Research Catalog

Title

The compleat academic : a career guide / edited by John M. Darley, Mark P. Zanna, and Henry L. Roediger, III.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2004.

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Additional Authors

• American Psychological Association.
• Darley, John M.
• Roediger, Henry L., III.
• Zanna, Mark P.

Description

xii, 422 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"The Complete Academic provides practical advice to help new academics set the best course for a lasting and vibrant career. With humor and insight, leading academics share lessons they learned through their own hard experience. This guidance will help readers plan, play, and fulfill their potential in the academic career game."--Jacket.

Subject

• College teaching > Vocational guidance
• Enseignement universitaire > Orientation professionnelle
• Enseignement universitaire
• Hochschullehrer
• Karriere
• Onderzoekers
• Orientation professionnelle
• Pratique professionnelle
• Professeur universitaire
• Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur)
• Research
• Sciences sociales
• Social Sciences
• Social sciences > Study and teaching
• Social sciences > Vocational guidance
• Sociale wetenschappen
• Teaching
• Vocational Guidance

Genre/Form

Guide (Descripteur de forme)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. STARTING A CAREER -- 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, Todd S. Braver -- Hiring process in academia / John M. Darley, 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, Sandra Goss Lucas -- Mentoring: managing the faculty-graduate student relationship / Mark P. Zanna, John M. Darley -- III. RESEARCH AND WRITING -- Setting up your lab and beginning a program of research / Jeffrey M. Zacks, 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, 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, David A. Schroeder -- Wiring the ivory tower: the interface of technology and the academy / Kevin M. Carlsmith -- V. DIVERSITY IN ACADEMIA -- Dialectics of race: academic perils and promises / James M. Jones, Eun Rhee -- Women in academia / Denise C. Park, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema -- Clinical psychologists in academia / Richard R. Bootzin -- Varieties of college and university experiences / Deborah L. Best -- VI. KEEPING YOUR EDGE: MANAGING YOUR CAREER OVER TIME -- Academic marathon: controlling one's career / Shelley E. Taylor, Joanne Martin -- Managing your career: the long view / Henry L. Roediger III, David A. Balota.

ISBN

• 1591470358
• 9781591470359

LCCN

2003041830

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries