This year, like the past several years, I have the honor of serving as a mentor to tenure-track CUNY faculty in the CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP). The FFPP is a writing and professional development program that helps tenure-track faculty at CUNY two-year and four-year colleges navigate the ins-and-outs of publishing and tenure at […]| orgtheory.net
Much has been discussed in the media about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; for example, to compensate for the absence of coordinated support, working mothers are carrying more caregiving responsibilities. However, the full range of externalities resulting from governmental and organizational decisions (or in the case of some governments, “non”-decisions which are decisions in […]| orgtheory.net
As a process that validates information credibility, peer review is undeniably and incredibly valuable—when it works. But sometimes it doesn’t work as well as we’d like. The post Reviewing peer review first appeared on ACRLog.| ACRLog
R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis touches on a range of near-universal academic experiences: impostor syndrome; frantic, caffeine-fuelled study sessions; watching someone effortlessly ace every single test you suffer through; and, of course, accidentally sending a professor to the depths of Hades. For the novel’s protagonist, Alice Law, all of these experiences are just a string of inconveniences […] The post Academia is hell, literally: R.F. Kuang’s ‘Katabasis’ appeared first on Cherwell.| Cherwell
Today's links Charlie Jane Anders' "Lessons in Magic and Disaster.": Families, they fuck you up (magically). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: HST in space; It Plays Doom; Deserted Chinese themeparks; Banksy's Dismaland; Dollars are better than warrants; "Fuck the algorithm." Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colopho...| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
This essay, on viewpoint diversity, academic objectivity and free speech, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 20 April 2025, under the headline “Trump’s political bullying of Harvard will do nothing to foster diversity of thought”. Few people want to live in an echo chamber. Many have no problem being friends with those who vote differently to the way they do. And many would probably agree with John Stuart Mill that “he who knows only his own side of the case, […]| Pandaemonium
I get emails. Sometimes they find me well; sometimes they try to convince me that I need to bring artificial intelligence (“AI”) into the classroom. “AI is going to revolutionize higher education!”…| The Duck of Minerva
People are wondering how Trump could get away with nationalizing 10% of Intel, with plans to acquire more corporate assets for the Federal government, while hardly hearing a peep from other Republicans. Isn’t this socialism, which is anathema to the Republican Party? Uhh, no. It’s National Socialism. Contrary to some right-wingers, who try to blame […]| Crooked Timber
My friend was bitten by a dog this summer. For British readers: being bitten by a dog elsewhere in the world isn’t merely painful, scary and shocking. It brings with it a real possibility of rabies. For non-British reader – really, I’m not making this up, there’s no rabies in the UK. My friend is […]| Crooked Timber
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Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall has been making the case that the states are critical sites of resistance to Trump’s lawless power grabs on the road to authoritarianism. He was challenged today by a reader who asked him what, specifically, the Blue states can do. Marshall tossed out some ideas: Secure the vote, […]| Crooked Timber
I am asking about the conventions of abbreviations of pages, for academic/journal purposes. For example, if one submits a paper on arXiv, you will see that some renown physicist/mathematician uses the conventions of: 120 pp. instead of 120 pages. And if there are more comments like how many figures there are, one can use 120 pp, 10 figures. instead of, 120 pages, 10 figures. It looks to me that from Usage of "p." versus "pp." versus "pg." to denote page numbers and page ranges, the pp. actual...| Recent Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Scottish studio GLITCHERS has seen its groundbreaking dementia research game, Sea Hero Quest, go viral in South Korea after a social media post mistakenly claimed the game could help diagnose the condition. While the studio has clarified this is not the case, the incredible surge in interest is a powerful testament to the game’s global … Continue reading "Glitchers’ Sea Hero Quest Goes Viral in South Korea, Highlighting the Global Impact of Games for Good" The post Glitchers’ Sea Hero...| The Scottish Games Network
Environmental law is still relatively new and keeps changing all the time. After all, the field of environmental law didn’t really exist in the U.S. until pollution fears in the 1950s and ’60s spurred political activism. From 1970 to 1978, Congress passed more than a dozen of the most important environmental laws by overwhelming bipartisan majorities. … Continue reading "How We Teach Environmental Law is Changing"| Legal Planet
A few years back, a colleague of mine, who I very much wanted to remain at UCLA, approached me because he was contemplating accepting an offer at a Washington, D.C. law school. He feared remaining in Los Angeles, even though he wanted to stay, because he didn’t want his young daughter exposed to the southland’s … Continue reading "Watch “Clearing the Air: The War on Smog”"| Legal Planet
