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Dead grandmothers no more: the equal accommodation classroom

Recommended reads #42

Students say the darndest things!

Be a gracious winner and not a sore loser (or don’t be a jerk)

What I said about my blog in my promotion file

Efficient teaching: 5-second wait time

Recommended reads #41

What ideas or discoveries have had the greatest impact on the science of ecology?

What reference manager is the best option?

Why I don’t use my campus email address

Recommended reads #40

Setting formal expectations for lab members

New requirement for scientists: You cannot be a sexist pigdog

Even more sincere answers to stupid questions

Recommended reads #39

Social media: what is it good for?

What to do if you’re facing tenure denial

The conference hangover

The statistics of busy, or the management of approachability

Recommended reads #38

Conference report: SACNAS

Taxonomy vs research theme based conferences: which do you attend?

Having “The Talk” with students

Does your campus allow Federal Work Study awards for undergraduate research?

The Church of High Impact Practices

Recommended reads #37

When are minority-focused conferences the best choice?

Which institutions request external review for tenure files?

Let’s stop mixing up education and social capital

Recommended reads #36

Graduate training, missed opportunities and the good ol’ days

12 tips for talking to science faculty about new teaching strategies

Thinking about what we can do about sexual assault and harassment in the sciences

The two-body problem isn’t temporary

Recommended reads #35

Active learning is flexible and designed to reach the reticent

Where do you eat lunch? And does it matter?

This device can improve your quality of life

Efficient teaching: Doing active learning an easy way

Academic self care

Recommended reads #34

It’s nice to have administrators you can trust

History will not repeat itself (i.e. lessons learned as a first-year faculty member)

Scientific conferences, the too-slow movement of ideas, and giving an engaging talk

Why I teach on the first day of class

Recommended Reads #33

Dealing with devices

A vacationing scientist.

Conferences need students: make them affordable

Replacing the “academic pipeline” with the "subway"

Recommended reads #32

Teaching Challenges: group projects

Parental care and scientific careers: a fish metaphor

Recommended reads #31

What happens in the canopy stays in the canopy.

Respectful conversation at academic conferences

Field courses: a blessing and a curse

Recommended reads #30

Between a rock and a hard concept: teaching multilevel selection

Journalistic bias in Science Magazine

Huge problems during research are totally normal

Conference report from a non-expert: Geochemistry

Recommended reads #29

Preparing a talk for a conference

Chairing a search committee, in hindsight

LEGO makes more women in science!

Recommended reads #28

Submitting abstracts for conferences without having the data

One person’s story about post-PhD employment

The interplay of science and activism

How much do you let students design projects?

Recommended reads #27

Learning from a kindergarten teacher

We’re number 33!

Don’t go to grad school! and other fairy tales

“What’s going to be on the exam?”

Recommended reads #26

I must be the worst statistics professor

A mountain of progress still needed for equity in science

Ant foraging diversity: a simple and elegant explanation

Recommended reads #25

Public higher education is not a reward for hard work

Our expert advice remains unheeded

Backyard science

The first days of a new tenure-track faculty job

Friday recommended reads #24

The field ecology of a gut microbe inside bullet ants

Driftwood faculty and decisions about course content

Friday recommended reads #23

What kind of faculty job do you want?

Which classes should tenure-track faculty deprioritize?

Friday recommended reads #22

Why I prefer anonymous peer reviews

Maybe I am a writer after all

Scientists know how to communicate with the public

Today is Taxonomist Appreciation Day!

Negotiating for a faculty position: An anecdote, and what to do

Friday recommended reads #21

Retraction of a previous post about pseudojournals

Differences between the sciences and the humanities

Friday recommended reads #20

Thoughts on the PhD defence

I own my data, until I don’t.

Friday recommended reads #19

Public thesis defenses are illegal in the USA

Academic House Cleaning

Avoiding bad teaching evaluations: Tricks of the trade

Friday recommended reads #18

What do our grades measure? Academic savvy or actual learning?

All faculty need academic freedom to protect their students

Friday recommended reads # 17

Structural privilege in the world’s premier science fair

Putting faces to names: meeting fellow academics

Novels, science, and novel science

Friday Recommended Reads #16

Faith, knowledge, respect and science education

How all ecology grad students can benefit from an OTS course

Natural history is important, but not perceived as an academic job skill

Assigning literature in a science class

Why I write with my own name

More sincere answers to stupid questions

Flexibility is wonderful, and horrible.

Why students don’t raise hands in my classroom

Interview: David De Haan

Tenure denial, seven years later

Friday Recommended Reads #15

Keeping seven people out of your head

Getting back to the routine.

Cheating is the norm. Plan your course with this in mind.