10
Dec
Teaching Tuesday: talking about teaching
When I did a survey of ecology teachers earlier this year*, I left a space for further comments on teaching
7 min read
Terry McGlynn
09
Dec
Grabbing the brass ring
Many moons ago, I wrote some friends and colleagues to let them know I was starting a tenure-track position. One
2 min read
06
Dec
Friday Recommended Reads #12
Did you know that the funding rates of NSF Graduate Fellowships are about 50%!? That’s true as long as
2 min read
04
Dec
Income inequality predicts science test scores, but not the way you might imagine
More than half of all children attending public schools in the United States are living in poverty. As the unequal
1 min read
04
Dec
Conflicting interests of faculty and administrators
Motives of faculty and administrators can be highly variable. But even though many administrators were once faculty themselves, I can
4 min read
28
Nov
Why I knit (and give thanks)
I am Canadian, and living in Sweden, I often get comments suggesting that I’m really American (North American, true
4 min read
25
Nov
On creating your own path through life
This weekend, I took my kid to a Mythbusters live show. When I left, I was inspired.
The source of
4 min read
22
Nov
Friday Recommended Reads #11
Alfred Russel Wallace gets his first statue, unveiled by David Attenborough.
About ten years before AR Wallace got his due,
2 min read
20
Nov
The three most important members of your department
Everybody matters. But on a day-to-day basis at work, there are three people who have a lot of power. They
2 min read
18
Nov
Journal prestige and publishing from a teaching institution
Finally. There are journals publishing quality peer-reviewed research, but leave it to the reader to decide whether a paper is
6 min read