The author reflects on speaking at various queer and autistic conferences, emphasizing the challenges of conforming to normative presentation styles. They found comfort in familiar environments and…| Autistic and Living the Dream
The lichen-ous current state of my work and community life, and what's coming for the rest of the year.| Fieldnotes by Sam Rye | Social & Environmental Regeneration
I had a chat about journalism recently, and I had a realization about just how weird science journalism, in particular, is. Journalists aren’t supposed to be cheerleaders. Journalism and PR have ve…| 4 gravitons
As a grad student, I loved to argue, about almost anything (mostly over beer). I avoided arguing with my PhD advisor though – mostly out of my knowledge that he was pretty famous, as ecologists go,…| Scientist Sees Squirrel
Explore the science behind resilience and learn about measuring one’s capacity to rebound from adversity. Discover how resilience can be quantified and assessed effectively. Gain insights into the factors influencing one’s ability to bounce back from challenges in this informative article. When life pushes us down, some people stay down longer, while others seem to […] The post The Science of Resilience: Measuring the Ability to Bounce Back appeared first on iMotions.| iMotions
Studying for finals or any exams doesn't have to be all caffeine jitters and staying up all night, at least not in Belly Conklin study method from The Summer| Racoffee Books
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The academic is based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London but, she explains, her work centres around peace photography The post “We know about war photography, but what about peace photography?”: In conversation with Dr Tiffany Fairey appeared first on 1854 Photography.| 1854 Photography
Human beings are creatures who can describe their actions at various levels. Elizabeth Anscombe has famously introduced the example of a man who moves his arm, to pump water, to poison the inhabitants of a house, to overthrow a regime, to bring peace.* You can play with this case, or others, to create all kinds […]| Crooked Timber
A book review from Inside Story: After The Spike by Spears and Geruso The most striking observation in Dean Spears and Michael Geruso’s new book, After the Spike, is summed up by the cover illustration, which shows a world population rising rapidly to its current eight billion before declining to pre-modern levels and eventually to zero. […]| Crooked Timber
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Science is a process. If we consider it merely for the purposes of momentary illumination as an animal, then it is an animal that blunders around somewhat blindly and clumsily, consuming things and excreting various peculiar artefacts: papers, knowledge, synchrotrons. It does this as long as it is alive and active. The various cells and […]| Diagram Monkey
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1-`♡´-Vision Bingo This method involves creating a bingo card with all your goals and striking them off as you achieve them. It’s fun and feels more like a game than a task. This has been doing the rounds on social media lately so chances are you’ve already got a basic idea about it. In case […]| Everything Academia
Recap Heloooooo and Happy New Year to everyone who’s reading this! It has been quite some time since I’ve posted anything over here. But now, as a part of my New Year’s resolutions, I’m back! This post is a recap of all that happened last year so let me warn you, this is going to […]| Everything Academia
Dear 1L: It’s no secret that this is a dark time for people who care about the environment. All the more reason you'll be needed!| Legal Planet
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) have announced that they are developing a new HNC qualification in Esports and are seeking support from sector experts to help shape its creation. This is a significant and welcome development for the rapidly growing esports ecosystem in Scotland. The creation of a formal Higher … Continue reading "Call For Industry Expertise: SQA And Skills Development Scotland to Develop New HNC in Esports" The post Call For...| The Scottish Games Network
The transformative power of video games to address real-world challenges will be on full display this September, as Abertay University’s Applied Games Lab presents its Play for Good exhibition as part of the prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Curious festival of knowledge. This is a significant and welcome inclusion, demonstrating the growing recognition of games … Continue reading "Abertay’s ‘Play For Good’ To Showcase the Power of Games at RSE Curious Festival" The post Ab...| The Scottish Games Network
The academic conference no-show might feel like a minor inconvenience, but for Anne Tierney and Doug Specht it represents evidence of a growing concern with CV padding over contributions to the field| Wonkhe
The Economist, having surveyed the current state of European higher education, has decided that the most significant problem is that the specialized graduate school where I work is insufficiently “relevant.” Two objections so far. First, please please please let’s move on from the Harry Potter references. We’re talking about a campus headquartered in an abbey in Florence, the real-life birthplace […]| Crooked Timber
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Do read my previous post first! And I should credit “Ban This Filth!” for the caption to the Laurie Penny tweet. In addition to the Dan Hodges blogpost that I linked to at the end of that one, here are some other relevants articles worth reading that I couldn’t shoehorn in. Here’s Mrs Trellis, writing a Dear Joan letter to feminism to explain why she’s […]| PooterGeek
