Unprofessoring

Scientific whitewashing

I helped launder the reputation of a scientific society. Are US scientists doing the same for our government?

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

Lessons from Radioactive Shrimp

and slugs with pine needles on their butts

Sep 18 • 

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May 2025

How I'm coping

Reaching for resistance and resilience through community, culture, and creation

May 18 • 

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February 2025

Federally-funded scientific research is worth the investment for Oregon and for the US

An Op-Ed I pitched to the Baker City Herald

Feb 24 • 

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A National Science Foundation Elegy

Holding space for scientists' grief

Feb 20 • 

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January 2025

Bursting the "mother tree" bubble

Why is the story of altruistic trees so attractive (and so hard for scientists to counteract)?

Jan 9 • 

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November 2024

Compost #10

A post-election mix of links

Nov 8, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Negative Pressure

A memoir-y meditation on the push and pull of laboratory spaces

Oct 25, 2024 • 

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When feeding the world gets morally murky

The scientific savior complex and Vavilov's seed bank

Oct 7, 2024 • 

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September 2024

The risky business of tool development in biological research

A cautionary tale

Sep 16, 2024 • 

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I like big risks and I cannot lie

First in a series of posts inspired by "Rationalizing Risk Aversion in Science"

Sep 2, 2024 • 

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July 2024

Zooming to Sonder

How online teaching helped me see my students

Jul 31, 2024 • 

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