Recommended reads #205
A couple more research articles showing how teaching valuations are sexist. And the interaction effect with age is quite something.
On bureaucratic obstacles to field experiences for students
If your university is like mine, then you hear a lot about everybody is working hard to make sure that
NSF’s accountability for the Waterman award
Usually we talk about accountability when people are getting it wrong, and perhaps on the occasional moment when someone or
“I know you’re busy, so I’ll make this quick”
This is a sign that I’ve been getting it wrong. When people start talking to me by saying, “I
Recommended reads #204
Black@PWI: navigating an anti-Black campus climate
Meet the professor who hiked 500 miles across the Mojave Desert
Why I
Are REUs always good for students enrolled in MSIs? It’s complicated.
In my department, we have a complicated relationship with REU (Research Experience for Undergraduate) programs. We have several well-funded active
Recommended reads #203
An article in Slate about how folks in the humanities aren’t doing the off-campus volunteer academic service like they
Who uses tenure and how do they use it?
They say that tenure is designed to protect academic freedom. That is mostly true, but it is also used for
Systemic racial disparities in NSF funding
If you’re doing basic scientific research in the US, here’s a new must read. This preprint by Chen
Why I don’t have trouble finding peer reviewers
I see this very often in social media, and also in conversation with other academic editors: it’s getting harder
