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02
Sep
a bright red ant with huge black eyes perched on the tip of a twig with a jet black backdrop

Lessons learned from a sabbatical

The third time was the charm.
5 min read
26
Aug
On accepting and acknowledging your authority

On accepting and acknowledging your authority

If you don't own it, you're failing the people who need you.
5 min read
18
Aug
screencap from a video of a cartoonishly silly robot dancing in a whitness stand of a courtroom (from the Whitest Kids U Know sketch comedy troupe's Sex Robot short)

How I am thinking about GenAI in the classroom

Student use of GenAI is not the problem, it's a symptom of bigger problems.
6 min read
07
Aug
The opening credit from Happy New Year Charlie Brown, with Charlie Brown and Linus lying down, dazed, stars over their heads.

New academic year's resolutions

I don't know about you, but I feel a fresh reboot is in order.
5 min read
28
Jul
Academic Mixtape 33

Academic Mixtape 33

links to genuinely interesting things that you wish your cousin would post to facebook instead of the usual effluvia
3 min read
17
Jul
Tenure criteria are the levers to change culture

Tenure criteria are the levers to change culture

You want people to behave differently? Let's change the rewards and the costs.
6 min read
11
Jul
Academic Mixtape 32

Academic Mixtape 32

mostly happy and heartening stuff to read
4 min read
10
Jul
Grammar does not matter

Grammar does not matter

Please stop being a grammar pedant.
5 min read
01
Jul
Protecting students from ICE

Protecting students from ICE

What can we do when everybody comes back in the Fall?
4 min read
25
Jun
The stages of grief for scientists and academic leaders

The stages of grief for scientists and academic leaders

A lot of us are stuck in the Bargaining stage.
4 min read