Erin A. Cech (she/her)
@CechErin
Sociology Prof @UMich. Author of #TheTroubleWithPassion & #MisconceivingMerit Studies cultural mechs of ≠. Engineer-trained. Queer. Tweets abt research.
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Erin A. Cech (she/her) and I are studying how engineering students and practitioners learn about their responsibilities to the public. We have a new article comparing the impact of different types of instruction - we need to do a better job educating engineers!
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Is following your work passion overrated? 'Employers who prioritize passion expect people to give more time and energy without being paid more,' says Erin A. Cech (she/her), author of THE TROUBLE WITH PASSION irishtimes.com/business/work/…
Virual and in person panel on #TheTroubleWithPassion , Wednesday Oct 25. Sponsored by Institute for Research on Women & Gender; registeration is free. Honored to discuss the book with Prof. Megan Killian and Prof. Harmony Reppond!
Join Erin A. Cech (she/her), Harmony Reppond, and me later this month for a panel discussion on Erin's book 'The Trouble with Passion- How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality' irwg.umich.edu/events/trouble…
University of Michigan is hiring a new EER at Michigan faculty member to be embedded in one of traditional engineering departments at Michigan Engineering ! Read all about the position here eer.engin.umich.edu/faculty-hiring… and submit your application here deptapps.engin.umich.edu/facultycandida…
'Experts said the pandemic and the changes it advanced... might be encouraging people to rethink what passion for a job really means.' The New York Times
Thanks Alina Tugend for writing about
#TheTroubleWithPassion
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'Is Following Your Work Passion Overrated?' Erin A. Cech (she/her), UMich sociologist and former Institute postdoc, in The New York Times on workplace lessons learned during the pandemic, including the perils of 'following your passion.' buff.ly/3s2MdiL
Top 2 papers with the highest Altmetric scores: 🤩🙌🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Systemic inequalities for #LGBTQ professionals in STEM - by Erin A. Cech (she/her) (@UMich) & Tom Waidzunas (@TempleUniv).
Increasing the visibility of LGBTQ+ researchers in #STEM - by Matthew C. Sinton, PhD 🏳️🌈 (@UofGlasgow) et al.
#PrideMonth
Does being passionate abt your job make it easier to overlook a toxic work environment?
I talk with Sophia Epstein abt #TheTroubleWithPassion for BBC News (UK) How We Work series
BBC Worklife @UC
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