The Compleat Academic Chapter 1~11 Edward Huang

Agenda Welcome to the PhD Program Need a Job Surviving Skills  Teaching  Researching  Writing Show Me the Money

A Guide to PhD Graduate School – How They Keep Score in the Big Leagues What we should know  Rules changes Learn What -> learn How Faculty members wants to show you How to do research and scholarship  You don’t have to be a genius, but you have to be motivated What we should do  You are your vita. The most important line – Publications  Starting at day one.

Agenda Welcome to the PhD Program Need a Job Surviving Skills  Teaching  Researching  Writing Show Me the Money

After Graduate School – A Faculty Position or Postdoctoral Fellowship Attractions  Enhanced Marketability  Broadening your research domain  Facilitating the transition from dependence to independence  Developing scientific skills  Balancing personal and professional goals  Research Utopia Disadvantages  You cannot be your own boss  Not a fast-track career  Short-term appointment  Financial support

The Hiring Process in Academia Job Search  Networks Materials  References  Research plan  Teaching experience and evaluation Preparation  Travel plan  Learn about them  What to talk Job Search  Networks Materials  References  Research plan  Teaching experience and evaluation Preparation  Travel plan  Learn about them  What to talk Preparation  Don’t set limitations  Vita  Publications Decision Wait Make decision Take the offer Wait Make decision Take the offer Visit The talk Idv. Meeting Get answers The talk Idv. Meeting Get answers  45 mins  Your classification  5 mins drill  Teaching

Jobs Outsides of Academia Job opportunities  Private company, Government, Self-employed

Agenda Welcome to the PhD Program Need a Job Surviving Skills  Teaching  Researching  Writing Show Me the Money

Tips for Effective Teaching Preparing your courses  Goal setting  Choosing a textbook  Creating a syllabus  Evaluating student performance Matching evaluation tool to your goal  Applying the psychology of learning to student evaluation 5 Minute University Long-term retention can be improved by helping students  Engage in numerous study sessions  Realize what they really know  Retrieve past and current course material and present them randomly more exams!!

Tips for Effective Teaching Preparing your courses  Setting up a grading system Accurate, fair, consistently  Establishing student communication channels Office hour, Others  Developing your teaching style Be yourself as long as you care about teaching  Faculty-Student relationships  Assessing and improving your teaching

Setting Up Your Lab and Beginning a Program of Research Analyzing Your Situation Is research possible? Hire work-study students Do the basic research with good ideas (no tool needed) Review paper Find available supports from other institutions Start-up Package Making your decisions Investing to the most important things Saving money for later Starting a small lab first

Setting Up Your Lab and Beginning a Program of Research Features of a strong junior faculty research program  Collaborate with your mentor  Develop independent research  Keep developing your PhD research track  Integration  Write it up General principles  Make the most of what you have  Invest your resources  Invest your time wisely  Collaborate

Writing the Empirical Journal Articles Analyze data first and then report your findings How should you write  Accuracy and clarity Good organization and standard format Write simply and directly Good writing is good teaching

Writing the Empirical Journal Articles Shape of an article Introductions Literature Review System Design and Results Discuss Section Future Research

Agenda Welcome to the PhD Program Need a Job Surviving Skills  Teaching  Researching  Writing Show Me the Money

Obtaining a Research Grant Why should you apply for a grand?  To do research  To support students  To free your responsibility  To pay summer salary  To obtain tenure Who fund research?  Government, universities, businesses, organizations, and foundations

Obtaining a Research Grant Finding your funders  Choose ideas carefully  Think broadly about the applications of your work  Call the relevant program officers Marketing your research idea  Get more advice  Make the most rumors  Hedge your bets  Road less traveled Preparing irresistible applications  Staffing  Clarify, Clarify, Clarify Peer Review & Aftermath  Revise and resubmit?

Obtaining a Research Grant Process of getting funded  Think up an idea  Operationalize the idea  Find out who might be interested in your idea  Write your proposal  Solicit feedback on your proposal  Get the proposal approved by your institution  Send out the proposal on time  Revise the proposal, if necessary; otherwise, abandon it by now  Resubmit and explain what you have changed  Get funded, or if not, start over

The Compleat Academic LI FAN

Power, Politics, and Survival in Academia Research university – More than $20 million of federal research expenditures in a year Doctoral/Research universities – extensive – Award 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines Doctoral/Research universities – intensive – Award at least 10 doctoral degrees per year across three or more discipline, or at least 20 doctoral degrees per year overall

Logo Power, Politics, and Survival in Academia Power and Money – Power is money and money is power – Faculty who can generate large amounts of grant money are powerful – Teaching is a local market and research is a national market Department’s power – Power in a department rests with a department’s faculty, or at least some of them( Head, Chair, Senior Prof.) – Relationship between Head and Junior Prof. (Child and Parents)

Logo Managing the Dep. chair and navigating the Dep. power structure Follow the leader – Identify who is the leader – Chair is the administration representative – Head is viewed as an agent of the university management Becoming known and well-known – Make yourself available (Spend more time in office, Have lunches together, Attend department events) – Make yourself valuable (Teach, Research, Service) – What would the department lose if you left?

Logo The Dialectics of Race: Academic Perils and Promises A cultural competence approach – Possessing a strong personal identity – Having knowledge and facility with the culture’s beliefs and values – Displaying appropriate sensitivity to affective processes – Communicating clearly in the language of the culture – Maintaining active social relations with the group

Logo Women in Academia Women in psychology Department – : 23% vs. 1996: 66% – Still small number of tenured women Some major issues – Self-Presentation (Smart, Productive or Kind, Quietly? Only the first set will get you tenured) – Family Issues (When to have children) – Is Academia right for You?

Logo Varieties of College and University Experiences Types of Departments – Large vs. Small – Pure vs. Mixed – Mature vs. Immature The Department Culture Effects the New Faculty Member – Academic and Social Climate – Resources Availability Which one fit you better?

Logo Keeping Your Edge: Managing Your Career Over Time Getting Started – Managing Your Teaching Load Get guest lecturers, TAs – Administrative Work – You Remember Research? You do not have to go on your thesis topic Working on new area Reading: Staying on Top of the Field – Learn from faculty colleagues – Do not say ‘Yes’ to everything

Logo Keeping Your Edge: Managing Your Career Over Time Hitting Your Stride – You should carve out your own field – Getting reviews and providing reviews – Self-promotion Send out the paper you are proud of Increase the chance people will read your paper – Dealing with the press – Dealing with student Impose limitation on the number of student you supervise – Make some money if you need Write books or teach in summer school

Logo Keeping Your Edge: Managing Your Career Over Time Hitting Your Stride – Manage your time Pick your conference carefully Never read any you do not have to – Get rest and gain perspective (Sabbatical) – Enjoy private life Hitting The Wall (And the Rest of the Race) – Beware of Curmudgeonly End – Keeping Your Career Vibrant Branch into new field Create a new course

Logo Managing Your Career: The Long View Thinking About The Future – Short-Term Planning Keep a to-do list – Medium-Term Goals One semester? 6 months? One year? – Long-Range Goals what you want to do with your whole academic life

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