Recently my spouse and I accepted positions at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. We’re thrilled to be joining an expanding program with a committed group of educators and researchers. The college “integrates the liberal arts and sciences with a
Sabbatical report: January
As the snow piles up and the temperature falls, there are days when this sabbatical feels more like a monastic retreat. I am even more grateful for my electronic network of colleagues on those days. Reading Pauline’s post on her
Sabbatical, Week One
While my teaching load is high (usually 2 lectures and 3 labs a semester ~80-90 students), I do enjoy the regularity of it. This semester, however, I’m on sabbatical until June. The pressure is on to make it a productive
Mapping dplyr data onto a shapefile
I'm teaching a Software Carpentry workshop in December which will be R based for MPAC, so I wanted to see if I could work with data similar to the kind they might be interested in. I mainly use R to
My score on SWC’s ‘Joel Test’
In order to see how much of Software Carpentry’s Joel Test was biased toward Software Carpentry, I decided to evaluate myself and my experience teaching at a small liberal arts college. I mostly teach Genetics and Biochemistry. Greg gives Software