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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Category: Blogospheric science
In what is surely a contender for the photo next to the "business as usual in the blogosphere" entry in the Wiktionary, a (male) blogger has posted a list of the sexiest (all-but-one female) scientists (using photos of those scientists...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:48 AM • 31 Comments •
Category: Blogospheric science
Today ScienceBlogs launched a new sponsored blog, Food Frontiers. The sponsor is PepsiCo. Here's the description of what the blog is going to be about from its inaugural post by Sb overlord Evan Lerner:...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:25 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Being an able-bodied member of the workforce is not a permanent position. What are your duties if you're collecting sick-pay?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:42 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
If you're not trustworthy, why assume that your study-buddy is?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:23 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
Making good ethical choices in the real world is hard, in large part because it requires us to find the best balance in responding to interested parties whose legitimate interests pull in different directions. The situation is further complicated by...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:12 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Tribe of Science
Especially in student papers, plagiarism is an issue that it seems just won't go away. However, instructors cannot just give up and permit plagiarism without giving up most of their pedagogical goals and ideals. As tempting a behavior as...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:18 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Or does it depend on what they have to say about it, and where?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 8:12 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Dan Savage knows a lot, but when was the last time he thought about the ethical challenges of power gradients in educational and training environments?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:04 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
MommyProf wonders whether some of the goings on in her department are ethical. She presents two cases. I'm going to look at them in reverse order. Case 2: Faculty member is tenure-track and he and I have collaborated on a...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:46 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
In a comment on a post at Henry Gee's blog (I'd link the comment itself, but for the life of me I cannot figure out where the permalink is), Ed Yong offers his view on the relation between politeness and...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:32 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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