Stephanie C. Nnadi

From the Bench to the Board: Part-Time Instructor, Full-Time Mom

To say that the adjustment into parenthood is the ‘best but most challenging life change,’ is the understatement of the year. As I write this, my toddler is running all over my living room yelling, “Hooray! Hooray!” while banging on my laptop from time to time.  I had the fantasy that wo...


Stephanie C. Nnadi

From the Bench to the Board: Part-Time Teaching

Teaching is one career in which you can actually achieve the work/life balance that you desire. Toward of the end of graduate school and right into my postdoctoral fellowship, I did a lot of soul searching.  There were many surprises in the preceding years, to say the least, and it was time for ...


Stephanie C. Nnadi

From the Bench to the Board: Gaining Teaching Experience

Now, when I say “board”, I am referring to chalk, wipe, or SMART. So why are we teaching?  Utilizing your graduate degree for a teaching career is an appealing option for many bench scientists.  In graduate school, I knew that teaching was a plausible career choice for me.  The more teachi...


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