Recommended reads #89
A couple truly spectacular reads have already made the rounds in social media in the last week, but in case
Towards better titles for academic papers: a hermeneutic approach from a blogging perspective
I think a lot of academic article titles are pretty bad. What do I mean by bad? The title doesn’
A student-centered academic conference
The national SACNAS conference came through LA again. SACNAS is an organization that fosters diversity in higher education and runs
Bias in graduate admissions
Yesterday, I received an epic comment on a recent post of mine about minority recruitment. I want to share it:
Recommended reads #88
Without tenure, professors become terrified sheep.
The terrorist inside my husband’s brain. This piece by Robin Williams’s widow,
Open source software doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll have better stats
Let me tell you a little story about data analysis and peer review, that’s giving me a little pause.
How should the shape of your grade distribution change the way you teach?
I’ve received a number of comments about one of the recommended reads from last Friday. It was about the
Recommended reads #87
A ban on bans against laptop bans. Or something like that.
Folks often think their grades are bimodally distributed when
Please nominate colleagues to be selected as ESA fellows
This one is for the ecologists.
There are a lot of people who have made outstanding contributions to the field
Networking from scratch
I’ve been writing regularly for Vitae, the careers section of The Chronicle of Higher Education. This piece was published