Tag Archives: collegiality

Building bridges among lab groups

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Joan E. Strassmann

Some of the comments on lab group separation, mostly on Twitter or Facebook, not here, hoped for an explanation of the reasons for separation, or thoughts on the fixes for this. Here’s an effort in that direction. We might think … Continue reading →

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Tips for job applicants: why we don’t agree on the top candidates

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Joan E. Strassmann

Here are the steps we take in choosing whom to interview, in case you are just tuning in. First, each person on the search committee read about a third of the applicants. Two people read each applicant. Then each reader … Continue reading →

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Careful! Who are you not looking at?

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Joan E. Strassmann

Did you go to a meeting and find that no one looked at you? Did you feel excluded? If you are a woman, did you go with a man and feel like the entire conversation was between the two men? … Continue reading →

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Inclusive fitness: theory and practice, Kavli Royal Society, Buckinghamshire, organized by Andy Gardner and Ashleigh Griffin

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Joan E. Strassmann

The first session has inclusive fitness luminaries Andy Gardner, Alan Grafen, David Queller, and Peter Taylor. We move on to Kevin Foster, Allen Moore, Hisashi Ohtsuki, and Geoff Wild. The second day has Ashleigh Griffin, me, Koos Boomsma, Ben Hatchwell, … Continue reading →

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