Catherine Hulshof
Chicana ecologist and poet. Biodiversidad y cambio climático. Associate Professor. Fulbright scholar + CAREER awardee. Founder Big Red Pen Grant Review. biodiversityresearchlab.com
- Resist and unsubscribe. #resist #unsubscribe
- Trump cares most about the markets. The best strategy is to opt out. We’re asking you to join a monthlong national economic strike targeting tech and AI companies. www.resistandunsubscribe.com
- I couldn't decide if this was a requiem for an American dream or an American illusion. Written by an author who overly recognized their privilege, not leaving much hope for the rest of us. Still worth a read.
- Reposted by Catherine HulshofNew paper in TREE: we propose a framework to think more clearly about the scale of climate exposure of organisms—and why mismatches between climate data and biology can mislead ecological inference. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... @ilyamaclean.bsky.social @ecophys.bsky.social @marthamunoz.bsky.social
- I've been working towards my degree equivalencia in Spain. If you've recently made the leap from U.S. faculty to E.U. or España in ecology fields please DM. I would love to pick your brain about ERC, ATRAE, etc.
- Reposted by Catherine HulshofI’m an accidental Professor of Latin American Studies, but am nevertheless comfortable asserting that - given the US track record when it comes to regime change in Latin America - this is going to be a fucking disaster.
- 2026 San Antonio style. www.facebook.com/share/v/1DeH...
- Just love the graphics and collage effects of this video.
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- I just won a $20 bet from my sister. I haven't been home 1 hour and my dad asks what I'm gonna do with that box of stuff I have in the closet. The time capsule has to stay. Happy Holidays from the Hulshof's!
- At the end of each year we do strategic planning for the next year, a good time to review principles of slow productivity. 1. Work on fewer things 2. Work at a natural pace 3. Quality over quantity
- A bit ago there was a paper or thread making the rounds arguing against Bonferroni correction when looking at many correlations. Anyone remember source?
- Reposted by Catherine HulshofExcited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
- Reposted by Catherine HulshofThis is excellent: Tips and Tricks for Writing Constructive Peer Reviews Perhaps the most excellent part is this subhead: "Remember that peer review is not meant to crush souls". Right? Peer review should improve papers (and OK, gatekeep a little) - not make an author regret their career choices!
- In my first Editorial as Associate Editor for @conphysjournal.bsky.social, we help combat this lack of training by providing some "tips and tricks" for writing constructive peer reviews, based on our collective experiences as editors for multiple scientific journals.
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- Reposted by Catherine Hulshof1- El truculento caso de la revista "Science of the Total Environment" que cobra 3600 euros por publicar un paper, y cuyo director figuró como coautor de 200 artículos publicados allí mismo. elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
- 'Nobody wants to scale back the industrialization of education it would mean losing money' Are we still not convinced that education is outdated, not meeting needs of millions and perpetuating inequities? But I've yet to see viable alternatives (except maybe the return of trade schools)
- This is wild: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- In it's early days @nytwirecutter.bsky.social was the alternative to Consumer Reports but now it just encourages rampant consumerism, wrapped up in mirages of 'quality'. Today's digestif long read: Why I Broke Up With Wirecutter share.google/Eve6L92jBbKB...
- When the turpials arrive, hurricane season is over, trade winds start, and surf is up in #PuertoRico. The tropics have many seasons too if you know how to look.
- Where does everyone send their tropical plant samples for species identification using DNA barcoding? Guelph?🙏 Leaves are preferable, but if the leaves are too high for pole pruner, what then? Cambium? Thanks for any leads.
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- "How Might We" design a pay-peer-reviewers model that prevents perverse incentives? Training/certifications? Vetted reviewers? Rating reviewers? I asked this question in a @esajournals.bsky.social cross-portfolio discussion and here is what I learned:
- "The conservative nature and risk-averse mentality of modern grant review panels are deeply rooted in the scientific community’s culture that values incremental advances over speculative leaps" Why transformational science can't get funded. open.substack.com/pub/sciencep...
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- Reposted by Catherine HulshofA US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina. The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
- The @esajournals.bsky.social is hosting a cross-portfolio conversation next week. If you are a subject matter editor like me, come and voice your ideas. It's gonna take brave, bold, new ideas to push back against this multi-headed beast.
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How to not be swamped by your microclimate data? The rise of microclimate data may have opened Pandora’s box. Gone are the days of simple bioclimatic variables — now heads spin trying to summarize these timeseries. A much-needed paper by @krystofchytry.bsky.social: 🔗 the3dlab.org/2025/11/11/h... - Anyone else tightening up that family #budget? Just switched from T-Mobile to Mint Mobile for a $1200/year #savings. DM me if you want the referral coupon. We also cancelled Netflix (gasp). Any other easy ways to save? www.mintmobile.com
- Hey creatives: who do you follow for inspiration? Trying to cut out slop and surround myself with incredible, bold, pie-in-the-sky ideas.
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- Come work in Richmond, Virginia. Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science @ VCU. vcujobs.com/jobs/assista...
- No new lab papers. But here's my first try at digital collage from souvenirs I picked up in #Oaxaca #Mexico during the #ATBC meeting. #arte-ciencia #collage
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- Also called growing up with a Mexican mom. #chancla
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- Excited to launch Big Red Pen, grant review services, because NSF funding is only getting tougher, but strong proposals still rise to the top. I have decades of NSF success and 10 years of panel experience. Let’s get funded. #NSF from #GRFP to #CAREER. biodiversityresearchlab.com/grant-review
- Data manager Rice Rivers Center..a beautiful VCU owned field station. vcujobs.com/jobs/data-ma...
- "After 55 years, the world’s most ambitious caterpillar inventory will come to a close. This monumental project in ACG has reared 870,000 caterpillars, of 8,000 species of butterflies and moths, and 18,000 species of wasp parasites—all documented by a team that grew to 30 local parataxonomists."
- Dial-A-Poem dial-a-poem.org
- Commemorating Hurricane Maria by working on a manuscript combining remote sensing, soils, and plant traits. Serpentine plant communities are more resilient, and soils are an important (but overlooked) part of the forest recovery story.
- Absolutely hilarious.
- I wrote about the Reiser brothers and their hilarious, disgusting Listers documentary for Slate: slate.com/culture/2025...
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- Tropical botanists: what's a good resource for learning neotropical plant families. Gentry is good but not great for newbies. Any recommendations? Online or otherwise? Gracias!
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- Reposted by Catherine HulshofPuerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow. Following a history of disinvestment and destructive climate disasters, communities across the archipelago are developing living blueprints of food sovereignty. grist.org/food-and-agr... #PR #Disaster #PuertoRico #Food #Farms #Farming
- Reposted by Catherine HulshofCouldn't agree more! Descolonicemos los curricula (materias/disciplinas) de nuestrxs alumnxs y presentemos una visión más amplia de nuestra disciplina
- I ditched Ecology textbooks for this reason. Now I use a free OER and build my own 'Scientist Spotlights' featuring the incredible diversity of our discipline. Because if students don't see themselves in a career, how can they be themselves in that career?
- A perfect day: writing, moving, (well time managed) meetings #AcademicChatter
- Bonus points for poles that are good for tall tropical trees. 🙏🏼
- Botanists! I'm in the market for a new pole pruner (from vendors Grainger, Amazon or Forestry Suppliers)...easy to use for someone who is 5' (not too heavy, single pole not too tall). Any recommendations??? Gracias!
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- Art makes us human. The ICA @ VCU never disappoints. Another incredible exhibit featuring Caribbean diaspora.
