Running an unfunded seminar series, and traveling to speak for one
Do you have a funded seminar series? How often can you bring in outside speakers? Do you wish you had
Academic advising and academia
I’ve recently talked about the hidden labor of academic advising, and also the need to provide an education in
Gender inequity at every step of publishing
I sat down to my laptop this morning and was looking forward to getting to work. But then I looked
Recommended reads #160
This might as well be straight from a science fiction novel, but it’s our reality: Scientists around the world
Retooling at mid-career
At mid-career, a lot of the research techniques and approaches that people in use today today didn’t exist when
Academic advising by tenure-track faculty
Based on some recent conversations, I’m realizing that an underappreciated piece of professoring is academic advising. I don’t
Look in your own backyard
Metaphorically, that is.
What can you do to increase the representation of minoritized people in your department and in your
Recommended reads #159
Hitman 2’s new game lets you quit being an assassin and become an ornithologist: “Here’s how it works:
Be careful with human examples when teaching animal behavior
You may or may not have heard of this weekend’s debacle from the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Reviewing manuscripts as an early career scientist
I find this weird, but apparently, some journals in some academic fields don’t allow grad students or postdocs to