Dear Colleagues,

We are a group of biologists and biology education researchers
conducting a collaborative research project to create and evaluate
educational resources showcasing biologists' hobbies outside of
science with the end goal of supporting graduate student well being
and preventing burnout. This project is an expansion of the Beyond
the Bench blog (https://thelattinlab.com/beyond-the-bench) that
Christine Lattin at LSU started in a scientific writing class for
graduate students. We are looking to recruit instructors interested in
implementing an activity in their graduate-level courses that features
scientist profiles and asks students to make their own scientist profile
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MyCSugTrKete-f546oMtwvGIQ8AWuGQ-/view).
For more information about this study, please visit our FAQ page.

For instructors interested in participating in our study
and in learning more, please fill out this brief form
(https://sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHXvm1qtxrazcLc) to
express your interest and provide us with more information about the
courses you teach.

We ask that you please forward this message to all biology faculty at your
university who teach introductory graduate courses (i.e., Introduction
to Graduate School, Science Communication, Scientific Writing).

Thank you for helping with our efforts to improve graduate
education and well being, and please reach out with any questions
(robincos@buffalo.edu).

Cheers,

Robin Costello, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo

Christine Lattin, Associate Professor, Louisiana State University

Melissa Kjelvik, Research Specialist, Michigan State University

Margaret Adams, Graduate Student, University at Buffalo

Robin A. Costello, PhD (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Office: 641 Cooke Hall
www.costello-lab.com

Robin Costello <robincos@buffalo.edu>

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