Prosanta Chakrabarty

A Guide to Academia (eBook, PDF)

Getting into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs, and a Research Job

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A Guide to Academia is a handbook for all those individuals thinking seriously about going to graduate school. Written by an author with extensive experience navigating the academic world, the book explains all the steps and potential bumps in the road that a student might encounter as they take the plunge into academia. Each chapter begins with a section called the "hard truth," which will help students determine if they are on the right path. Starting with an undergraduate student looking for a graduate school, the reader is taken on a journey up the academic ladder through graduate studies, a postdoctoral fellowship and an assistant professorship. Each chapter gives advice on not only how to survive the current stage but how to get to the next stage quickly. Enhanced with material from the author's own job applications and interview presentations, A Guide to Academia provides concrete examples of the tools needed for a successful career in academia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118317167
• Artikelnr.: 37339609

Autorenporträt

Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University and Curator of Fishes at the LSU Museum of Natural Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Preparing for Entering Academia 3 The
Hard Truth About the Academic Life 3 Getting a Head Start as an
Undergraduate Volunteer 5 The Undergraduate CV 7 Finding Your Research
Interests 7 Summary 8 2 Applying for Graduate School 9 The Hard Truth About
Applying to Grad Schools 9 Master's Degree versus Ph.D. 11 Apply to People
not Programs; and Finding a Good Fit 12 Contacting Professors 14 The
Graduate Application 16 Statement Letter 17 Graduate Record Exam (GRE) 19
Write a CV 20 Reference Letters 21 Get aWebsite/Cards 21 Recruitment
Weekend 22 Summary 23 3 Graduate School 25 The Hard Truth About Grad School
25 Seminars 28 Tool Up Early 35 The Notebook and the Pencil 36 Different
Kinds of Advisors 36 Candidacy 37 Working with Other Graduate Students 40
Classes 41 Publications 42 Being a Teaching Assistant 45 Tips on Managing
Your Time 46 Picking a Dissertation Topic and Writing Your Thesis 51
Choosing a Committee 52 Grants and Thesis Proposals 53 Meetings/Societies
54 Knowing When to Finish 56 Summary 57 4 Finding a Postdoctoral Position
61 The Hard Truth About Finding a Postdoc 61 Types of Postdocs 63 What a
Postdoc Does 65 A Postdoc That's Not a Postdoc 65 Summary 66 5 Postdoctoral
Positions 67 The Hard Truth About Postdocs 67 Being the New Guy or Gal in
the Lab 68 Advisors 69 Running Out of Time 71 Summary 73 6 Applying for
Jobs 75 Applying for Jobs 75 Applications 76 Job Interviews 78 Research
Presentations 83 Typical Questions You Are Asked in a Job Interview 85 Not
Getting the Interview/Job 86 Getting an Offer 87 Summary 88 7 Assistant
Professor 89 The Hard Truth of Being an Assistant Professor 89 Negotiating
Start-Up 90 Other Considerations Before You Actually Start Your New Job 93
How to Spend Your Money and What to Expect 96 The First Year 97 Hiring
People (Technicians, Students) 98 Finding Graduate Students 100 Making a
New Course 102 Service 105 Getting Your First Grant 106 Getting Papers Out
109 Mentoring Committees, Reviews 110 Tenure Package and Reviews 110
Summary 112 8 Special Considerations forWomen and Minorities, and Balancing
Work and Family 115 The Hard Truth About Being a Minority in Science 115
The Hard Truth About Being aWoman in Science 116 The Two-Body Problem 119
Balancing Work and Family 119 Appendices 121 1 Example Undergraduate
Curriculum Vitae 123 2 Example Graduate Student CV 126 3 Example Thesis
Proposal 131 4 Example Job Cover Letter 138 5 Example Research Interests
for Job Application 141 6 Example C.V. for Job Application 146 7 Example
Teaching Statement and Philosophy for Job Application 154 8 Example Extra
Statement for Job Application (Curatorial Statement) 157 9 Example Chalk
Talk for Job Interview 160 10 Example Start-UpWish List 162 11 Review
Package Summary Presentation 165 Glossary 167 Index 173