schedule

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

Readings available at the course Canvas site.

schedule fall, 2025