Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Table of 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.