Title:
Navigating an academic career : a brief guide for PhD students, postdocs, and new faculty
Author:
McDonnell, Jeffrey J., author.
ISBN:
9781119642213
9781119642206
9781119642176
Physical Description:
1 online resource (96 pages)
x, 82 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Series:
Special Publications ; 74
Special publication (American Geophysical Union) ; 74.
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; About the Author; Part I: The PhD Studentand Postdoc Years; Chapter 1 An Academic Career; Chapter 2 Traits of Successful Scientists; Chapter 3 Avoiding a PhD in Anxiety; Chapter 4 Getting Your First Academic Job; Chapter 5 The Academic Matthew Effect; Part II: Surviving and Thriving in the First Few Years; Chapter 6 Paper Writing Gone Hollywood; Chapter 7 The Perfect Department; Chapter 8 Ethics in the Real World; Chapter 9 Research Brand Identity; Chapter 10 The 1-Hour Workday; Chapter 11 Orchestrating a Powerful Research Group
Chapter 12 Proposal Writing HacksPart III: Tenure and Beyond; Chapter 13 Mentoring the Middle; Chapter 14 Research Visits and Academic Growth Spurts; Chapter 15 On Leadership; Chapter 16 The Sustainable Professor; Chapter 17 A Scientist Looks at 60; Postface; Acknowledgments; Notes; Further Reading; Index; The author; EULA
Abstract:
With the number of people being awarded PhDs growing far more rapidly than the supply of academic jobs, those at an early-career stage must think strategically in order to be competitive and successful. Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD students, Post docs, and New Faculty is a concise and conversational manual that guides readers through starting their academic journey, surviving the demands of their first academic position, and thriving in academia and beyond Publisher description https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Navigating+an+Academic+Career%3A+A+Brief+Guide+for+PhD+Students%2C+Postdocs%2C+and+New+Faculty-p-9781119642176#description-section
Local Note:
John Wiley and Sons
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Electronic Access:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119642206Copies:
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