At the height of the BBC’s “Jimmy Savile crisis”, when police were estimating that the old, dead child rapist and his associates had assaulted at least 40 boys, a female media twitterer tweeted that she had no sympathy for the BBC’s predicament at all, after the way they had blocked her promotion, because she was […]| PooterGeek
John Rentoul quotes India Knight: Gove’s proposals are, to me, socialist in their intention, which is to equip every child with the sort of education that has traditionally been available to only a very few. How is that wrong? And what do left-leaning academics think they’re doing when they say, “Ooh, no, the children won’t […]| PooterGeek
Why is professional identity important to you? For me, it helps to develop career goals, pursue professional development opportunities, and build confidence in the professional expertise I have to offer students, faculty, and library staff. As part of my professional identity, I no longer identify as an early-career librarian. If I had to pinpoint when| ACRLog - Blogging by and for academic and research librarians
Prof David J Burn will take the helm as University of Galway’s new president, commencing his term as its 14th president this September.| Silicon Republic
What makes a physics theory valuable? You may think that a theory’s job is to describe reality, to be true. If that’s the goal, we have a whole toolbox of ways to assess its value. We c…| 4 gravitons
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–A profile of author David Pryce-Jones has been posted on the website Onward and Upward. This is written by Jay Nordlinger and is a well-written, concise survey of Pryce-Jones’s life and works. Here’s an excerpt:| The Evelyn Waugh Society
We've reached an important historical inflection point in the funder/author/publisher triangular relationship. The post …so what exactly is going on between publishers and the NIH? first appeared on ACRLog.| ACRLog
“… interpretation is the source of texts, facts, authors, and intentions.” Stanley Fish, Is There a Text in This Class? Do you remember when you first committed some of your own thoughts to paper? Perhaps you kept a diary, perhaps you wrote poems or lyrics or crafted a letter to a friend. Perhaps you had … Continue reading What does it say? The supposed objectivity of written texts→| Handling Ideas
Opinion | A growing research field known as ‘the science of science’ will be essential for navigating an uncertain future.| Undark Magazine
Tech regulation raises some of the thorniest questions of our time — about free speech versus hate speech, copyright versus fair use, truth versus manipulation. Yet these debates are increasingly irrelevant unless states can first establish digital sovereignty. Without the will to enforce laws on multinational corporations, “tech regulation” is a dead letter.| Crooked Timber
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Over on the Futures of Language website we are advertising a PhD and a postdoc position. If you are interested in fundamental questions at the intersection of language, interaction and technology, have a look. We offer a number of resources:| The Ideophone
On my recent holiday to Norway, I was lucky enough to read three books that proved to be excellent company (plus some others that were less so, but will not be spoken of here). While I, as usual, had some critical thoughts about each of these books, they were all gripping, extremely enjoyable, and perfect … Continue reading Holiday Reading Guide, 2025 (& 20 Books of Summer, #11 and #12)| Laura Tisdall
If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere wellIt were done quickly. Miranda is a college theatre director working on a production of All’s Well That Ends Well, one of Shakespear…| Laura Tisdall
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A cursory glance at the Jeffrey Epstein’s biography (1953 – 2019) shows it can be treated as a modern adaptation (and so adjustment) of Horatio Alger Jr.’s framework: Epstein’s life moves from (lower) middle-class respectability to incredible wealth and luxury (and associated criminal sordidness). Epstein was an immensely successful social climber, who didn’t just manage the wealth of the ultra-wealthy, but also used his own wealth and his access to the very wealthy to position...| Crooked Timber
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One of my foundational theoretical commitments is that the technology of reading and writing is neither natural nor innocuous. Media theorists McLuhan, Postman, Ong and Flusser all agree on this point: the technology of writing is a necessary condition for the emerge of liberal/democratic/Enlightenment/rationalist culture; mass literacy and the proliferation of cheap books/newspapers is necessary for this culture to spread beyond the elite to the whole of society.| Crooked Timber
Sunday photoblogging: Street art at the Puces St Ouen| Crooked Timber
Now that the Trump government is relentlessly attacking higher education and abusing its power at the border to arbitrarily refuse entry to scholars, many academics wonder whether it’s still possible to travel to the US for conferences or other research purposes, especially if they have publicly criticized the Trump government or its allies. But where you can travel, under what conditions, for your academic work, has long been an issue for scholars who come from countries with “weak passp...| Crooked Timber
