RECOGNITION: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, May 2004; five awards for teaching; National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, 1987.
In the Ivory Towers there is TREMENDOUS pressure to publish or perish, as the saying goes. Perhaps the apex of her career was behind her (as was the bulk ...oh never mind) and the pressure was too much.
Perhaps she was OUT of the teaching aspect that she did well and PeterPrincipled up to total inadequacy. I bet her "long time" lesbian partner knows why ... but won't tell.