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From student to scholar : a candid guide to becoming a professor / Steven M. Cahn with a foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson.
Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 84 p.22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780231145336
- 0231145330
- LB1778 .C26 2008
Contents:
Summary: "Steven M. Cahn's advice on the professorial life covers an extensive range of critical issues: how to plan, complete, and defend a dissertation; how to navigate a job interview; how to improve teaching performance; how to prepare and publish research; how to develop a professional network; and how to garner support for tenure. He deals with such hurdles as a difficult dissertation advisor, problematic colleagues, and the pressures of the tenure clock. Whether you are beginning graduate study, hoping to secure an academic position, or striving to build a professorial career, Cahn's insights are invaluable to traversing the thickets of academia."--Jacket.
Graduate school -- The dissertation -- Networking -- The first interview -- Dramatis personae -- The second interview -- Tenure -- Teaching -- Service -- Research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Graduate school -- The dissertation -- Networking -- The first interview -- Dramatis personae -- The second interview -- Tenure -- Teaching -- Service -- Research.
"Steven M. Cahn's advice on the professorial life covers an extensive range of critical issues: how to plan, complete, and defend a dissertation; how to navigate a job interview; how to improve teaching performance; how to prepare and publish research; how to develop a professional network; and how to garner support for tenure. He deals with such hurdles as a difficult dissertation advisor, problematic colleagues, and the pressures of the tenure clock. Whether you are beginning graduate study, hoping to secure an academic position, or striving to build a professorial career, Cahn's insights are invaluable to traversing the thickets of academia."--Jacket.
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