Aspiring Academics: A Resource Book for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty

By Association of American Geographers

Published by Prentice Hall

Published Date: Apr 7, 2008

Table of Contents

Preface: Creating a Climate of Support for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty: A Call for Change and Action, Michael Solem, Kenneth Foote, and Janice Monk

Section 1: Career Planning and Personal Management

Chapter 1: Time Management, Kenneth Foote
Chapter 2: Career Planning: Personal Goals and Professional Contexts, Janice Monk and Christine L. Jocoy
Chapter 3: Developing Collegial Relationships in a Department and a Discipline, M. Duane Nellis and Susan M. Roberts
Chapter 4: Balancing Personal and Professional Lives, Beth Schlemper and Antoinette WinklerPrins
Chapter 5: Succeeding at Tenure and Beyond, Susan M. Roberts

Section 2: Developing and Enhancing Teaching and Advising

Chapter 6: Designing Significant Learning Experiences, Dee Fink and Melissa Ganus
Chapter 7: Active Learning, Eric J. Fournier
Chapter 8:  Advising Students, Fred M. Shelley and Adrienne M. Proffer
Chapter 9:  Ethical Issues in Teaching, James Ketchum
Chapter 10:  Teaching Diverse Students: Teaching for Inclusion, Minelle Mahtani

Section 3: Research Opportunities and Responsibilities

Chapter 11: Preparing Competitive Research Grant Proposals, Patricia Solís
Chapter 12: Private People, Secret Places: Ethical Research in Practice, Iain Hay and Mark Israel
Chapter 13:  Academic Publishing, Stanley D. Brunn
Chapter 14: Working Across Disciplinary Boundaries, Craig ZumBrunnen and So-Min Cheong

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