I’ve owned this mug for twenty-five years now. Bought in the gift shop of the Metropolitan Opera in New York on my first ever trip to America, which I doubt I shall ever visit again. The mug, in art nouveau style, celebrates Pucchini’s La Bohème, which we might have seen there. I forget what we saw from the cheap seats, high up. The colours are badly faded after a quarter-century of machine washing, which suggests that its manufacture was cheap, though it has served me well through diffe...| Crooked Timber
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Thursday afternoon I belatedly fulfilled a promise to post a book to Wilcannia. The school day was just finishing and as I left the Post Office I overheard a child around eight years old:| Crooked Timber
By now you probably have seen one or more articles noting that a failure that led to lives being lost might well include the early retirement of the weather service officer who worked on integration with local authorities in the event of an emergency. That the two relevant NWS offices responsible for the area hardest […]| The Grumpy Geophysicist
So over the past few months–yes, less than 1/8th of Trump’s second term–we’ve seen and experienced one of the most pervasive assaults on science in the US ever. And one of the things that makes it so head-spinning is that it seems utterly arbitrary. Is there some guiding principle behind all this? The place to […]| The Grumpy Geophysicist
Are you a student eager to launch your career in finance, quantitative development, or financial data engineering?| DefconQ Blog
James Fishkin, creator of deliberative polling, was recently interviewed by Roger Berkowitz on the podcast of the Hannah Arendt Center (which Berkowitz directs). The conversation is far-ranging, an…| Equality by lot
Transgender identity raises a variety of interesting philosophical questions, and on an issue this controversial, the answers to those questions will necessarily be controversial too. I recently fo…| Love of All Wisdom
A Facebook memory popped up that twelve years ago today, I submitted a chapter to a forthcoming video game book. I shared the memory and pointed out that despite a couple of years of interaction with the editors, the book had never been published. One of my friends suggested that I post the paper here […]| Desert of My Real Life
At Daily Nous, there's a discussion of Tech Advice for a New Philosophy Grad Student. There's some dispute about whether or not it's worth learning LaTeX. I recommend pandoc instead for those who are on the fence. You write in markdown, a simpler and more readable plain text syntax (compare *markdown italics* to \emph{LaTeX italics}, for example!). But it subsequently uses LaTeX to produce good-looking PDFs. Or it can just as easily convert into other document formats, such as Word .d...| Philosophy, et cetera
Vakbondsleden van de AOb krijgen vandaag een email waarin ze gevraagd worden of ze instemmen met het onderhandelaarsakkoord voor de…| The Ideophone
For Ray Kurzweil, singularity is the point at which machine intelligence would be more powerful than human intelligence.| The Ideophone
Originally posted at TheEMTSpot I do not usually steal content or original writings, but this post is too important not to share (and keep for reference). This was originally posted, with all credit due to the author of origin, at: http://theemtspot.com/2014/03/22/101-things-we-should-teach-every-new-emt/ Though this list is focused towards emergency medical technicians, it has inferred and inherent application … Continue reading 101 Things We Should Teach Every New EMT→ The post 101 T...| Schadone.com
Can the Emergency Medical Services Evolve to Meet the Needs of Today? Click here to view the PowerPoint PDF The emergency medical services (EMS) provide a means of rapid treatment and transportation to definitive care for those people who suffer immediate life-threatening injuries or illnesses (Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, n.d.; … Continue reading Changing the Paradigm of the Emergency Medical Services→ The post Changing the Paradigm of the...| Schadone.com
Episcopalians have recently decided to approve and bless this type of marriage within the church (Dawson, 2012). In light of the recent debate over same-sex marriage, which has implications for societal values, health care, economics, public policy, business, and religion, approaching the subject requires care and specific messaging to ensure factual representation of the lesbian, … Continue reading Communications: Multicultural Considerations→ The post Communications: Multicultural Consi...| Schadone.com
Integrated marketing communication provides a seamless and comprehensive delivery of information to consumers. Hendrix and Hayes (2010) discusses the prevalence of integrated marketing since the 1990s and its usefulness in complying with the perceptions of consumers. In this way, integrated marketing communication is consumer-centric and relationship driven. An award-winning case study of Pfizer Animal Health, … Continue reading Integrated Marketing Communications Case Study→ The post Int...| Schadone.com
Public relations is a very useful tool for an organization making its case in the public forum, especially when confronting another organization with conflicting values. In this case, I will explore the opportunity for using public relations concepts in defending a historical society against the desire of a group of property developers who wish to … Continue reading ROPE Process in Consumer Relations→ The post ROPE Process in Consumer Relations appeared first on Schadone.com.| Schadone.com
