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Professor Mistaken For Secretary

Published on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 by Tom

As a ‘young’ female professor in my late thirties I went to the central research office to personally hand in a research project application file on the day of the deadline (a walk around the corner from my office). The (female) secretary behind the counter looked at the file and said to me: “Is Prof. […]

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