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For everyone

  • Keep your eyes on the prize, by Ron Vale
  • A Critique of the Hypothesis, and a Defense of the Question, as a Framework for Experimentation, by David Glass. A good explanation of why model-building, not hypothesis-testing, is the most productive form of science.
  • How to choose a good scientific problem, by Uri Alon

For students

  • How to be a graduate advisee, by Indira Raman at Northwestern. This is incredibly valuable and correct advice that everyone should re-read every year!
  • 7 Tips for making presentations, by Ruthie Johnson
  • Simple rules for concise scientific writing by Scott Hotaling
  • Fantastic advice on overcoming uncertainty in your career, and the importance of professional growth, by Jen Heemstra
  • What to bring to a meeting with your advisor, by Prachee Avasthi
  • Resources for new PhD students, by Matt Hauer (but talk to me about learning Python, not R!)
  • Seven steps toward health and happiness in the lab, by Fernando Maestre
  • You do not need to work 80 hours a week to succeed in academia, by Meghan Duffy​
  • How to find and apply for a postdoc position, by Guy Tanentzapf​

Research on bias in science

This is not exhaustive, but a starting point for educating our lab members and others.
  • What Happens Before? A Field Experiment Exploring How Pay and Representation Differentially Shape Bias on the Pathway Into Organizations. Katherine L. Milkman et al, J App Psychol. 2015
  • How Gender and Race Stereotypes Impact the Advancement of Scholars in STEM: Professors' Biased Evaluations of Physics and Biology Post-Doctoral Candidates. Asia A. Eaton et al, Sex Roles 2020
  • Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards. Donna K. Ginther et al., Science 2011. See also commentaries here, here, and here (of many) by Drugmonkey (Blog, Twitter) 
  • Males Under-Estimate Academic Performance of Their Female Peers in Undergraduate Biology Classrooms. Daniel Z. Grunspan et al. PLoS One 2016
  • Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students. Corinne A. Moss-Racusin et al. PNAS 2012
  • Quality of evidence revealing subtle gender biases in science is in the eye of the beholder. Ian M. Handley PNAS 2015
  • The Myth That Academic Science Isn't Biased Against Women, by Joan Williams and Jessi L. Smith. A rebuttal to Williams and Ceci 2015, National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track. There's a lot to learn from thinking about the findings of Williams and Ceci, the media response, and the critique.

On building a better scientific community

  • Collectors, Nightlights, and Allies, Oh My: White Mentors in the Academy, by Marisela Martinez-Cola
  • Strategies to improve equity in faculty hiring, by Needhi Bhalla
  • Race Matters, by David Asai
  • Language Matters: Considering Microaggressions in Science, by Colin Harrison and Kimberly D. Tanner
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