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"published_at": "2013-10-03T14:34:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-7733-7157-b99b-e4823097aab6", "title": "Please send your job application materials and reference letters only to the official address", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/please-send-your-job-application-materials-and-reference-letters-only-to-the-official-address/", "published_at": "2013-10-03T14:06:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b020815a4c4a", "title": "How to move your minus 80 freezer to a new job", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/how-to-move-your-minus-80-freezer-to-a-new-job/", "published_at": "2013-10-03T10:50:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b020820f676d", "title": "It isn’t always useful to publish early drafts or to share reviews", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/it-isnt-always-useful-to-publish-early-drafts-or-to-share-reviews/", "published_at": "2013-09-30T15:27:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b02082fb0d70", "title": "Do you have your own lab training activities?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/do-you-have-your-own-lab-training-activities/", "published_at": "2013-09-22T13:47:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b020834be49b", "title": "Can a professor be a mom?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/can-a-professor-be-a-mom/", "published_at": "2013-09-21T23:06:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b0208413989e", "title": "Why Peerage of Science is not the answer", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/why-peerage-of-science-is-not-the-answer/", "published_at": "2013-09-14T09:13:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b02084257bf1", "title": "Undergraduates, stop before sending that email!", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/undergraduates-stop-before-sending-that-email/", "published_at": "2013-09-11T22:02:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b02084c64a3b", "title": "Claim your name on Google Scholar", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/claim-your-name-on-google-scholar/", "published_at": "2013-09-09T22:58:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b02085aa29ee", "title": "Is it important to have a lab contract for undergraduates?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/is-it-important-to-have-a-lab-contract-for-undergraduates/", "published_at": "2013-09-09T09:03:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b020868af256", "title": "Grading: is it OK to drink beer and eat pizza?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/grading-is-it-ok-to-drink-beer-and-eat-pizza/", "published_at": "2013-09-06T03:27:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-8bd5-7008-9d5e-b0208729bd63", "title": "Why are deadlines so important?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/why-are-deadlines-so-important/", "published_at": "2013-09-04T12:03:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed3b6e1675", "title": "How do you get the word out about a new job?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/how-do-you-get-the-word-out-about-a-new-job/", "published_at": "2013-09-01T16:10:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed3ba0365f", "title": "Undergrads, sign up to present your research now!", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/undergrads-sign-up-to-present-your-research-now/", "published_at": "2013-08-31T17:12:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed3c865874", "title": "Assistant Professor in Evolution at Washington University in St. Louis!", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/assistant-professor-in-evolution-at-washington-university-in-st-louis/", "published_at": "2013-08-31T10:26:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed3cec2d87", "title": "Is it fair some students get extra time on tests?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/is-it-fair-some-students-get-extra-time-on-tests/", "published_at": "2013-08-30T08:12:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed3db841a7", "title": "Meaningful undergraduate research", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/meaningful-undergraduate-research/", "published_at": "2013-08-29T14:18:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed3e51ef54", "title": "Build curiosity first, then answer questions", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/build-curiosity-first-then-answer-questions/", "published_at": "2013-08-28T02:36:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed3f487384", "title": "If you don’t lecture, what do you do in class on the first day?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/if-you-dont-lecture-what-do-you-do-in-class-on-the-first-day/", "published_at": "2013-08-27T18:27:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed400e0191", "title": "Explode your classroom", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/explode-your-classroom/", "published_at": "2013-08-27T10:49:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed40dd37f1", "title": "Why struggle for the attention of your students?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/why-struggle-for-the-attention-of-your-students/", "published_at": "2013-08-27T10:18:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-a5a0-7342-8542-84ed414cbcd7", "title": "Be welcoming to the students that may need disability accommodation", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/be-welcoming-to-the-students-that-may-need-disability-accommodation/", "published_at": "2013-08-23T21:46:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8a-70d7-8c8a-44e16b367f24", "title": "Metaphors for mentoring: lids and rims", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/metaphors-for-mentoring-lids-and-rims/", "published_at": "2013-08-11T22:34:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8a-70d7-8c8a-44e16c25a17a", "title": "Writing that NSF annual report?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/writing-that-nsf-annual-report/", "published_at": "2013-08-10T01:56:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8a-70d7-8c8a-44e16c7d50cc", "title": "A wise surgeon’s advice on how to approach a problem", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/a-wise-surgeons-advice-on-how-to-approach-a-problem/", "published_at": "2013-08-06T03:51:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8a-70d7-8c8a-44e16ceb156d", "title": "Poster session blues", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/poster-session-blues/", "published_at": "2013-08-06T03:20:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8a-70d7-8c8a-44e16da2db82", "title": "Who are the gatekeepers?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/who-are-the-gatekeepers/", "published_at": "2013-08-05T20:13:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8a-70d7-8c8a-44e16dfde5a0", "title": "Do reporters ever understand authorship?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/do-reporters-ever-understand-authorship/", "published_at": "2013-07-31T14:54:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8b-724d-a0b0-6b23b25812c2", "title": "Run your business meeting efficiently", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/run-your-business-meeting-efficiently/", "published_at": "2013-07-28T20:18:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8b-724d-a0b0-6b23b267d0f8", "title": "The joy of outreach!", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/the-joy-of-outreach/", "published_at": "2013-07-27T04:04:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8b-724d-a0b0-6b23b349b68e", "title": "Do you have a QR code for your poster?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/do-you-have-a-qr-code-for-your-poster/", "published_at": "2013-07-25T16:00:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0fa-cc8b-724d-a0b0-6b23b3a265ce", "title": "Each time you use a word it loses power", "url": 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2014

