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Terry McGlynn

Terry McGlynn

Pasadena, California
Ecologist, entomologist, writer. Chair of Academic Senate and Professor at CSU Dominguez Hills. I'm the Small Pond Science guy. he/him Black Lives Matter. In favor of DEI, justice, access, opportunity. Abolish ICE.
06
Jan
photograph of people in line at a supermarket

What's your currency?

When you make day-to-day decisions, what do you prioritize?
5 min read
18
Dec
Changes to NSF peer review

Changes to NSF peer review

They're not good. At all.
3 min read
03
Dec
an apple pie with a ribbon crust

Humanities are the heart of every college and university

I suppose that means some institutions are heartless.
5 min read
25
Nov
a series of old wooden hurdles on a weed-grown track

Bad mentors hurt people

What to do about bad mentors?
5 min read
17
Nov
a bookshelf full with a broad variety of books

How can we get students back to reading books?

Not anthologies, not short stories, not textbooks. I mean whole fiction and nonfiction books.
4 min read
07
Nov
a bunch of ants gathering... like a conference

Getting the most of out a scientific conference

A slightly unconventional guide to your first time
6 min read
31
Oct
Academic Mixtape 35

Academic Mixtape 35

all M&Ms and Reese's Pieces, no Skittles
6 min read
28
Oct
an absurdly complex figure of metabolic pathways

The best scientific talk advice that gets ignored

Here are some prescriptions for a case of UCPS (Unengaging Conference Presentation Syndrome).
4 min read
22
Oct
image from a plane window of a snowy landscape. probably over Iowa. photo by mcglynn

The 76 hour long meeting

Time spent in a meeting = (Duration of a meeting) (Number of attendees)
3 min read
08
Oct
My understanding is that screen readers will be able to read the text in here. That's good because ghost only allows 181 characters in alt text.

Statistics in the era of AI

How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
7 min read