Tag Archives: mentoring

Recording lectures is good for students, good for instructors, and good for public health — Dynamic Ecology

Posted on 8 March 2020 by Tim O'Connell

I’ve been thinking of writing a post about my experiences with recording lectures in Intro Bio for a while, and, with coronavirus spreading, now seems like a good time to finally write it up. Overall, I think there have been … Continue reading →

Posted in academics, editorial, mentoring | Tagged #classroom management, #coronavirus, #covid19, #Daphnia, #DynamicEcology, #flattenthecurve, #HigherEd, #lecturing, #MeghanDuffy, #outcomes assessment, #recorded lecture, #teaching, attendance, mentoring, STEM | Leave a comment

Undergraduate research in my lab? Sure! Here’s how it works.

Posted on 5 July 2019 by Tim O'Connell

I spend a lot of time bragging about the 15 graduate students who’ve worked in my lab but this post is inspired by the 28 undergraduates I’ve had the good fortune to mentor in research. Within this group are veterinarians, … Continue reading →

Posted in academics, career, editorial, environment, life, Links, mentoring, professional development, skepticism and science | Tagged annual meeting, career development, conference, mentoring, O'Connell Lab at OSU, oral presentation, poster presentation, professional development, publishing, science, undergraduate research | 4 Comments

A conversation about grad school

Posted on 17 July 2018 by Tim O'Connell

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had this conversation. I plan to keep having it, too. But if this example can help answer some questions pre-emptively, I reckon this will have been a good use of my time. … Continue reading →

Posted in academics, editorial, life, professional development, skepticism and science, wildlife | Tagged #grad school, #management, #master's degree, career, conservation, ecology, job search, mentoring, natural resources, ornithology, professional development, wildlife | 2 Comments

Where to publish ornithology and wildlife ecology? The impact of impact factor.

Posted on 6 January 2015 by Tim O'Connell

Update June 2019: New rankings for Journal Impact Factors have just been released, and that makes for a good opportunity to update this post from 2015. There have been some big changes, notably the merger of the Cooper Ornithological Society … Continue reading →

Posted in academics, birding, birds/nature, career, editorial, environment, history, life, Links, mentoring, ornithological newsletter, professional development, skepticism and science, wildlife | Tagged #JIF, Biological Conservation, career, citizen science, environment, Impact Factor, Journal Impact Factor, Landscape Ecology, mentoring, ornithology, OSNA, productivity, professional development, publishing, research, science, tenure track, The Auk, The Condor, Thompson Reuters, Web of Science, wildlife, wildlife ecology, wildlife management, Wilson Journal of Ornithology, writing | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: mentoring

Recording lectures is good for students, good for instructors, and good for public health — Dynamic Ecology

Undergraduate research in my lab? Sure! Here’s how it works.

A conversation about grad school

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