Newsletter

03
Apr

Recommended reads #170

Flatten the curve of armchair epidemiology Math teachers should be more like football coaches Why live teaching isn’t always
2 min read
30
Mar

No, the pandemic is not making me more productive

Thank goodness, nobody I am working with has asked or expected me to maintain my productivity at the level it
3 min read
22
Mar

Recommended reads #169

I hope you all are safe, well, and that your loved ones are cared for. I’m not positioned to
1 min read
18
Mar

Changing pass/fail policies for this absurdly discombobulated semester

Yesterday, I was reading how some K-12 districts were switching to a pass/fail model for this semester. Two beats
2 min read
13
Mar

Recommended reads #168

Here is a rather substantial list of sites with online laboratory modules for a great variety of STEM disciplines. If
2 min read
10
Mar

Advice post: Teaching in the time of COVID-19

Some of us have already stopped holding classes in person. It looks like a lot more of us will be
2 min read
09
Mar

How is your classroom management?

Did you hear about the recent-ish story about the white professor who called the cops into his classroom to exert
4 min read
06
Mar

Recommended reads #167

What if we didn’t grade? A bibliography. Joe Travis’s essay for the E.O. Wilson award in Am
2 min read
02
Mar

Cover letters for journal submissions

I think one of the sillier rituals in academia is composing cover letters to accompany our manuscripts when we submit
3 min read
28
Feb

Recommended reads #166

A guide to academic advising for STEM faculty Jokes I’ve told that my male colleagues didn’t like. (e.
3 min read