Don LucasDoes an Instructor’s Apparent Ethnicity or Gender Affect Online Student Learning?This study is based on answering the question: Does an instructor’s apparent ethnicity or gender affect online student learning?13 min read·3 days ago----
Don LucasDo Students’ Implicit Biases Affect Their Beliefs about Professors of Different Ethnicities and…This study concerns cognitive biases. Everyone has cognitive biases. Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from…11 min read·4 days ago--1--1
Don LucasIt’s in the Syllabus!If you are ever interested in frustrating a professor — to the utmost conceivable degree, then ask them a question whose answer is clearly…8 min read·Apr 29, 2024----
Don LucasI Ate Every Item From Fred’s Fish Fry’s Menu While Visiting Every One of Fred’s Fish Fry’s…In March of 2021, I argued HEB was San Antonio’s second greatest icon — only behind San Antonio’s missions. This argument led me to…4 min read·Jan 23, 2024----
Don LucasI Walked Every Walking Trail of San Antonio’s 194 Parks in One MonthAccording to their park district’s website, San Antonio Texas has 194 parks with walking trails.13 min read·Jan 15, 2024--1--1
Don Lucas10,055 Pushups and 155 PushupsIn September of 2022, I thought to myself, “What better way to celebrate a birthday month than with an adventure!”9 min read·Jan 2, 2024----
Don LucasThe 110100100010000 MonthI wondered in October of 2023 what would happen to me, if for each of the 31 days of October, I wrote 1 message of gratitude, meditated for…13 min read·Dec 14, 2023----
Don LucasScience Reveals 10 Secrets to Being HappyEven as a psychological scientist, it’s rare that I get to write about some thing — without hyperbole, that is REAL and TRUE for Every…13 min read·Dec 4, 2023----
Don LucasA Polar Bear Party in San Antonio, TexasIn the Spring of 2008, we added an inground swimming pool to the backyard — just in time for it to host a birthday party for our youngest…6 min read·May 25, 2023----
Don LucasThe Greatest Taco TuesdayThis is a story about The Greatest Taco Tuesday. A once in a lifetime Taco Tuesday I was lucky to be a part of.15 min read·May 22, 2023----