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New publication from the lab in Nature Reviews Cancer! doi: 10.1038/s41568-024-00679-6
Post · April 30, 2024
Interview to Arantxa Vizcaíno-Verdú in 808 Radio (CMM): "TikTok en la industria musical"
Post · April 29, 2024
Reform and Rebellion in Weak States
Sometime during my first year as a junior faculty member, I was wandering the stacks in Wisconsin's Memorial Library. I can't remember what I was looking for, but I remember what I found: a multi-volume chronicle of the peasant movement in Imperia...
Post · April 27, 2024
Censorship, Propaganda, and Repression During Putin’s War on Ukraine
My remarks (slightly edited) last night at Ukrainathon, a 24-hour educational marathon benefiting displaced students and scholars from Ukraine.
Thanks to the PONARS leadership for this great initiative.
For my fifteen minutes, I would like to ta...
Post · April 27, 2024
Untitled “My PhD broke me”—bullying in academia and a call to action
Originally published on ecrLife (11/04/2019) https://ecrlife.org/bullying-in-academia-tales-from victims-and-a-call-to-action/
Nafisa M. Jadavji, Emily Furlong, Pawel Grzechnik, Małgorzata Anna Gazda, Sarah Hainer, Juniper Kiss, Renuka Kudva, Sam...
Post · April 23, 2024
Importance of building a network during postdoctorate training
Postdoctoral (postdoctorate) training is a period of time when you can focus on your research and carve out your niche, so that you can begin to make a name for yourself in your given field. This training period can be challenging, so building a n...
Post · April 23, 2024
Respect the hustle: landing a tenure track job in 2019
Last summer (2018), I read this tweet from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex and it made me realize I was in the midst of my own hustle! Landing a STEM tenure-track position in 2019 is a feat! Less than 20% of PhDs in STEM end up in a faculty position1. Th...
Post · April 23, 2024