by labroides | Feb 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
This has been a challenging week. Due to the confluence of several big events I find myself feeling a little behind at almost everything this week. In part this is because I decided to take two nights off for my and my wife’s birthday. Throw in a prospective student...
by labroides | Feb 20, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In 2012 Lynne Isbell and her colleagues published a fascinating paper looking at the role of gender in conference proceedings among primatology meetings. In it they found that male organized symposia had half the number of female participants than those organized by...
by labroides | Feb 14, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Growing up I used to watch a lot of nature documentaries. Shark Week, Nature, National Geographic, even old Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom, these were always on. As I grew older I transitioned from Zoo Books and Ranger Rick to Smithsonian and Natural History...
by labroides | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I have been thinking a lot about mentoring lately, I’ve started advising two undergraduate students who are starting their senior honor thesis projects. While I am really excited about the work that these students are undertaking, I’ve been feeling a bit unprepared...