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John Wilkins is an aged, eternal student, who thinks philosophy of biology is at least as interesting as politics or sport and twice as important. He has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow Sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland, in Australia. After a varied career, involving factories, gardening, civil service, publishing, graphics, public relations but not, unfortunately for the CV, driving a truck, John finally completed his thesis on species concepts in 2004, which he has worked into two books. Species Definitions: A Sourcebook (Peter Lang) will come out in 2008; Species: A History of an Idea (University of California Press) will appear, it is hoped, in early 2009. He is also interested in cultural evolution, philosophy of religion, Macintosh computers and his kids.
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On blogging while tenure tracking
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Posted on: July 20, 2008 8:54 PM, by John S. Wilkins
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I've had friends on tenure track at a research university, Penn State. One of my friends was borderline in his published research. His advsors said that his student reviews were too good. He was told that he spent too much time helping students while he needed to spend more time on research. His advisors wanted to see average student reviews instead of exceptional student reviews. He was borderline in regards to the number of peer reviewed publication per year and he was denied tenure.
Papa Beaver says that a research university might frown upon Assistant Professors spending time on a blog unless the respective Assistant Professor publishes twice as many peer reviewed articles than expected. Consult your local tenure advisers if exceptions apply.
Posted by: James Goetz | July 21, 2008 2:56 PM