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12
Jul

The balancing act of risk management and protecting long-term welfare of the institution

It must be so difficult to be in charge of a university right now. This is a critical moment for
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11
Jul

Thoughts on the absurdity of teaching on campus in the Fall

Over the past several months, higher education has been a theater of the pragmatic and the absurd. At this writing,
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18
Jun

Recommended reads #176

An extremely helpful guidebook to HyFlex teaching. (Which is when courses are delivered both in person and online at the
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04
Jun
Recommended reads #175

Recommended reads #175

‘Keep the volume low’: Being black on campus “The world has never been fundamentally fair and decent for most people
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29
May

Recommended reads #174

Here is a piece of educational research on the relationship between undergraduate research and depression, another product Brownell lab at
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19
May

Should we be using EdTech surveillance tools because of the pandemic?

When we made the switch to online because of the pandemic, I imagine we all were asking ourselves: “How can
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15
May

Recommended reads #173

Teacher evaluation form for Spring 2020, from McSweeney’s This is a very handy and straightforward resource to help you
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13
May

Our biggest achievements and struggles are not on our CVs

They say that your curriculum vitae records what you’ve done in academia. That might be true, but it doesn’
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01
May

Recommended reads #172

“Who’s laughing now, assholes?” A letter from Henry David Thoreau. What do final exams mean in a pandemic? [highlighted
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20
Apr
The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching

The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching

While I’ve mentioned it briefly in the past, now I’m ready for the full announcement: my book is
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