by Andrew Craig, History During the second week of HIST 3095: History of Southern Food—the course I’m serving as a WIP TA for this semester—I asked students to complete a written survey rating their comfort level with different aspects of writing a history research paper. On a scale of 1 through 5, students ranked their…
by Drake Smith, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources As both a student and an educator in the biological sciences, I have found that reading scientific articles is an incredibly important aspect of the field. Being able to understand others’ research and navigating the world of scientific journals is a critical skill that takes…
by Maggie Neel, History As an undergraduate, I did not find peer review helpful. I did not want others to read my drafts, and I did not believe their feedback helped me become a better writer. So, when I saw the pedagogical research supporting peer review, I was skeptical; however, after reading the literature, I…
by Jared Asser, History History is an interpretive discipline, and this is its strength. Except in the most banal of cases, there is no single “right” answer to any historical problem, and two historians can approach the same documents and leave with different a understanding of their significance. A historian’s interpretation is influenced by their…