19
Oct
Please be particularly kind in the coming weeks
What’s on your syllabus for the first week of November? If you’re teaching in the US, I don’
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Newsletter
13
Oct
Inclusivity means including religious people
If we’re aiming to build a genuinely diverse and inclusive scientific community, that means that we need to accept
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02
Oct
Recommended reads #182
Seven principles for good practice in midterm student feedback
Teaching and learning in ecology: a horizon scan of emerging challenges
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28
Sep
A typical semester courseload is cognitive overload
It feels weird to just write a blog post. I’d just like to say* that I realize things are
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21
Sep
Stepping up to do the work in an academic society
Today, the Ecological Society of America is dropping its ballot for a new round of seats on the Governing Board.
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18
Sep
Recommended reads #181
The author of the infamous Carreira letter just became the Editor-in-Chief of the flagship journal of the American Chemical Society.
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10
Sep
A study in contrasts
A colleague brought to my attention a story from yesterday’s All Things Considered, and I can’t stop thinking
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04
Sep
Recommended reads #180
A detailed account of how Eunice Foote conceived the role of atmospheric gases in climate warming in 1856, and how
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31
Aug
Bringing new students into the lab during the pandemic
As developed nations are on their way to returning to normal, we in the United States are in this pandemic
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21
Aug
Recommended reads #179
Here’s a big list of ways to convert typical active learning approaches to a physically distanced classroom, asynchronously online,
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