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Dear Journals, Your biases against #qualitative research are showing again.... Please stop desk rejecting qual. work bc "the sample significantly limits the generalizability of your conclusions." Generalizability isn't our goal. Signed, a frustrated co-author. Academic Chatter™

If legacy admits are deemed Constitutional at universities, then admits based on being a descendant of slavery should be as well. Especially at universities such as UNC and Harvard that were financed by slave money and that prohibited descendants from enrolling.

A postdoc position is now open in my lab! If you are interested in aquatic ecology, mountain lakes, & multiscale processes underlying ecosystem stability please get in touch recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07952 Please RT!

It's time for my yearly thank you to all graduate departments that allow me to submit a recommendation letter without checking a bunch of boxes about what percentile the student is in in a bunch of categories.

I'll be giving a talk this Friday, Nov 11, "at" Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering on mobility impairment in chemistry. It starts 12 Pacific/8pm London. The talk is virtual, on Zoom, and all are welcome. At its essence, this talk will be a practical guide for disabled chemists, supervisors, and allies.

Grades are so subjective. Rubrics are fine but my land I am tired of kids (and adults) thinking grades are more important than learning. It is wild and frustrating.

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The good boys and I walked to drop off my ballot and made it home 2 minutes before the downpour started. Win!!!

Biology professors: a question for your speculation/estimation: What percentage of US PUI assistant professorships in biology do not require a postdoctoral position, or routinely hire straight from grad schools? Please RT

this is a very thoughtful response to Hank Green 's question about chegg. Thank you Dr Allison Kelly

Dear PhD students: Your PhD project isn't your opus. Just finish the damn thing. You'll do much better & more impt research later in your career. Most supervisors don't tell you this. Just make a contribution, get a few publications. That's it. Love ya. #AcademicTwitter

So proud of my kid! ⁦N Williams⁩

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I'm quite emotional writing this. I'm so pleased to share that my class' average final ACS scores put them in the *80th percentile of the country* (compared to 43rd % last year). So I think we can call this zany experiment a resounding success!