| 6 Sep |
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Course introduction  |
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| 9 Sep |
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The publication process : Eloquent Science, Ch 1 |
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| 13 Sep |
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Writing a paper : Is the scientific paper a fraud? | The write stuff |
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| 16 Sep |
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Where to send your paper? |
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| 20 Sep |
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Reviewing a paper : Knuth pg 31-35, Knuth hints, Bernstein 2008, example review |
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| 23 Sep |
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Scientific funding and the grant review process : Getting Funded (from Making the Right Moves) |
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| 27 Sep |
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Writing a grant : grant tips; advice on NSF proposals; writing analysis plans |
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| 30 Sep |
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The 2 min “elevator” speech: How to sell your thesis; Deconstructing the elevator speech |
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| 4 Oct |
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Elevator speech practice (see Karl’s example) (Homework 1 due) |
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| 7 Oct |
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Writing an abstract : writing center advice; six easy steps |
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| 11 Oct |
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No class |
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| 14 Oct |
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Giving talks : David Stern on “How to Give a Talk” |
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| 18 Oct |
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Preparing and presenting a poster: “Better scientific poster”; Designing research posters  |
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| 21 Oct |
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Keeping a lab notebook: Ten simple rules; Open notebook science |
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| 25 Oct |
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Overcoming unconscious bias: Kolehmainen and Carnes (2018); Pritlove et al. (2019) |
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| 28 Oct |
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Success in collaboration (listening): HBR re listening, How to talk so kids will listen… (ch 1) |
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(Homework 2 due) |
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| 1 Nov |
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Social media: Carl Sagan effect; Building a brand |
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| 4 Nov |
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Success on the tenure-track: Fernandes et al. (2020) |
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| 8 Nov |
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Non-tenure-track university jobs: guest Elizabeth Sugar (via zoom) |
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| 11 Nov |
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Predominantly undergraduate institutions: guest Ben Baumer (via zoom) |
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| 15 Nov |
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Jobs in industry: guest Alyssa Frazee (via zoom) |
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| 18 Nov |
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Discussion of different types of jobs |
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| 21 Nov |
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Postdocs: Reading 1, Reading 2, Reading 3 |
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| 25 Nov |
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Applying for jobs; application materials: Reading 1, Reading 2 , Building a career (Ch 6) |
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| 29 Nov |
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No class |
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| 2 Dec |
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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 |
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| 6 Dec |
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Teaching: Teach Tech Together (Ch 10) |
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| 9 Dec |
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Time management: Laura Albert video |
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