Mike Sears
@mikesears.bsky.social
Sr. Director and Clinical Professor at ASU.
Driven by data to uncover evidence-based strategies advancing educational outcomes and expanding opportunities for every student.
Also into running long distances, craft beer, and improvised music
Driven by data to uncover evidence-based strategies advancing educational outcomes and expanding opportunities for every student.
Also into running long distances, craft beer, and improvised music
Hard to think we are celebrating independence tomorrow. Feels more like succumbing to tyrrany, bowing to a king, giving up on the dream.
July 4, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Hard to think we are celebrating independence tomorrow. Feels more like succumbing to tyrrany, bowing to a king, giving up on the dream.
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SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
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May 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
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About NSF’s new(est) bulletin -
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
About NSF’s new(est) bulletin -
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
We are hiring. If you have strong stats skills & are passionate for access to education, please apply…https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mike-sears-741a56142_senior-academic-researcher-activity-7316510462060179459-d3Sf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAACKu2aEB08g85G9Gu9-ma6WpsZ2pmKqEUg4
April 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
We are hiring. If you have strong stats skills & are passionate for access to education, please apply…https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mike-sears-741a56142_senior-academic-researcher-activity-7316510462060179459-d3Sf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAACKu2aEB08g85G9Gu9-ma6WpsZ2pmKqEUg4
I was at ASU+GSV and can confirm that the Sec of Education referred to AI as A1. She’s not wrong…the kids need the sauce, lol. As they say in the South…”bless her heart”
April 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I was at ASU+GSV and can confirm that the Sec of Education referred to AI as A1. She’s not wrong…the kids need the sauce, lol. As they say in the South…”bless her heart”
So, I’ve been away. Anything interesting happening?
March 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
So, I’ve been away. Anything interesting happening?
I hope my retirement can survive the Trump slump.
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I hope my retirement can survive the Trump slump.
I refuse to wear one of those silly Russian hats…you know, the red ones.
March 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I refuse to wear one of those silly Russian hats…you know, the red ones.
This week has been tough watching my friends, colleagues, collaborators & past students lose funding and jobs. Given my current role, I have to be careful what I say publicly, but know that I’m helping in all the ways I can & I have your backs. DM me if you think I can help in anyway. Stay strong.
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This week has been tough watching my friends, colleagues, collaborators & past students lose funding and jobs. Given my current role, I have to be careful what I say publicly, but know that I’m helping in all the ways I can & I have your backs. DM me if you think I can help in anyway. Stay strong.
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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
February 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
Embracing skunk works.
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Embracing skunk works.
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The best thing that scientists can do right this moment is organize with each other. Form networks, do coordinated communications: comms to the public, comms to media outlets, comms to Congress. That's the most urgent need.
#philsci #scicomm #neuroskyence #evodevo #publichealth
#philsci #scicomm #neuroskyence #evodevo #publichealth
February 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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When I hear the POTUS say things like the accident wouldn’t have happened if not for DEI, I hear him saying that only old white dudes could have prevented it…which statistically is wrong. Like, he’s basically saying the silent part out loud.
January 31, 2025 at 6:05 AM
When I hear the POTUS say things like the accident wouldn’t have happened if not for DEI, I hear him saying that only old white dudes could have prevented it…which statistically is wrong. Like, he’s basically saying the silent part out loud.
I wouldn’t be a scientist if it weren’t for the NSF REU program, and quite a number of students who went through an NSF REU program I led are now scientists. Breaks my heart to see this program potentially die at the hands of the man baby president.
January 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I wouldn’t be a scientist if it weren’t for the NSF REU program, and quite a number of students who went through an NSF REU program I led are now scientists. Breaks my heart to see this program potentially die at the hands of the man baby president.
I guess I got out before I was effectively forced out. No way the man baby would have allowed my work on climate change to be funded. Sad to see so many of my friends’ labs on hold or shut down. Seems we are on a race to the bottom. Great again my ass.
January 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I guess I got out before I was effectively forced out. No way the man baby would have allowed my work on climate change to be funded. Sad to see so many of my friends’ labs on hold or shut down. Seems we are on a race to the bottom. Great again my ass.
But yeah, we were overreacting. Never thought this could happen here.
I don’t have a definitive source on this yet but it looks like NSF review panels have been canceled.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
Sixty-some years ago, Eisenhower transformed higher education because he viewed a science education gap as the single greatest threat to national security.
This is absolutely an act of sabotage.
January 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
But yeah, we were overreacting. Never thought this could happen here.
No, we won’t be referring to Denali, our husky, as McKinley. That’s dumb.
January 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No, we won’t be referring to Denali, our husky, as McKinley. That’s dumb.
The new administration is killing education. I’ll be dead before we recover.
January 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The new administration is killing education. I’ll be dead before we recover.
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Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...
Details : Research Fellow in Mammalian Movement Ecology and Energetics : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
jobs.unimelb.edu.au
January 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...
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Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
www.cell.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Just in case you hadn’t thought otherwise, the new year is simply arbitrary. Keep doing what works for you, don’t feel the need to re-invent yourself, be kind to yourself and others. That’s all.
January 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Just in case you hadn’t thought otherwise, the new year is simply arbitrary. Keep doing what works for you, don’t feel the need to re-invent yourself, be kind to yourself and others. That’s all.
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I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Code sharing in ecology and evolution increases citation rates but remains uncommon
Biologists increasingly rely on computer code to collect and analyze their data, reinforcing the importance of published code for transparency, reproducibility, training, and a basis for further work...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Fantastic opportunity!
Hey All, plz repost, and share with grads, post-docs and disease folks! We are hiring a post-doc to work on mechanisms of immune responses of frog hosts to Bd infections. Deadline is February 1, 2025. Details for the position can be found at the link below. 🐸🐸🐸
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...
Post-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogs
We are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie…
zamudiolab.org
December 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Fantastic opportunity!
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Kellogg Biological Station is searching for a new Director! A great community, would be great to lead this ship!
Kellogg Biological Station is searching for a new Director! KBS is unique in its ability to integrate lab and field research, as well as integrating fundamental research in ecology and evolution with applications to environmental problems. Questions to me or the search chairs. Please apply!
Institute/Center Director-Management - Hickory Corners, Michigan, United States
Position Summary
Questions regarding this position may be directed to the Search Committee Co-Chairs, Dr. Richard Kobe ([email protected]) and Dr. Andrea Case ([email protected]). The position will remain o...
careers.msu.edu
December 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Kellogg Biological Station is searching for a new Director! A great community, would be great to lead this ship!