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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.
05
Oct

Let's keep talking about misogyny

and patriarchy, and rape culture. All of it.
4 min read
28
Sep
Dire Wolf Skulls, The La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles. image: TMcGlynn

The awesomeness of museums

Genuine artifacts tell the richest stories that fill our souls. And they fuel the scientific enterprise.
9 min read
18
Sep
It's a picture of agar on a petri dish with nutrient dots showing major train stations in the Tokyo Subway network, at four time points. The slime mold connected the dots just like the train.

Unstrategic planning

A plan isn't good unless it's realistic.
5 min read
27
Jul
Academic Mixtape 39

Academic Mixtape 39

The essential nature of natural history in research, the beliefs of men who don't see misogyny in higher ed, why your dog needs to be on a leash but mine doesn't, new monkeys, horny President Harding, insects bigger than your head, y más.
7 min read
11
Jul
Submit your OMB comment this weekend.

Submit your OMB comment this weekend.

This one is important. It's due on Monday.
5 min read
22
Jun
a scantron sheet.

Don't become a professor unless you want to teach

And yes, that includes all y'all in the UC and other R1s.
5 min read
15
Jun
man juggling fire sticks

Don't look busy

The Culture of Busy can hurt the people who rely on you
6 min read
04
May
What I learned in my year as Academic Senate Chair

What I learned in my year as Academic Senate Chair

My 1-year term as Chair of Academic Senate is winding to a close. Phew. My obligations in this term
8 min read
17
Apr
Academic Mixtape 38

Academic Mixtape 38

mostly uplifting stuff from the past couple months
5 min read
01
Apr
old timey black and white image of white women working as switchboard operators

Call your Program Officer

Yes, you. Schedule a phone call. This is the hidden curriculum.
2 min read