I haven’t had any service or teaching duties on my campus since May 2016. That ends today. I know,

Over my year of sabbatical, I planned to become comfortably proficient with data manipulation and analysis with R. I’m

A quick guide to effective grassroots advocacy for scientists. Why I don’t ask students to write the thesis statement

When toxic hatemongers* want to speak on our campuses, they don’t have an intellectual discussion in mind — they merely

image from prepubmed Preprints are not a standard practice in biology. Nowadays, most papers that get published in peer-reviewed journals

Wow. This opinion piece written by a scientist, who is a whistleblower working in the Department of Interior, is both

Summer is sometimes a contemplative time for me. It used to be long hours in the field would give me

Here is a reminder: safety comes first. I recently heard some reports from a student who was working with lab

Why teachers suck “Rather than teaching students to fail, I want them to learn to define their own personal rules

Folks can throw around the word “mentoring” rather sloppily. Which can lead students to being told that they’re being