Description
Book SynopsisThis new and expanded volume of The Compleat Academic is filled with practical and valuable advice to help new academics set the best course for a lasting and vibrant career. A new career in academia can be a challenge. While academia's formal rules are published in faculty handbooks, its implicit rules are often difficult to discern. This volume guides readers through academia's informal rules and describes the problems beginning social scientists will face. With humor and insight, leading academics share the lessons they have learned through their own hard experience. Individual chapters present the ins and outs of the hiring process; the advantages of a postdoctoral fellowship; expert strategies for managing a teaching load; insider and applicant advice for winning a research grant; detailed instructions for writing and publishing a journal article; and a straightforward explanation about intellectual property issues. The book also addresses the latter stages of a career. It offers thoughtful suggestions for keeping one's career dynamic. Chapters that provide specific information for minorities, women, and clinical psychologists are also included. The volume even presents options for working outside of academia.
Table of Contents Contributors
Preface
I. Starting a Career
- A Guide to PhD Graduate School: How They Keep Score in the Big Leagues
Charles G. Lord
- After Graduate School: A Faculty Position or a Postdoctoral Fellowship?
Kathleen B. McDermott and Todd S. Braver
- The Hiring Process in Academia
John M. Darley and Mark P. Zanna
- Broadening the Job Search: Jobs Outside of Academia
Patrick C. Kyllonen
II. Teaching and Mentoring
- Tips for Effective Teaching
Douglas A. Bernstein and Sandra Goss Lucas
- Mentoring: Managing the Faculty–Graduate Student Relationship
Mark P. Zanna and John M. Darley
III. Research and Writing
- Setting Up Your Lab and Beginning a Program of Research
Jeffrey M. Zacks and Henry L. Roediger III
- Obtaining a Research Grant: The Granting Agency's View
Jane Steinberg
- Obtaining a Research Grant: The Applicant's View
Robert J. Sternberg
- Writing the Empirical Journal Article
Daryl J. Bem
- Intellectual Property
James L. Hilton and Jonathan R. Alger
IV. Orientation to the Academic Environment
- Power, Politics, and Survival in Academia
Elizabeth D. Capaldi
- Managing the Department Chair and Navigating the Department Power Structure
Louis A. Penner, John F. Dovidio, and David A. Schroeder
- Wiring the Ivory Tower: The Interface of Technology and the Academy
Kevin M. Carlsmith
V. Diversity in Academia
- The Dialectics of Race: Academic Perils and Promises
James M. Jones and Eun Rhee
- Women in Academia
Denise C. Park and Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
- Clinical Psychologists in Academia
Richard R. Bootzin
- Varieties of College and University Experience
Deborah L. Best
VI. Keeping Your Edge: Managing Your Career Over Time
- The Academic Marathon: Controlling One's Career
Shelley E. Taylor and Joanne Martin
- Managing Your Career: The Long View
Henry L. Roediger III and David A. Balota
Index
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