On November 5, 2011, Jerry Sandusky, former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach, was arrested on a number of counts of sexual assault on a minor. The arrest stems from incidents relating to The Second Mile charity, founded by Sandusky, and its association with Pennsylvania State University over the course of 15 years (Garcia, 2011; … Continue reading Penn State: Analysis of Crisis Communications→ The post Penn State: Analysis of Crisis Communications appeared first on S...| Schadone.com
When considering the emergency medical services, there has been much discussion regarding the utility of advanced life support and its effectiveness within the emergency medical services (Stiell et al., 2005; Stiell et al., 2003; Stiell et al., 2002; Stiell et al., 1999). One of the most basic skills that paramedics use exclusively is intravenous cannulation … Continue reading EMS Research: Using t Tests→ The post EMS Research: Using t Tests appeared first on Schadone.com.| Schadone.com
At approximately 7:15 pm, on February 7, 2008, a large explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery rocked the area of Port Wentworth, Georgia, killing 14 people and injuring 36, and although, the incident was found to be the fault of Imperial Sugar, this discussion will focus on the crisis communications and public relations surrounding the … Continue reading Crisis Communications: Imperial Sugar Case Study→ The post Crisis Communications: Imperial Sugar Case Study appeared first on Schadone...| Schadone.com
Using Research in Planning Hendrix and Hayes (2010) outlines the typical course of public relations using effective means to address the concerns of all stakeholders while promoting the course as the best option. This is only effective, however, if the course is actually the best option. This is where research becomes important. Public relations depends … Continue reading The Arby’s Public Relations Failure→ The post The Arby’s Public Relations Failure appeared first on Schadone.com.| Schadone.com
A number of fantastic ducks lined up in the month of June and I want to talk about all of them, but there isn’t time to do it in one giant post. One duck, however, took the form of appearing at the 14th International Melville Society Conference to speak about my time aboard the Charles W. Morgan eleven years ago. (You can read the comic about that trip here.)| Lucy Bellwood
Everyday Orientalism is proud to co-sponsor an emergency meeting on archaeology and apartheid organised by the Society for the Study of the Past. Following the UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Pal…| Everyday Orientalism
In Telos 211, we consider how today’s culture wars over universities will shape our global future.| Telos Press
Summer is conference season for academics, and this week held my old sub-field’s big yearly conference, called Amplitudes. This year, it was in Seoul at Seoul National University, the first t…| 4 gravitons
"Unconscious", "subconscious", or "non-conscious" are distinct psychological terms with specific meanings in the realm of science. Understanding the nuances| iMotions
Ten years ago I have obtained my PhD degree and made my (somewhat gradual) transition from academia to industry. Despite the fact that I made this transition a long time ago, I still often get questions from people who are considering doing a PhD.| Sander van der Burg's blog
On Tuesday 5 April 2022 I received the unfortunate news that my former master's and PhD thesis supervisor: Eelco Visser has unexpectedly passed away.| Sander van der Burg's blog
“There’s a feeling in the air that somebody’s out to get scientists.” How carefully do you read the novel-length “terms and conditions” for some software purchase? Scroll to…| The Grumpy Geophysicist
“When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society,” Judith Butler wrote recently, “progressive politics in general is held responsible for every social ill.” Authoritarians are empowered to oppress vulnerable people in the name of “the nation, the natural order, the family, society or civilization itself”.| Crooked Timber
In a recent article in The Catholic Herald Niall Gooch discusses some objections to sortition from the book Against sortition?. As he describes sortition, “[t]he idea is that involving “norma…| Equality by lot
A funding pause at the University of Michigan illustrates the uncertainty around new language in NIH grant awards.| Undark Magazine
Did you know that there are actually guidelines for determining authorship on scientific papers?| Total Internal Reflection
Over two decades have passed since the horrifying 9/11 attacks. Do we have a consensus understanding of the radicalization process in communities that supported or filled the ranks of jihadist grou…| The Duck of Minerva
“The myth of technological and political and social inevitability is a powerful tranquilizer of the conscience. Its service is to remove responsibility from the shoulders of everyone who trul…| LibrarianShipwreck
Update: Well, GG wasn’t the only one disappointed with the McNutt speech; Ars Technica was more brutal (mainly because the elephant in the room was ignored). So Marcia McNutt, the National Ac…| The Grumpy Geophysicist
The Trump administration’s campaign against higher education has proceeded on so many fronts, and at such breathtaking speed, that it is hard for individual elements of it to capture the news cycle for long.| Compact
Earlier this year I came across this interesting post by mathematician Daniel Litt, where he pondered how many intrinsically true results in mathematics have been published with erroneous proofs: D…| Bits of DNA
