Recommended reads #169
I hope you all are safe, well, and that your loved ones are cared for. I’m not positioned to
Changing pass/fail policies for this absurdly discombobulated semester
Yesterday, I was reading how some K-12 districts were switching to a pass/fail model for this semester. Two
Recommended reads #168
Here is a rather substantial list of sites with online laboratory modules for a great variety of STEM disciplines. If
Advice post: Teaching in the time of COVID-19
Some of us have already stopped holding classes in person. It looks like a lot more of us will be
How is your classroom management?
Did you hear about the recent-ish story about the white professor who called the cops into his classroom to
Recommended reads #167
What if we didn’t grade? A bibliography.
Joe Travis’s essay for the E.O. Wilson award in Am
Cover letters for journal submissions
I think one of the sillier rituals in academia is composing cover letters to accompany our manuscripts when we submit
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A guide to academic advising for STEM faculty
Jokes I’ve told that my male colleagues didn’t like. (e.
A common application for tenure-track positions
It often takes a large number of applications for highly qualified applicants to land a tenure track position. Let’s
Recommended Reads #165
Remembering George Gilchrist.
The continuing decline of the art of scientific illustration.
On the rush to judgment.
Why we need