04
Jun
Recommended reads #175
‘Keep the volume low’: Being black on campus
“The world has never been fundamentally fair and decent for most people
2 min read
Newsletter
29
May
Recommended reads #174
Here is a piece of educational research on the relationship between undergraduate research and depression, another product Brownell lab at
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19
May
Should we be using EdTech surveillance tools because of the pandemic?
When we made the switch to online because of the pandemic, I imagine we all were asking ourselves: “How can
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15
May
Recommended reads #173
Teacher evaluation form for Spring 2020, from McSweeney’s
This is a very handy and straightforward resource to help you
1 min read
13
May
Our biggest achievements and struggles are not on our CVs
They say that your curriculum vitae records what you’ve done in academia. That might be true, but it doesn’
3 min read
01
May
Recommended reads #172
“Who’s laughing now, assholes?” A letter from Henry David Thoreau.
What do final exams mean in a pandemic? [highlighted
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20
Apr
The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching
While I’ve mentioned it briefly in the past, now I’m ready for the full announcement: my book is
3 min read
17
Apr
Recommended reads #171
Noted philosophers reconsider their key insights after a month of social distancing.
George Saunders’s letter to his students about
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15
Apr
Why privilege should be part of our conversations as natural scientists?
This is a guest post by Edauri Navarro Pérez.
During my years as an undergraduate student I noticed that different
10 min read
06
Apr
What music are you working to?
The pandemic is, quite sensibly, consuming a lot of our energy and most of us are stretched quite thin. I
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