Grad skool rulz everything you need to know about academia from admissions to tenure

123 Pages·2011·0.61 MB·English

by  Rojas

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GRAD SKOOL RULZ:
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ACADEMIA FROM
ADMISSIONS TO TENURE
by
Fabio Rojas
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The Grad Skool Rulz:
What You Need to Know about Academia from Getting In to Getting
Tenure
Copyright 2011 by Fabio Rojas
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Do Not Go to Graduate School
Chapter 2: Picking a Graduate Program
Chapter 3: Don’t Pay for Grad School
Chapter 4: Get the Rules!
Chapter 5: Learn the Unspoken Rules
Chapter 6: Course Work
Chapter 7: Time Off: Summers and Leaves of Absence
Chapter 8: Develop Good Taste
Chapter 9: Passing the Tests
Chapter 10: The M.A. Thesis
Chapter 11: Make Some Friends
Chapter 12: Picking the Advisor and Finding a Mentor
Chapter 13: The Rest of Your Committee
Chapter 14: The Dissertation Topic
Chapter 15: The Dissertation Prospectus and the Prospectus Meeting
Chapter 16: While You’re Working on that Dissertation…
Chapter 17: Writing Your $^#@@ Dissertation
Chapter 18: Sorry, You Can’t Write Your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a
Day
Chapter 19: Working with Your Committee
Chapter 20: What Can You Say to Your Advisor?
Chapter 21: About Teaching
Chapter 22: All in the Family
Chapter 23: Words for Women
Chapter 24: For Students of Color
Chapter 25: When to Quit
Chapter 26: Publishing in Grad School
Chapter 27: The Publishing Process
Chapter 28: Publication Strategies for Graduate Students
Chapter 29: Conferences
Chapter 30: Am I Done Yet?
Chapter 31: The Job Market
Chapter 32: What Jobs Should I Apply For? What
about Post-docs?
Chapter 33:The Job Talk
Chapter 34: Getting Non-academic Jobs
Chapter 35: Wrapping It Up
Chapter 36: What Professors Can Do to Help
Chapter 37: Rulz for Post-Docs and Junior Faculty
Chapter 38: What is a Post-Doctoral Appointment?
Chapter 39: Should I Do a Post-Doc? How Do I Get a
Post-Doc?
Chapter 40: Issues with Post-Doctoral Appointments
Chapter 41: Visiting Professor Appointments
Chapter 42: What is Tenure?
Chapter 43: How Does Getting tenure Work?
Chapter 44: What Counts for Tenure? How Much Do I
Need?
Chapter 45: Publication Strategy
Chapter 46: Working With Graduate Students
Chapter 47: Keep Everything in a Box
Chapter 48: Service, Time Management, Saying No
Chapter 49: Professional Obligations, Conferences and
Referee Requests
Chapter 50: Grants and Fellowships
Chapter 51: Department Conflict
Chapter 52: Be Nice to the Staff
Chapter 53: Midterm Review and Yearly Reviews