Diversity creates stability and resilience
Many inspirational people in my life are already charging ahead to meet our shared challenges. If you’re looking for
Confessions of an unemployed academic
I have had versions of this post topic rattling around in my brain for many months. There are various reasons
Negative results, weird results, and other secrets
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Science is a community endeavor. Much of our knowledge is unwritten, and subsists in the hive
Recommended reads #90
An obituary for climate scientist Gordon Hamilton, who died in a field accident in Antarctica.
Here’s yet another editorial
Is social media ruining everything?
I have been involved with a few conversations in the last month that basically went along the lines of social
Creating an academic environment hostile to sexual misconduct
I’d like to tell you a story about speaking out.
We are hearing more in the media from targets
In defence of taxon-specific conferences
I have been going to entomology meetings (including those of the Entomological Societies of Canada (ESC), British Columbia (ESBC), and
Recommended reads #89
A couple truly spectacular reads have already made the rounds in social media in the last week, but in case
Towards better titles for academic papers: a hermeneutic approach from a blogging perspective
I think a lot of academic article titles are pretty bad. What do I mean by bad? The title doesn’
A student-centered academic conference
The national SACNAS conference came through LA again. SACNAS is an organization that fosters diversity in higher education and runs
