Traveling Through Time and Space:The CIRTL-Exchange Journey

Emily Weigel (weigelem@msu.edu)

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• March 5-7 (Wed.-Fri.)

• Meeting with Ed and Biology Researchers (groups and 1-on-1)

• Observing several courses

• Talks• TAR Project (Bio Ed Research Group)

• Discipline Research (EDGE -Enthusiasts of Diversity, Genetics, and Evolution Seminar)

How and why can knowledge of concepts in genetics improve

student understanding of evolution?

Emily Weigel Michigan State University

weigelem@msu.edu

Temporal Patterns in Sexual Selection in Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Emily WeigelMichigan State University

weigelem@msu.edu

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s• Communicate across disciplines

• Strengthen research skills and teaching

• Learn “Unwritten Rules”• Across and Between Fields• Within Academia

• Network within your university

• Demonstrate commitment to teaching well

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e• Broaden your professional network

• “Low stakes” practice for job market• Strengthen interviewing skills• Could lead to other positions/work• Critical for those immediately

entering the job market

• Insight into how other universities work

• Express your commitment to academia

Prep

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s• Decide and make contact early

• Practice• Vary your audience• Have handouts for trusted folks to

note errors, language, etc.• Record it

• Know what visits look like

• Accept differences in the two talks

Acknowledgements:Boughman Lab Members

BEACON Sexual Signaling Group Louise Mead and Terri McElhinny FAST and CIRTL

Funding Sources:BEACON

EEBB Program, FAST, Zoology at MSU