A Guide to Academia: Getting into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs, and a Research Job

Chakrabarty, Prosanta

ISBN 10: 0470960418 / ISBN 13: 9780470960417

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Academia: Getting into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs, and a Research Job
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470960418
• ISBN 13: 9780470960417
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

A Guide to Academia is a handbook for all those individuals thinking seriously about going to graduate school. Written by an author with extensive experience navigating the academic world, the book explains all the steps and potential bumps in the road that a student might encounter as they take the plunge into academia. Each chapter begins with a section called the "hard truth," which will help students determine if they are on the right path. Starting with an undergraduate student looking for a graduate school, the reader is taken on a journey up the academic ladder through graduate studies, a postdoctoral fellowship and an assistant professorship. Each chapter gives advice on not only how to survive the current stage but how to get to the next stage quickly. Enhanced with material from the author's own job applications and interview presentations, A Guide to Academia provides concrete examples of the tools needed for a successful career in academia.

About the Author

Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University and Curator of Fishes at the LSU Museum of Natural Science.