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Top 10 Small Pond Science posts of 2015
A little story about how minds change
Should I stay or should I go now?
Live tweeting at academic conferences: time to move on?
Collaboration keeps your research program alive
If you have a bad advisor in grad school
Why I don’t use “participation” points
A lot of scientists are kind, careful and caring
Costs and benefits of attending conferences as a student
The sabbatical isn’t what it used to be
Prescriptive reviews are a scourge
Choosing between “head of lab” and “independent scholar” models
Respecting the time and needs of adjuncts
Ant science: Thieving ants know how to be sneaky
Useful science communication resources
There are lots of opportunities for grad students to learn how to teach
Making time for exercise on a regular basis
Educating the ignorant masses, Eli Broad style
Why aren’t grad students taught how to teach?
How often should tenure-track faculty be reviewed?
Science topics that you feel compelled to discuss in polite conversation
The Small Pond Science Bingo Card
Academic job security and productivity (or the plant ecologist weighs in on potted plant metaphors)
Faculty research is like a potted plant
A collective blind spot in measuring natural systems?
We have now reached critical mass
Some posts you might have missed over the summer
16 things to consider as you assemble your syllabus
Review unto others as you would have them review unto you?
Practicing what you preach (or rather teach)
Self-centered people who become famous scientists
Do all of your undergrads know what grad school is?
The folly of expecting institutionalized funding
I’m going to stop ignoring ResearchGate
A departmental retreat from another dimension
Ants With Superhero Powers and Real Ant-People
Can stealing from your neighbor be a mutualism?
Why aren’t undergrads more like 8 year olds?
The Flying Spaghetti Monster, creationism, science education and religious tolerance
Universities that want research but don’t want researchers
Public scientists, the twitterverse, thought police, feminism, and the fanatical mob
Working away from work and making work home
Universities that work hard to subvert student rights with FERPA waivers
The acceptances that weren’t acceptances
This one simple trick to help fight the male scientist stereotype
Receiving an FOIA request for your grant
What ever happened to “major and minor revisions?”
Words can be powerful: encouraging young women in science.
What unemployment taught me about dual-career parenting
Dealing with caffeine addiction
Class projects as publishable research?
Macroecology is not like particle physics
Let me tell you about my breakfast
Academia is flexible/science waits for no one
Will work for food: How volunteer “opportunities” exploit early-career scientists
How to promote inclusivity in graduate fellowships?
How to deal with/avoid grade disputes
Portable peer review and the manuscript cascade
When K-12 teachers assign students to contact experts
Dear students, a member of the class asked…
Elite vs. disadvantaged institutions, and NSF Graduate Fellowships: a peek inside the mailbag
NSF Graduate Fellowships are a part of the problem
Do textbooks reflect, or shape, the canon?
The science education crisis needs a focus on K-6 classrooms
The more things change, the more they change
Taxonomist Appreciation Day is Thursday!
How does blog readership grow, and (how) does this matter?
Efficient teaching: improving student writing ability
University writing requirements are a joke
On being wary of bringing straight-A students into the lab
Poll: What is your risk/reward preference in science funding?
Should ecologists teach writing?
What are our academic blind spots?
Two years of Small Pond Science
Browsing the tables of contents
A conversation that can help protect your students
Is it harder, or easier, to publish in your field?
Why I’m a little sour on crowdfunding
Authorship when the first author is the senior author
Experiments can sell your science, even if they’re not going to work