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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.
29
Sep
white background with white silouettes of various tai chi postures

Always being a learner

and always being a struggler
5 min read
17
Sep
an audio cassette tape, with a sticker on it saying 'science for everyone'

Academic Mixtape 34

red hot links
3 min read
15
Sep
a genuinely bad line drawing by me, one guy saying 'lies blah blah more lies' and the other with a thought bubble saying 'hmm curious'

Debating is bad. Professor Watchlists are bad.

Disagreement and listening is good. Taking facts seriously is good.
5 min read
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