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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18
Jun
What’s fun for profs is not fun for all
I want to share a quick story about something slightly stupid that I did some years ago, while teaching.
I
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15
Jun
Recommended reads #131
This week, the National Academy of Sciences released a report on gender harassment and sexual misconduct in our profession. There
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11
Jun
Sharing their stories
I don’t have a post for you today. Instead, please read some of the stories at MeTooSTEM.
It’s
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04
Jun
An education in academia
I’m in the field right now. Which means that I’m among many fellow academics, from a wide range
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01
Jun
Recommended reads #130
This is a spectacular and moving essay: Our Houses Became Boats: Surviving Hurricane Maria and salvaging my career in its
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28
May
The mentorship problem in primarily undergraduate institutions
I’m back down at the field station in Costa Rica (missing my family quite a bit) and I had
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21
May
Non-preferred reviewers and editorial discretion
Apparently, there are some editors of academic journals who will readily send manuscripts out to “non-preferred reviewers” — the specific people
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18
May
Recommended reads #129
One hundred twenty nine. I’ve been doing this, every other week, for a while now.
Students learn by doing,
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