Newsletter

20
Apr

Recommended reads #127

This article about getting things done in large organizations is so, so, so good. Modest advice for new graduate students
2 min read
16
Apr

Reimbursing students is not okay

I’ve learned a lot from listening to scientists on twitter, including grad students and undergrads. One thing I’ve
2 min read
09
Apr

Efficient teaching: frequent assessments

If your teaching is at least modestly informed by the scholarship of teaching and learning (and, I dare suggest, it
2 min read
06
Apr

Recommended reads #126

Three guidelines and two workarounds for tackling makeup exam policies A better way to make tenure decisions A major feature
3 min read
04
Apr

Please focus more on inclusion so that diversity recruitment efforts can work

I realize that recruiting students from underrepresented groups in STEM is not the most popular broader impact when scientists are
3 min read
02
Apr

What’s going to be on the exam?

Do you love it when students waste office hours with questions that don’t help them learn? Do you want
5 min read
29
Mar

What if the PI recommendation letter is missing or is bad?

Before condemning a job application to the recycle bin for want of a great letter from the dissertation advisor, please
3 min read
27
Mar

Competition for the “best” REU applicants is outrageous

On a Friday in mid-March, a student in my department was notified that they were just accepted into an NSF-funded
4 min read
26
Mar

What to read to improve your teaching?

People often ask me what they might to read to get started with teaching science at the college level —  or
1 min read
26
Mar

What is the least worst LMS?

I admit it, I don’t like using the LMS. (The LMS is “learning management system” — the software that universities
1 min read