How to figure out if you want to work at a teaching university
Do you want to know what it’s like to be a professor at a teaching campus? The single best
Online learning is the ghetto of higher education
People need to rethink the concept of the digital divide.
In our society, the digital divide doesn’t separate those
Ant science: Thievery persists in a world of plenty
I can forgive people for overlooking the fascinating behaviors of the thieving ant Ectatomma ruidum. There are so many ants
Theoretical bandwagons are for big labs
Small labs should avoid theoretical bandwagons. It’ll make it hard to get money, publish and do good work effectively.
Mentorship = Training?
When I was an undergraduate in the early ’90s, I didn’t do much research. But when the students in
On gender, parenting and academic careers
It used to happen all the time. I’d be out in public, with my son, at the grocery store,
What happens off campus stays off campus
I suspect that one’s research profile on campus has no relationship to what happens off campus in the research
Efficient teaching: exam writing vs. exam grading
Grading sucks. I hate grading. I guess even the best job in the world has its downside.
I hate grading
About face
I’ve wholly changed the ‘about‘ for the site. You can learn more about me that way.
I’m still
Making ideas or evaluating them? Climbing aboard theoretical bandwagons
It’s no mere coincidence that both Darwin and Wallace figured out natural selection at roughly the same time. The
