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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Preparing for Entering Academia
• Hard Truth About the Academic Life
• Getting a Head Start as an Undergraduate Volunteer
• Undergraduate CV
• Finding Your Research Interests
• Summary
• 2. Applying for Graduate School
• Hard Truth About Applying to Grad Schools
• Master's Degree versus Ph.D.
• Apply to People not Programs; and Finding a Good Fit
• Contacting Professors
• Graduate Application
• Statement Letter
• Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
• Write a CV
• Reference Letters
• Get a Website/Cards
• Recruitment Weekend
• Summary
• 3. Graduate School

• Hard Truth About Grad School
• Seminars
• Tool Up Early
• Notebook and the Pencil
• Different Kinds of Advisors
• Candidacy
• Working with Other Graduate Students
• Classes
• Publications
• Being a Teaching Assistant
• Tips on Managing Your Time
• Picking a Dissertation Topic and Writing Your Thesis
• Choosing a Committee
• Grants and Thesis Proposals
• Meetings/Societies
• Knowing When to Finish
• Summary
• 4. Finding a Postdoctoral Position
• Hard Truth About Finding a Postdoc
• Types of Postdocs
• What a Postdoc Does
• Postdoc That's Not a Postdoc
• Summary
• 5. Postdoctoral Positions
• Hard Truth About Postdocs
• Being the New Guy or Gal in the Lab
• Advisors
• Running Out of Time
• Summary
• 6. Applying for Jobs
• Applying for Jobs
• Applications
• Job Interviews
• Research Presentations
• Typical Questions You Are Asked in a Job Interview
• Not Getting the Interview/Job
• Getting an Offer
• Summary
• 7. Assistant Professor
• Hard Truth of Being an Assistant Professor
• Negotiating Start-Up
• Other Considerations Before You Actually Start Your New Job
• How to Spend Your Money and What to Expect
• First Year
• Hiring People (Technicians, Students)
• Finding Graduate Students
• Making a New Course
• Service
• Getting Your First Grant
• Getting Papers Out
• Mentoring Committees, Reviews
• Tenure Package and Reviews
• Summary
• 8. Special Considerations for Women and Minorities, and Balancing Work and Family
• Hard Truth About Being a Minority in Science
• Hard Truth About Being a Woman in Science
• Two-Body Problem
• Balancing Work and Family
• Appendices
• 1. Example Undergraduate Curriculum Vitae
• 2. Example Graduate Student CV
• 3. Example Thesis Proposal
• 4. Example Job Cover Letter
• 5. Example Research Interests for Job Application
• 6. Example C.V. for Job Application
• 7. Example Teaching Statement and Philosophy for Job Application
• 8. Example Extra Statement for Job Application (Curatorial Statement)
• 9. Example Chalk Talk for Job Interview
• 10. Example Start-Up Wish List
• 11. Review Package Summary Presentation.

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Author/Creator:

Chakrabarty, Prosanta

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

A guide to academia: getting into and surviving grad school, postdocs, and a research job [by Chakrabarty, P.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Guide to academia [by Chakrabarty, P.] (Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 — ISBN 9780470960417; LCCN 2011048156)

Subjects:

Universities and colleges — Graduate work — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Universities and colleges — Graduate work

Universities and colleges

Genres:

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LB2371 .C47 2012eb

ISBNs:

9781118317211 (electronic bk.)
1118317211 (electronic bk.)
9781118317167 (electronic bk.)
1118317165 (electronic bk.)
9781118317150 (electronic bk.)
1118317157 (electronic bk.)
9780470960417 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]
0470960418 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

787845546

Other Control Numbers:

437675 (source: EbpS)
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