How to collaborate successfully original ↗

21 Jun 2014

Big ideas from the famous Guarda, Switzerland course in evolutionary biology original ↗

20 Jun 2014

Have you started your students on writing for Wikipedia yet?original ↗

27 May 2014

Whose work is that anyway? Excess lab PI credit original ↗

16 May 2014

Expertise is not enough for effective science communication original ↗

12 May 2014

Why homogeneity is not required for cooperation original ↗

4 May 2014

Don’t you want to share your slides? Here’s an easy way to do it!original ↗

23 Apr 2014

What to do when a postdoc isn’t working out original ↗

23 Apr 2014

The problem with describing author contribution original ↗

16 Apr 2014

What if you assume your hypothesis is wrong when you design an experiment?original ↗

27 Mar 2014

Bring on your questions! I’ll answer.original ↗

22 Mar 2014

Is tenure failure a social failure, not an individual failure?original ↗

16 Mar 2014

How to motivate a graduate student original ↗

13 Mar 2014

Consider a temporary stint as ecology and evolution editor at Nature original ↗

6 Mar 2014

Why aren’t you an evolutionist?original ↗

22 Feb 2014

Don’t say “that’s a good question” after your seminar!original ↗

19 Feb 2014

Gulbenkian in Portugal, best Ph.D. program ever?original ↗

18 Feb 2014

Apply now to attend exciting meeting on social behavior original ↗

18 Feb 2014

How to avoid choosing vampire professors for graduate school original ↗

13 Feb 2014

How to avoid choosing zombie professors for grad school original ↗

13 Feb 2014

How getting into grad school in cell biology or neuroscience is different from ecology or evolution original ↗

13 Feb 2014

The three questions on our prospective graduate student evaluation form original ↗

12 Feb 2014

Don’t lose focus on grad student interviews!original ↗

7 Feb 2014

What do graduate students want?original ↗

6 Feb 2014

Need to open really old powerpoints?original ↗

18 Jan 2014

Guest post on the tenure talk by Liz Haswell original ↗

13 Jan 2014

Don’t be too quick to accept things you think you cannot change: doubting the serenity prayer original ↗

11 Jan 2014

2013

Mentoring graduate students: choose one thing original ↗

21 Dec 2013

Mindfulness of the day: what are you getting done?original ↗

20 Dec 2013

Who are these people I’m supposed to vote for?original ↗

10 Dec 2013

Speak up for yourself!original ↗

4 Dec 2013

Do you think a lot about scientific predictions?original ↗

3 Dec 2013

Help your writing with this clear rubric original ↗

3 Dec 2013

What’s the point of an external scientific advisory committee?original ↗

29 Nov 2013

Are you willing to pay for advice for your NSF pre-proposal?original ↗

26 Nov 2013

A rant on letters of recommendation that include passwords and check boxes original ↗

23 Nov 2013

Why don’t more panels fund Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants?original ↗

23 Nov 2013

First identify your jargon, then avoid it original ↗

19 Nov 2013

Evidence based science communication!original ↗

13 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: why we don’t agree on the top candidates original ↗

