

Is this journal a scam: Requires payment, invited to submit via email, no comments from reviewers, journal not listed on scimagojr rankings

In what ways do authors of an anonymous paper reveal themselves unintentionally?

Is it OK to write Wikipedia articles about your research?

What should I do about students' grammar mistakes?

Why might researchers distinguish their interests between applied math and computational math?

In a revision, is it essential to address editor comments, even if they misrepresent a reviewer comment?

Is it considered normal to publish job offers inviting candidates to apply based on their gender and/or race in academia?

If someone gets a PhD in Israel, can he work in the universities in Muslim-majority countries?

How to prevent students from using modified calculators to cheat on exams?

Is talking to a professor about personal issues acceptable?

"Open Access": CC-BY licence