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17
Aug

Recommended reads #134

The illusion of objectivity in the classroom The 2004 lecture that convinced David Attenborough to make a big deal about
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13
Aug

Whither site comments?

You might not have noticed, but near the end of last year, at the end of one of the recommended
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06
Aug

Let’s stop saying “native English speaker” in reviews

There’s a remark that I see once a while in reviews, something along the lines of: “The authors should
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30
Jul

Better recruitment of undergrads for research

How do undergraduate students wind up in labs doing research? What’s the best way to identify students to bring
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26
Jul

Recommended reads #133

A legal arbitrator decided that Ryerson University (in Canada) is not allowed to use Student Evaluations of Teaching in tenure
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23
Jul

How do I manage to do all the things?

Women so often are asked: “How do you juggle family, career, and everything else?” But men are rarely asked about
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18
Jul

On the breadth of faculty job applications

Faculty job application season is building. If you’re applying for jobs, how much time are you going to invest
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13
Jul

Recommended reads #132

How do you pick a journal to submit to? A list of completely neutral, race-blind college admissions questions a WYSIWYG
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12
Jul

“What are you doing on campus in the summer?”

I’m back from vacation! Anyhoo, a funny thing happens to me every summer. Campus has an eerie quiet. There
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01
Jul

The Power of Dismissal

I celebrated my 46th birthday last week by going snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. It was bittersweet. I’ve
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