Biting off less than you can chew: How to do long-term research in quarters and semesters

You spent years doing research—fulltime, overtime—as grad student and postdoc, before landing a rare faculty position. Congratulations! But wait… it's an undergraduate university? Is your calendar full of classes and office hours? DON’T PANIC! Reorient your mind, scale down—not the longterm reach of your questions, but how you climb to answers in shorter steps. Lab courses are opportunities for research in small chunks. Undergrads do great research. Citizen science draws students into science as fun, keeps bringing data for longterm projects. Think in years, act in semesters, enjoy teaching through research, keep #madwriting. You’re still a scientist!