Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
Affiliate Faculty, Life Sciences Communication
2426 Genetics
skop@wisc.edu
Eastern Band Cherokee
Archives for August 2016
Foreign-Born Faculty Face Challenges
Faculty members often face an uphill battle when starting new positions. The stresses of tenure, balancing work and family life, and understanding institutional culture, can be overwhelming. But foreign-born faculty, particularly those new to the United States and those who are non-native English speakers, can face a host of additional challenges that compound all of […]
UW budgets $4 million for system-wide diversity program
The University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents approved a $42 million budget proposal Thursday, a good portion of which will go to expand its already-failing diversity programs. Campus Reform recently reported that participants in a UW, Madison diversity program make up only a small percentage of each freshman class, despite the program’s intended goal […]
How scientific culture discourages new ideas
Scientific progress—and scientific careers—depends on novel ideas. One might therefore expect the scientific community to welcome intellectual innovations as boons to advancement. Two recent studies, however, show just the opposite. One examines how the presence of a prominent, established leader in a research field discourages new people from entering it and presenting ideas considered unconventional. […]
The Invisible Labor of Minority Professors
The Rev. Joseph Brown, a professor of Africana studies at Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale, is sought out as a mentor by minority students. “You never know who’s going to come through the door,” he says. “It’s like the oasis in the desert for students.” Rachel A. Griffin is used to students she doesn’t know […]
