schedule fall, 2022
| Date | Topic/Reading | |
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| 9 Sep | Course introduction  |
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| 16 Sep | The publication process : Eloquent Science, Ch 1 |
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| 23 Sep | Writing a paper : Is the scientific paper a fraud? | The write stuff |
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| 30 Sep | Reviewing a paper : Knuth pg 31-35, Knuth hints, Bernstein 2008, example review |
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| 7 Oct | Scientific funding and the grant review process : Getting Funded (from Making the Right Moves) |
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| 14 Oct | Writing a grant : grant tips; advice on NSF proposals; writing analysis plans |
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| 21 Oct | Writing an abstract : writing center advice; six easy steps |
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| 28 Oct | Giving talks : David Stern on “How to Give a Talk” |
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| 4 Nov | The 2 min “elevator” speech: How to sell your thesis; Deconstructing the elevator speech | |
| 11 Nov | Elevator speech practice (see Karl’s example) | |
| 18 Nov | Preparing and presenting a poster: “Better scientific poster”; Designing research posters  |
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| 25 Nov | No class | |
| 2 Dec | Keeping a lab notebook: Ten simple rules; Open notebook science | |
| 9 Dec | Overcoming unconscious bias: Kolehmainen and Carnes (2018); Pritlove et al. (2019) |
Readings available at the course’s Canvas site.