The Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, UK, is a pioneer in basic biology research. Since the 1950s, this research institute --- currently with around 700 staff --- has produced a dozen Nobel prize winners, including DNA decipherers James Watson, Francis Crick and Fred Sanger. In the last 15 years, the LMB...
In this benchmark portfolio, I reflect on course design and student learning in a course I teach for incoming Master's students in the English department, ENGL 890: Advanced Research Methods. ENGL 890 is a mini-session course intended to introduce students to various aspects of managing graduate-level research within the discipline of English studi...