Biology education postdoc, on my way from Minnesota to North Carolina! Sometimes I post science geek things, sometimes I post fandom geek things.
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Framing the goal of STEM Ed as "to enable a thriving, sustainable, and just society" is a really powerful motivating statement. #iuseinsights
"Indeed, girls were considerably less likely than boys to cite their interest in science as due to “explosions” (Jenkins & Nelson, 2005)" (Archer et al 2010). Not sure why, but I find this a particularly delightful sentence. #DBER
After watching both #Hamilton and #ALTErEDCArBON, I really want to see @ReneeGoldsberry as George Washington instead of (in addition to??) Angelica ...
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This former Sheraton just off Lake St in Minneapolis, where there has been massive looting and fires, now houses about 200 homeless people. It’s community controlled and run by volunteers
"If a soul is left in the darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness." - Victor Hugo (1862) quoted by Martin Luther King Jr (1967)
Apparently my twitter is for #criticalrolefanart now. Sorry (not sorry), science friends. ;) Finally putting my graphics tablet to good use, though!
I dyed some #CriticalRole yarn colorways this weekend! imgur.com/a/0MvhuKz for pictures, @CriticalRole @GeekandSundry and DM me if anyone is interested in a full skein of any color.
Belated @CriticalRole finale fanart. Sometimes images get stuck in your head, and you have to turn them into pictures. #criticalrolefanart
Complicating your basic stats examples with gender theory 101? Why yes I am. loopsandwhorls.tumblr.com/po…
Love this quote about how scifi shapes how we understand changes - io9.com/science-fiction-does…
Awesome idea from Dr. John Johnson: modeling to students that making mistakes and working through them is part of science. #comscicon
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Bumper sticker for #comscicon 2014: "Meet your audience where they are." #scicomm
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Wonder at the intersection of science and art (from the Imaginary Foundation) #comscicon
Second plug of the workshop for Dan Kahan's cultural cognition work at #comscicon - really thought provoking work.
Relevant to a conversation from a day in the field the other day: goo.gl/cjSLXR. Important to foster a supportive grad environment.
This was new to me via @jbriselli - there was an antivax movement as far back as 1902. #comscicon
"Don't overestimate your audience's knowledge or underestimate their intelligence." #comscicon