The Compleat Academic : A Career Guide
Second Edition
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1591470358
ISBN-13
9781591470359
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Imprint
American Psychological Association
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 15th, 2003
Print length
422 Pages
Weight
780 grams
Dimensions
25.40 x 18.40 x 2.80 cms
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Practical advice for emerging academics navigating academia’s hidden norms, offering witty insights on recruitment, teaching, publishing, and securing grants. Find guidance for overcoming challenges, including tips for minorities, women, and clinical psychologists to build a vibrant, lasting career.
This 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.
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.
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