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A guide to academia : getting into and surviving grad school, postdocs, and a research job / Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ph. D.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 175 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118317211
  • 1118317211
  • 1118317165
  • 9781118317167
  • 9781118317150
  • 1118317157
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Guide to academia.DDC classification:
  • 378.1/55 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2371 .C47 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Preparing for Entering Academia -- Applying for Graduate School -- Graduate School -- Finding a Postdoctoral Position -- Postdoctoral Positions -- Applying for Jobs -- Assistant Professor -- Special Considerations for Women and Minorities, and Balancing Work and Family -- Appendices. Appendix 1: Example Undergraduate Curriculum Vitae -- Appendix 2: Example Graduate Student CV -- Appendix 3: Example Thesis Proposal -- Appendix 4: Example Job Cover Letter -- Appendix 5: Example Research Interests for Job Application -- Appendix 6: Example C.V. for Job Application -- Appendix 7: Example Teaching Statement and Philosophy for Job Application -- Appendix 8: Example Extra Statement for Job Application (Curatorial Statement) -- Appendix 9: Example Chalk Talk for Job Interview -- Appendix 10: Example Start-Up wish List -- Appendix 11: Review Package Summary Presentation -- Glossary -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preparing for Entering Academia -- Applying for Graduate School -- Graduate School -- Finding a Postdoctoral Position -- Postdoctoral Positions -- Applying for Jobs -- Assistant Professor -- Special Considerations for Women and Minorities, and Balancing Work and Family -- Appendices. Appendix 1: Example Undergraduate Curriculum Vitae -- Appendix 2: Example Graduate Student CV -- Appendix 3: Example Thesis Proposal -- Appendix 4: Example Job Cover Letter -- Appendix 5: Example Research Interests for Job Application -- Appendix 6: Example C.V. for Job Application -- Appendix 7: Example Teaching Statement and Philosophy for Job Application -- Appendix 8: Example Extra Statement for Job Application (Curatorial Statement) -- Appendix 9: Example Chalk Talk for Job Interview -- Appendix 10: Example Start-Up wish List -- Appendix 11: Review Package Summary Presentation -- Glossary -- Index.