research

07
Aug
The opening credit from Happy New Year Charlie Brown, with Charlie Brown and Linus lying down, dazed, stars over their heads.

New academic year's resolutions

I don't know about you, but I feel a fresh reboot is in order.
5 min read
17
Jul
Tenure criteria are the levers to change culture

Tenure criteria are the levers to change culture

You want people to behave differently? Let's change the rewards and the costs.
6 min read
30
May
Welcome to the Resistance

Welcome to the Resistance

You signed up to be a scientist, to go to college, to work in a university. You didn't join the fight against authoritarian malfeasance. But here we are, together.
3 min read
31
Mar
What are your collaboration dealbreakers?

What are your collaboration dealbreakers?

What kinds of risks are you willing to make?
4 min read
26
Feb
Why are we all teaching ancient statistics?

Why are we all teaching ancient statistics?

If we taught molecular biology the way we teach statistics, we'd still be arguing whether proteins or nucleic acids were genetic material.
4 min read
07
Feb
How I've been thinking about all of the rapid horrible changes in the United States

How I've been thinking about all of the rapid horrible changes in the United States

I'm not telling you how to think or feel, but maybe letting you know where I'm at might be useful to you.
5 min read
27
Jan
Trauma-informed pedagogy

Trauma-informed pedagogy

and trauma-informed everything else
4 min read
06
Jan
When I'm doing differently for 2025 and beyond

When I'm doing differently for 2025 and beyond

new times, new practices
5 min read
04
Sep
What was the best part of being a professor is now the worst part of being a professor

What was the best part of being a professor is now the worst part of being a professor

We get to do it all. Which means we have to do it all.
6 min read
17
Jun
Why I don't like arguments and debates

Why I don't like arguments and debates

I keep a perennial list of topics that had made me think, “ooh, that would make a good post.” The
8 min read