What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career

173 Pages·2008·2.5 MB·English

by  Paul Gray

WHAT THEY DIDN’T TEACH YOU IN
GRADUATE SCHOOL
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W H A T T H E Y
DIDN’T TEACH YOU
IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
199 Helpful Hints for Success
in Your Academic Career
PAUL GRAY and DAVID E. DREW
Foreword by Laurie Richlin
Foreword by Steadman Upham
Cartoons by Matthew Henry Hall
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To all the new PhD’s and about-to-be PhD’s
who will read this book.
To the memory of Belle Epstein Drew
1919–2002
and to Alane
David Drew
To my wife, Muriel
Paul Gray
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The authors and Stylus Publishing, LLC acknowledge Inside Higher
Ed and a number of doctoral seminars for providing forums in
which to present a number of these hints. The authors thank Ms.
TeresaWilbornforherhelpinpreparingthemanuscript.
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CONTENTS
Foreword1byLaurie Richlin xvii
Foreword2bySteadmanUpham xxi
Introduction 1
CHAPTERONE: BASICCONCEPTS
1 Gray’sTheoremofN(cid:3)2 7
2 100powerfulpeople 7
3 Whatyoucandotobecomeknown 7
4 Drew’sLawonPublishingPapers 8
5 Mentors 8
6 Getknownforsomething 8
CHAPTERTWO: THEPhD
7 FinishthePhDasearlyaspossible 11
8 BehumbleaboutyourPhD 11
9 APhDindicatessurvivorship 11
10 Researchsampleof1 12
11 Licensetoreproduce 12
12 APhDinhand 12
13 Keydangerpoint 13
14 PhDandpart-timestudy 13
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15 AvoidWatson’ssyndrome 14
16 CelebrateyourPhD! 15
CHAPTERTHREE: JOBHUNTING
17 Job huntingisaresearchproject 19
18 Gowhereyouandyourfamilywanttolive 19
19 Buildareferencepool 19
20 Re´sume´sareimportant 20
21 Interviewyourpotentialboss 20
22 Dealwithinterviewerswhopublishedlessthanyou
alreadyhave 20
23 Find thebestpossibleschool 20
24 GetthePhDbeforeyoustartthetenuretrack 21
25 Considernonuniversityresearchorganizations 21
26 Don’ttakethefirstjobattheschoolwhereyou
receivedyourPhD 21
27 Theassistantdeanstrategy 22
28 Lawofsupplyanddemand 22
29 Determinetheculture 23
30 Needforsalaryandtenureinformation 24
31 Gettingtenuredata 24
32 Thepostdocoption 24
33 Changeyourcareereverysevenyears 25
34 Askabouttheretirementsystem 26
35 Coping withparking 26
36 Realpay 27
37 Getofferinwriting 27
38 Potentialofotheremployment 28
CHAPTER FOUR: TEACHINGANDSERVICE
39 Publicationistheonlyportablewealth 33
40 Teachingisbecomingmorevaluable fortenure 33
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CONTENTS ix
41 Teachingisalearnedart 33
42 Obtainpublicspeakinghelpifyouneedit 34
43 Meetingclasses 34
44 Distancelearning 34
45 Studentexcuses 35
46 Studentcheating 35
47 Teachingcanbe dangerous 35
48 Don’tserveoncommitteeswhereyouaretheexpert 36
49 The‘‘mode’’ofthenumberofpublications 36
CHAPTERFIVE: RESEARCH
50 Makesureyouhavetimeforresearch 39
51 Trade-offbetweenteachingandresearch 39
52 Quantitativeandqualitativemethods 40
53 Learngrantsmanship 40
54 Writingthegrantproposal 41
55 Ifyourgrantproposalisdeclined 41
56 Advisorypanelintheproposal 42
57 Advisorypanelaftertheproposalisaccepted 42
58 Getthegrantapprovalinwriting 42
CHAPTERSIX: TENURE
59 Tenureistheprize 45
60 Whytenureisahurdle 45
61 Thetenureclockisreally4.5years 46
62 Tenurecommitteescountrefereedpublications 46
63 Ifyouaretenured,keepitwhenyouchangejobs 46
64 Tenurecanbe negotiatedonthewayin 46
65 Tenureistougherincross-disciplinaryfields 47
66 Tenuremaynotbehereforever 47
67 Rollingreviews 47
68 Tenuredslotsmaydecreasewithtime 48
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