| 4 Sep |
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Course introduction  |
| 7 Sep |
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No class |
| 11 Sep |
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The publication process : Eloquent Science, Ch 1 |
| 14 Sep |
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Writing a paper : Is the scientific paper a fraud? | The write stuff |
| 18 Sep |
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Where to send your paper? |
| 21 Sep |
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Reviewing a paper : Knuth pg 31-35, Knuth hints, Bernstein 2008, example review |
| 25 Sep |
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Scientific funding and the grant review process : Getting Funded (from Making the Right Moves) |
| 28 Sep |
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Writing a grant : grant tips; advice on NSF proposals; writing analysis plans |
| 2 Oct |
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Writing an abstract : writing center advice; six easy steps |
| 5 Oct |
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Giving talks : David Stern on “How to Give a Talk” |
| 9 Oct |
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The 2 min “elevator” speech: How to sell your thesis; Deconstructing the elevator speech |
| 12 Oct |
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Elevator speech practice (see Karl’s example) |
| 16 Oct |
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Preparing and presenting a poster: “Better scientific poster”; Designing research posters  |
| 19 Oct |
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Keeping a lab notebook: Ten simple rules; Open notebook science |
| 23 Oct |
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Overcoming unconscious bias: Kolehmainen and Carnes (2018); Pritlove et al. (2019) |
| 26 Oct |
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Success in collaboration (listening): HBR re listening, How to talk so kids will listen… (ch 1) |
| 30 Oct |
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Social media: Carl Sagan effect; Building a brand |
| 2 Nov |
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Success on the tenure-track: Fernandes et al. (2020) |
| 6 Nov |
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Jobs in industry (guest B Emma Huang, Engitix Therapeutics, via zoom) |
| 9 Nov |
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Predominantly undergraduate institutions (guest Ming-Wen An, Vassar College, via zoom) |
| 13 Nov |
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Non-tenure-track university jobs (guest, Rene Welch, UW-Madison, via zoom) |
| 16 Nov |
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Discussion of different types of jobs |
| 20 Nov |
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Postdocs: Reading 1, Reading 2, Reading 3 |
| 23 Nov |
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Applying for jobs; application materials: Reading 1, Reading 2 , Building a career (Ch 6) |
| 27 Nov |
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No class |
| 30 Nov |
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Job interviews: preparing for academic interviews; academic interviews gone bad; |
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Building a career in data science Ch 7, Appendix |
| 4 Dec |
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Teaching: Teach Tech Together (Ch 10) |
| 7 Dec |
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Time management: Laura Albert video |