A Guide to Academia by Prosanta Chakrabarty

A Guide to Academia by Prosanta Chakrabarty

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.

“Overall, this is a useful, practical handbook on academic careers in any specific discipline as well as nonscience fieldsSumming Up: Recommended.  All students, researchers/faculty, and professionals." (Choice, 1 December 2012) 

“The comprehensive overview A Guide to Academiaprovides will be useful to any scientist embarking on a career in academia.”  (Science, 8 June 2012)

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.

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ISBN 13	9780470960417
ISBN 10	0470960418
Title	A Guide to Academia
Author	Prosanta Chakrabarty
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Year published	2012-03-20
Number of pages	192
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