01
Nov
Friday Recommended Reads #9
There’s a long tradition of using anthropomorphic common names for animals that do things analogous to humans. Years ago,
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31
Oct
Efficient teaching: Rubrics for written assignments
I’ve often emphasized the importance of transparency and fairness in teaching. The evaluation of written assignments is an inherently
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30
Oct
Collected observations from travels among universities
Invited seminars and job interviews offer a unique opportunity to learn (and remember) what grad school is like and how
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29
Oct
Teaching Tuesday: Writing in Ecology
In my continuing series on teaching ecology, I am going to focus on using writing in ecology classes. The following
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28
Oct
A snapshot of the publication cycle
I was recently asked:
Q: How do you decide what project you work on?
A: I work on the thing
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25
Oct
Friday Recommended Reads #8
You probably caught the news about the oarfish. Two washed up in Southern California. Why did these creatures make it
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24
Oct
The conflict-cooperation model of faculty-admin relations, Part 4: Consequences of our social interactions
This is the penultimate piece in a series on faculty-admin relations. Here are parts one, two, and three. You don’
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23
Oct
What happens when you don’t know anything about the subject you’re teaching?
Biologie & Anatomie & Mensch, via Wikimedia commons
Like many grad students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, I my made
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22
Oct
Teaching Tuesday: How do ecologists teach and are there barriers to change?
Continuing on in my presentation of results from a survey of higher education in ecology, I am going to spend
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20
Oct
This attempt to create an inclusive professional blog
Running this blog has been a wonderful experience. I think it’s a productive and professional use of my time,
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