This post is really timely for me. My PhD advisor, Joan Grusec, died recently (she predated you at U of T, so I'm guessing you never met her). This weekend they're having a celebration of life in her honour and I'm looking forward to seeing some old friends there. I've told a number of people this week about what a profound influence she had on my career trajectory generally, and on the way I try to carry myself as a teacher and advisor more specifically. I know that years ago as I was graduating I told her I appreciated the time she had invested in my professional development. But I found myself wishing this week that I had reached out tell her that again, with the kind of understanding that only comes with decades of experience as an academic. Some lessons that you learn from mentors don't really crystallize until you've walked several miles in similar shoes. I think it's great that you put your thoughts and your gratitude into words while all of those people are around to hear them.
It sounds like you had a terrific relationship with Joan--someone I have heard about but never met--and I'm glad you got to tell her how you felt while she was still alive. Thanks for engaging!
"As a science reformer, Simine has been outspoken about psychology’s problems, but instead of just complaining, like me, she did something about it. She started an entire society to improve psychology. She’s now editor-in-chief of Psychological Science—arguably our most important journal—and she’s transforming how it operates.|"
Not religious myself but.....Thank the Lord anyway for Simine!! Need her to recommend someone for Nature.
Pleased to hear that Aaronson still supports you despite the criticism. It shows a stoicism (cojones) that is not always present.
Also- It is not YOUR responsibility that they had such small sample sizes split across cohorts in their original studies such that one should not (post-replication crisis) be surprised with the contrary outcomes of higher power studies.
BTW - Still waiting for others, such as Susan Fiske, to acknowledge that the Methodological Terrorists might have had a point.............
This post is really timely for me. My PhD advisor, Joan Grusec, died recently (she predated you at U of T, so I'm guessing you never met her). This weekend they're having a celebration of life in her honour and I'm looking forward to seeing some old friends there. I've told a number of people this week about what a profound influence she had on my career trajectory generally, and on the way I try to carry myself as a teacher and advisor more specifically. I know that years ago as I was graduating I told her I appreciated the time she had invested in my professional development. But I found myself wishing this week that I had reached out tell her that again, with the kind of understanding that only comes with decades of experience as an academic. Some lessons that you learn from mentors don't really crystallize until you've walked several miles in similar shoes. I think it's great that you put your thoughts and your gratitude into words while all of those people are around to hear them.
It sounds like you had a terrific relationship with Joan--someone I have heard about but never met--and I'm glad you got to tell her how you felt while she was still alive. Thanks for engaging!
"As a science reformer, Simine has been outspoken about psychology’s problems, but instead of just complaining, like me, she did something about it. She started an entire society to improve psychology. She’s now editor-in-chief of Psychological Science—arguably our most important journal—and she’s transforming how it operates.|"
Not religious myself but.....Thank the Lord anyway for Simine!! Need her to recommend someone for Nature.
Pleased to hear that Aaronson still supports you despite the criticism. It shows a stoicism (cojones) that is not always present.
Also- It is not YOUR responsibility that they had such small sample sizes split across cohorts in their original studies such that one should not (post-replication crisis) be surprised with the contrary outcomes of higher power studies.
BTW - Still waiting for others, such as Susan Fiske, to acknowledge that the Methodological Terrorists might have had a point.............