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03
Oct

The conflict-cooperation model of faculty-admin relations, Part 3: How our universities run like social insect colonies

With the understanding that we are social animals and that principles of behavioral ecology for social groups can apply to
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02
Oct

Two Tenure-Track positions in Biology at CSU Dominguez Hills

My department is hiring two biologists. What field of biology? You name it! The department has a broad variety of
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02
Oct

Efficient teaching: Getting metacognitive

I’ve built up a little speech that I make on the first day of class, after we’re done
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01
Oct

Teaching Tuesdays

by Amy Parachnowitsch This isn’t a real post but rather a heads up for the coming weeks. As a
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27
Sep

Friday Recommended Reads #4

Predicting successful scientists early in their careers? There was a paper in Bioscience by Bill Laurance et al. with a
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26
Sep

The conflict-cooperation model of faculty-admin relations, Part 2: We are social animals

I’ve noticed that faculty members are prone to discuss administrators almost as frequently as discussing their own students. You
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24
Sep

On being a tenure-track parasite of adjunct faculty [updated]

My job, as a tenured associate professor of biology, wouldn’t be possible without a sizable crew of adjunct instructors
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23
Sep

Please don’t hold out-of-class review sessions

Some professors are so dedicated to the success of their students that they are generous enough to hold review sessions
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20
Sep

Friday Recommended Reads #3

The New York Times published a feature on various leaders in government, science and education and their ideas for improving
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19
Sep

The conflict-cooperation model of faculty-admin relations: Part 1: Know Your Bosses

Being a professor is a relatively unique job. We have near-total authority over how we do our jobs, but there
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