23
Sep
Why aren’t grad students taught how to teach?
The biology departments at the university I attended for my MSc and the one I just started at for my
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Newsletter
21
Sep
How often should tenure-track faculty be reviewed?
How often should pre-tenure faculty files have to submit files for review? Too often can be annoying and stressful, too
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18
Sep
Recommended reads #60
First things first: I’d like to share that I just launched a new podcast series, Not Just Scientists. It’
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17
Sep
Science topics that you feel compelled to discuss in polite conversation
As a scientist, I am sometimes shy to talk about what I do in social groups. I’m not a
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14
Sep
The Small Pond Science Bingo Card
Are you interacting with colleagues from research institutions that have misconceptions about your job? Heading to a conference? Here’s
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10
Sep
Academic job security and productivity (or the plant ecologist weighs in on potted plant metaphors)
I had been planning this post for a while because the topic has been on my mind but now it
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08
Sep
Faculty research is like a potted plant
The Ecological Society of America has wonderful program called SEEDS, which is designed to support and mentor underrepresented undergraduates who
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04
Sep
Recommended reads #59
The time I became a father in the same week my tenure portfolio was due, from Liberal Arts Ecologists.
You’
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02
Sep
A collective blind spot in measuring natural systems?
A few months ago I got a Fitbit, which for those of you who haven’t heard of it is
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31
Aug
We have now reached critical mass
This academic year started auspiciously.
The hallway bustles with the activity of new faculty. It’s funny that I’ve
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