12 Nov 2013

Great writing: the very hardest thing to do original ↗

11 Nov 2013

Undergraduate journal clubs are important original ↗

8 Nov 2013

Do women ever get the faculty achievement awards at your university?original ↗

7 Nov 2013

Update on phone interviews: a list of actual questions!original ↗

7 Nov 2013

Don’t weaken your writing with these three common mistakes of sentence structure original ↗

7 Nov 2013

The most important academic thing an undergraduate must do: cultivate three professors original ↗

7 Nov 2013

Best powerpoint tip: black writing on a white background original ↗

7 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: what we want to hear on the phone interview original ↗

5 Nov 2013

Why I didn’t answer your email original ↗

4 Nov 2013

No, you may not use that image without permission and attribution original ↗

3 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: we ranked into categories, not into a line original ↗

3 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: how the department decides whom to hire original ↗

3 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: how I read your file on the first pass original ↗

2 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: your cover letter is too vague and long original ↗

2 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: don’t name possible collaborators here original ↗

2 Nov 2013

Tips for job applicants: describe your contribution on multi-author papers original ↗

2 Nov 2013

You can’t be too careful with documenting your science original ↗

26 Oct 2013

How to change an organization, a department, a curriculum original ↗

26 Oct 2013

Why does it take so long to choose a short list for an assistant professor position?original ↗

24 Oct 2013

Reviewer declines assignment original ↗

23 Oct 2013

Postdoctoral openings in the Queller/Strassmann lab!!!original ↗

19 Oct 2013

I love strong women scientists!!!!!original ↗

12 Oct 2013

Do you give extra credit in your classes? It should stretch your students.original ↗

8 Oct 2013

The trouble with grading rubrics original ↗

8 Oct 2013

Women, did you hear biology professor is the most glorious career I can imagine?original ↗

6 Oct 2013

A sting on bogus publishers! Watch out!original ↗

4 Oct 2013

An interesting study of why unstructured interviews are so alluring original ↗

3 Oct 2013

Impress us with your grit: apply for small grants when you are a student original ↗

3 Oct 2013

Should you apply for our assistant professor position?original ↗

3 Oct 2013

Please send your job application materials and reference letters only to the official address original ↗

3 Oct 2013

How to move your minus 80 freezer to a new job original ↗

3 Oct 2013

It isn’t always useful to publish early drafts or to share reviews original ↗

30 Sept 2013

Do you have your own lab training activities?original ↗

22 Sept 2013

Can a professor be a mom?original ↗

21 Sept 2013

Why Peerage of Science is not the answer original ↗

14 Sept 2013

Undergraduates, stop before sending that email!original ↗

11 Sept 2013

Claim your name on Google Scholar original ↗

9 Sept 2013

Is it important to have a lab contract for undergraduates?original ↗

9 Sept 2013

Grading: is it OK to drink beer and eat pizza?original ↗

6 Sept 2013

Why are deadlines so important?original ↗

4 Sept 2013

How do you get the word out about a new job?original ↗

1 Sept 2013

Undergrads, sign up to present your research now!original ↗

31 Aug 2013

Assistant Professor in Evolution at Washington University in St. Louis!original ↗

31 Aug 2013

Is it fair some students get extra time on tests?original ↗

30 Aug 2013

Meaningful undergraduate research original ↗

29 Aug 2013

Build curiosity first, then answer questions original ↗

28 Aug 2013

If you don’t lecture, what do you do in class on the first day?original ↗

27 Aug 2013

Explode your classroom original ↗

27 Aug 2013

Why struggle for the attention of your students?original ↗

27 Aug 2013

Be welcoming to the students that may need disability accommodation original ↗

23 Aug 2013

Metaphors for mentoring: lids and rims original ↗

11 Aug 2013

Writing that NSF annual report?original ↗

10 Aug 2013

A wise surgeon’s advice on how to approach a problem original ↗

6 Aug 2013

Poster session blues original ↗

6 Aug 2013

Who are the gatekeepers?original ↗

5 Aug 2013

Do reporters ever understand authorship?original ↗

31 Jul 2013

Run your business meeting efficiently original ↗

28 Jul 2013

The joy of outreach!original ↗

27 Jul 2013

Do you have a QR code for your poster?original ↗

25 Jul 2013

Each time you use a word it loses power original ↗

24 Jul 2013