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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: Academia
From what exactly is the First Amendment supposed to protect me when I include a piece of my writing in a dossier on the basis of which my job performance is to be evaluated?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:51 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
But will those calling for the boycott protect faculty who join it from impact factor fallout?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:42 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Just how far does academic freedom extend on the internet?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:58 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Discuss the question of what counts (or should count) as accepted scientific practices without the annoying background noise of climate change denial.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:37 PM • 38 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Penn State's inquiry committee reports on allegations against Michael Mann, laying the ground for an investigation that may have broad implications for the practice of science in academia.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:53 PM • 42 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Recently in my inbox, I found a request for advice unlike any I'd received before. Given the detail in the request, I don't trust myself to paraphrase it. As you'll see, I've redacted the names of the people, university, and...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:31 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
Here are some of the thoughts and questions that stayed with me from this session. (Here are my tweets from the session and the session's wiki page.) The panelists made a point of stepping away from the scientists vs. bloggers...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:04 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogospheric science
Session description: Our panel of journalist-blogger hybrids - Carl Zimmer, John Timmer, Ed Yimmer Yong, and David Dobbs- will discuss and debate the future of science journalism in the online world. Are blogs and mainstream media the bitter rivals that...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:08 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
As promised, I've been thinking about the details of Chandok v. Klessig. To recap, we have a case where a postdoc (Meena Chandok) generated some exciting scientific findings. She and her supervisor (Daniel F. Klessig), along with some coworkers, published...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:44 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
You may remember my post from last week involving a case where a postdoc sued her former boss for defamation when he retracted a couple of papers they coauthored together. After that post went up, a reader helpfully hooked me...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:20 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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