A few weeks ago, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to hear Anna Quindlen speak at the Bryan Series. I had read several of her columns, and One True Thing, but went in not knowing much of what to expect her talk to focus on.
It was a fabulous talk. She covered politics, as [...]
Julie Reynolds, Duke University, Biology
Interested in helping scientists learn how to write and develop critical thinking skills through their writing.
Four questions she’s struggled with in her classes:
What are readers’ expectations?
How can we communicate nuance?
How do students balance feedback from multiple readers?
How can we help students develop their voice?
What are readers’ expectations?
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Last week I took my third and final week “off” from work to make more serious progress on my book. I didn’t get as much done as I’d hoped, but I did get some work done. It was also nice to have a week where I could focus on the book instead of just working [...]
I’ve taken PTO this week to work on my book. I have a rough draft and it needs polishing, and without seeing that page number grow it was getting hard to get motivated.
And this week has been really productive, just not in the way I had planned:
Had a great talk with a PhD student that [...]
I don’t read very many journals or trade magazines cover to cover. Most of my professional development reading happens online, and most of that is in the blogosphere. However, one of the ones that I do take the time to read cover to cover was nice enough to publish an article of mine, and [...]
