Recommended reads #139
Academia is a cult (I don’t agree with everything in here but there’s a lot of what people call food for thought)
Short bios of the nine new scientists in the US Congress and here’s a nice infographic from Science about everybody who ran
Being good at responding to reviewer comments
This obituary for Ruth Gates makes it clear what a special person she was.
Responding to misconceptions of being a grad students
A review of peer review makes it into the NYT
Faith is the diversity issue ignored by colleges
Sarah Boon reviews “An Inclusive Academy” and now it’s on my shopping list. She also ran an experiment by blogging more frequently, and here’s her reflection.
What was the most influential book of the past 20 years? A bunch of scholars listed their picks. Only one book was listed twice, and that happens to be the only one I’ve read. Since this was the Chronicle of Higher Ed, though, they couldn’t be bothered to ask anybody in STEM, it seems.
Should we cite awful people? I disagree with the author.
Bottlenecks in the open access system
“The resonances between Indigenous art and images captured by microscope”
Make a difference: The alternative for p-values
“Community colleges don’t ask faculty to be super-researchers while also asking them to be super-teachers. Not every sector can say that. One of the sector’s strengths is its relative clarity of mission, compared to the rest of higher ed.”
Why I’m starting a college Natural History Program in 2018
Have a nice weekend (and perhaps I’ll see you at the ento meeting in Vancouver).
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