"Committed to Dialogue"NSF’s ongoing failure to address discrimination & harassment in scienceThe National Science Foundation (NSF) really, really wants you to believe that it cares about diversity. NSF proclaims on its webpage that…Apr 22, 2020Apr 22, 2020
"Committed to Dialogue"How Callisto betrayed #MeToo survivors and wasted everyone’s timeIt’s a tale as old as academia itself. One undergraduate sexually assaults another at a party; a professor assaults a graduate student…Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020
"Committed to Dialogue"The #MeTooSTEM guide to the #SciComm workshop at #ASM100The Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration of the American Society of Mammalogists is about to begin, and it will feature a workshop…Jun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019
"Committed to Dialogue"A step-by-step guide for apologizing to the #MeTooSTEM victims you failed, for the Society of…In December of last year, an employee of the Geological Society of America presented an offensive poster at the annual meeting of the…May 15, 2019May 15, 2019
"Committed to Dialogue"If you support the ASM, you’re complicit #MeTooSTEMThe American Society of Mammalogists has supported an admitted sexual assailant for years, and society leadership clearly does not have…Jan 10, 2019Jan 10, 2019
"Committed to Dialogue"To report harassment at a scientific conference, get its officers to follow you on TwitterThe Society for Vertebrate Paleontology is currently holding its annual meeting. Its Code of Conduct is one paragraph long and does not…Oct 19, 2018Oct 19, 2018
"Committed to Dialogue"Meet the white, male science writers with regrettable thoughts on #MeToo and voting rightsMy previous blog post examined two phenomena I’ve observed among science writers. First is science writers’ breathless coverage of their…Sep 29, 2018Sep 29, 2018
"Committed to Dialogue"Indiscriminate niceness perpetuates the cycle of sexual assault in academiaAcademics, especially at the graduate level, are going through a mental health crisis. There are some pretty obvious ways to address this…Sep 15, 2018Sep 15, 2018
"Committed to Dialogue"“Science communication” is a cesspool of narcissism, misogyny, and colonialismThere is no better profession for a narcissist than that of “science communicator.”Aug 5, 20181Aug 5, 20181
"Committed to Dialogue"Here’s a letter you can send to the Herpetologists’ League and the American Society of…The Herpetologists’ League, a scientific society that meets as a part of the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, recently…Jul 15, 2018Jul 15, 2018