Me too - and it certainly played a role in why I was hired, and now spent a 20 year research career at UCD.

The program is still open to applicants, but no hiring incentive and no search waiver.

Sigh. It appears that they are.

This program now accounts for 5% of the faculty hired in the system, and those hired after completing these postdocs have a 97% tenure rate - obviously exceeding baseline tenure statistics.

Students are nearing the end of the book, and are each presenting on an individual who they think is carrying on Carson’s legacy today. The presentations are inspiring, and add a hopeful element to the class. See you next week! Happy reading!

And, this one: slate.com/technology/2...

For next week (week7): we are reading chapters 13-14, as well as two additional articles. This one, e360.yale.edu/features/fif...

This week, students discussed questions such as:

- Carson believed that humans are part of nature; do you agree, and why?
- How can we live today by the ideas and ideals proposed by Carson?
- what is Carson’s relationship to justice, and injustice?

Last week we also watched the first ~20 min of this discussion, where Naomi Oreskes places Carson’s work in a scientific and historical context m.youtube.com/watch?v=jWIx...

One of the podcasts was this one, an excellent choice for learning more about Carson: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I’m behind on updates on my #RachelCarson course. We are in week 6 - if you are following along, we have read chapters 11&12, plus listened to podcasts about her life & the book this week.

I confess I have a bad reputation for doing exactly what Sarah says above … and so then students tend to do well in my courses. I can’t figure out why I’m supposed to feel guilty for giving students multiple ways to show their knowledge.