Toxic, abusive culture in research environments can be very hard to pin down — whether you’re an early career researcher who is new to long-term research projects, a first-generation (first-gen) academic who doesn’t necessarily know the rules and landscape of academia, or a URM (under-represented minority) who tends to put…

Spoiler warning for episodes 1–3 of The Book of Boba Fett, and Seasons 1–2 of The Mandalorian, and generally the Star Wars films. I should define “Marvel-ification,” especially as someone who doesn’t consume Marvel media these days (full disclosure, I watched The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man 1–2, and, passively…

In my piece “What is the future of conferences? And what should be?” I discussed many concerns that I have with the current model of meetings (virtual and in-person) in academia. But, as I mentioned in passing in that piece, with every virtual or hybrid meeting that fails — from…

Thoughts from a virtual conference access consultant and organizer. In May 2020, I co-organized a virtual conference called Space Science in Context. Our vision was simple, but bold: bridge two or more very disparate fields — space science and social science — and innovate virtual platforms. Dr. Ellie Armstrong and…