Is social media ruining everything?
I have been involved with a few conversations in the last month that basically went along the lines of social
Creating an academic environment hostile to sexual misconduct
I’d like to tell you a story about speaking out.
We are hearing more in the media from targets
In defence of taxon-specific conferences
I have been going to entomology meetings (including those of the Entomological Societies of Canada (ESC), British Columbia (ESBC), and
Recommended reads #89
A couple truly spectacular reads have already made the rounds in social media in the last week, but in case
Towards better titles for academic papers: a hermeneutic approach from a blogging perspective
I think a lot of academic article titles are pretty bad. What do I mean by bad? The title doesn’
A student-centered academic conference
The national SACNAS conference came through LA again. SACNAS is an organization that fosters diversity in higher education and runs
Bias in graduate admissions
Yesterday, I received an epic comment on a recent post of mine about minority recruitment. I want to share it:
Recommended reads #88
Without tenure, professors become terrified sheep.
The terrorist inside my husband’s brain. This piece by Robin Williams’s widow,
Open source software doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll have better stats
Let me tell you a little story about data analysis and peer review, that’s giving me a little pause.
How should the shape of your grade distribution change the way you teach?
I’ve received a number of comments about one of the recommended reads from last Friday. It was about the