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I’m Bethann Garramon Merkle.

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Five steps for focus: Considering what object meditation can offer us on our eternal quest for "focus"

Five steps for focus: Considering what object meditation can offer us on our eternal quest for "focus"

Five steps for focus: Considering what object meditation can offer us on our eternal quest for "focus"

1 hour ago3 min read

*The* book for early career academics trying to stay afloat (plus bonus recs)

*The* book for early career academics trying to stay afloat (plus bonus recs)

The book for early career academics trying to stay afloat (plus bonus recs)

Oct 74 min read

Forget the 'summer of everything': saying no changed my life

Forget the 'summer of everything': saying no changed my life

Forget the 'summer of everything': saying no changed my life

Jun 292 min read

What can self-determined metrics look like in academia?

What can self-determined metrics look like in academia?

What can self-determined metrics look like in academia?

Mar 246 min read

How do we articulate our own metrics for success in academia?

How do we articulate our own metrics for success in academia?

How do we articulate our own metrics for success in academia?

Mar 177 min read

Staying in this doom loop is untenable: Rethinking how we gift our attention

Staying in this doom loop is untenable: Rethinking how we gift our attention

Staying in this doom loop is untenable: Rethinking how we gift our attention

Feb 2010 min read

A scicomm take on why debates feel like a dead-end

A scicomm take on why debates feel like a dead-end

A scicomm take on why debates feel like a dead-end

Jan 297 min read

I've spent most of my career advocating for strategic planning, but never thought I needed to do it personally. Now, I'm rethinking "resolutions" & what they mean for academia.

I've spent most of my career advocating for strategic planning, but never thought I needed to do it personally. Now, I'm rethinking "resolutions" & what they mean for academia.

I've spent most of my career advocating for strategic planning, but never thought I needed to do it personally. Now, I'm rethinking "resolutions" & what they mean for academia.

Jan 149 min read

Reminder: You can control the narrative of your teaching evals (and that's a good thing)

Reminder: You can control the narrative of your teaching evals (and that's a good thing)

Reminder: You can control the narrative of your teaching evals (and that's a good thing)

Jan 61 min read

A short list of what I'd read if I was trying to buy nothing while still changing my life

A short list of what I'd read if I was trying to buy nothing while still changing my life

A short list of what I'd read if I was trying to buy nothing while still changing my life

Dec 5, 20243 min read

Yeah, we're busy. But, we need to run grad school better. (Or, a few things I learned from being a grad school misfit.)

Yeah, we're busy. But, we need to run grad school better. (Or, a few things I learned from being a grad school misfit.)

Yeah, we're busy. But, we need to run grad school better. (Or, a few things I learned from being a grad school misfit.)

Oct 24, 202413 min read

Not being a scientist made me a better scientist

Not being a scientist made me a better scientist

Not being a scientist made me a better scientist

Oct 17, 20245 min read

Schmoozing is part of our job. (Or, if faculty are already doing too much, here's something we *actually* should do more.)

Schmoozing is part of our job. (Or, if faculty are already doing too much, here's something we *actually* should do more.)

Schmoozing is part of our job. (Or, if faculty are already doing too much, here's something we actually should do more.)

Sep 26, 20247 min read

Get yourself a no-buddy: I owe mine some of the biggest accomplishments of my life

Get yourself a no-buddy: I owe mine some of the biggest accomplishments of my life

Get yourself a no-buddy: I owe mine some of the biggest accomplishments of my life

Sep 12, 20246 min read

It's not too late: Dodge the end-of-course eval gremlins by doing some simple goal-setting at the start of the semester

It's not too late: Dodge the end-of-course eval gremlins by doing some simple goal-setting at the start of the semester

It's not too late: Dodge the end-of-course eval gremlins by doing some simple goal-setting at the start of the semester

Sep 5, 20243 min read

Are the hidden perks enough to stay intensely active in a professional society?

Are the hidden perks enough to stay intensely active in a professional society?

Are the hidden perks enough to stay intensely active in a professional society?

Aug 29, 202410 min read

Breaking up with a professional society & why I'm considering it

Breaking up with a professional society & why I'm considering it

Breaking up with a professional society & why I'm considering it

Aug 22, 20247 min read

Are we addicted to trying to make academia (and professional societies) better?

Are we addicted to trying to make academia (and professional societies) better?

Are we addicted to trying to make academia (and professional societies) better?

Aug 15, 20248 min read

Graduate school is a great thing...if and when it is

Graduate school is a great thing...if and when it is

Graduate school is a great thing...if and when it is

Jul 18, 20244 min read

The truth is writing is hard...but we don't have to make it harder

The truth is writing is hard...but we don't have to make it harder

The truth is writing is hard...but we don't have to make it harder

Jun 27, 20242 min read

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