What a great topic for your paper. I would love to read the whole thing sometime if you are up for sharing! Anyways – I wanted to pass along this blog post written by one of my lab team’s collaborators about what she says to women in academia who want to have children. http://hopejahrensurecanwrite.com/2013/12/10/five-things-i-say-to-career-women-who-tell-me-they-might-want-to-have-a-baby/

Sarah, I am with you. The seemingly daily and persistent news about violence on college campuses is unsettling. I used to always work with my office door open, even after hours or on the weekends. However, I am now more cognizant about closing my door as some form of protection should something tragic happen in my building.