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XING WAN. The Compleat Academic A Career Guide. Agenda. Starting a Career as a PhD candidate Different from master and undergraduate Job options Teaching and Mentoring Teaching Mentoring Research and Writing Research Grant Writing Journal Article Setting Up Your Lab - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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XING WAN
The Compleat AcademicA Career Guide
Agenda
Starting a Career as a PhD candidate Different from master and undergraduate Job options
Teaching and Mentoring Teaching Mentoring
Research and Writing Research Grant Writing Journal Article Setting Up Your Lab
Managing your career over time
Starting a Career as a PhD candidate
A Guide to Ph.D Graduate School
Job Options for new PHD graduate
3 Job Options for new PHD graduates:Postdoctoral Faculty Industry
What’s their pros and cons?
Job Options for new PHD graduate
Pros Cons
Postdoctoral
•Facilitate the transition•Broaden research domain•Research Utopia (No burden)
•Need funding and sponsor•“Transition” job
Faculty•World expert with Prof. title•Tenure (Job safety)
Balance your time between Teaching and Research
Industry•Higher compensation•Exciting career track•Can leave the work behind
Less job safety
Advantages of a Postdoctoral Fellowship
How to Find A Postdoc Fellowship
Preparation for Careers outside of Academia
Transferable skillsCertain skills not trained enough in graduate
programsSocial skillsHaving a positive can-do attitudeNeeds more flexibility
Is PHD’s social skill really not that good?
How to Apply for Faculty Position
Key: VitaStart by listing everything you have done Displays all your relevant skills.Include your work "in progress", especially your
thesis proposal, and your future research directions. Might also include a list of courses you could teach.
Be neither parochial nor grandiose.
Besides Vita, are there any other things we need to prepare?
How to Apply for Faculty Position
Key: Job VisitResearch the institution, the department and the
audience of your talk.Present your ideas in a less complex way Mention that you know the limits At the end of the talk make a brief but explicit
statement regarding future research directions conclude with a summary of what you have shown.
Prepare a 5 minutes mini-talk about yourself and your
research.
Teaching & Mentoring
Effective Teaching
Make good use of the binding contract: the Syllabus
Engage students in numerous study sessionsEstablishing student communication channels:
office hours; emailTake a firm, rational, but caring approach by
accepting the excuse but asking for verification.
Do not cover "everything" in detailBe careful not to inadvertently impose your
political, moral, or religious beliefs on students
Effective Teaching
Save everything. Keep good records Create your own versions of the
teaching forms Build a directory of useful information
to refer students to various kinds of help
Mentoring
Testing a student's research ideas What are you interested in doing/finding out? Why are you interested in doing this? How does what you are interested in doing relate to
what's already known? How does this research differ from and/or extend
previous research? How are you going to do this? What do you expect to find?
Fit between you and the student?
Research & Writing
Obtaining a Research Grant
Develop a research idea and then pitch it to potential funders Select your ideas carefully Think broadly about the
applications of your work
Call the relevant program officers
Be prepared with follow-up questions
Hedge your bets Submit your ideas to various
agencies
Writing the Empirical Journal Article
An article is written in the shape of an hourglass. Broad general statement Specifics of the study More general consideration
IntroductionMethodResultsDiscussionTitle and abstract
Setting Up Your Lab
Not enough fundingBuy what you absolutely need to begin your rese
arch programSave some money for laterStart small and make sure your lab works with
right people
Managing Your Career Over Time
The Academic Marathon
Thinking about the future: make concrete plans for small chunks of time and more general plans for the more distant future.
Short-term planning: build time for writing and research into your schedule
Medium-term goals: six-month chunks of time is a good choice
Long-term goals: range beyond concrete behavioral objectives to the category of dreams, hopes, and aspirations.
Enjoy the Pure Joy of Research!
Faculty have pretty flexible schedule, but can never leave the work behind.
The joys are the primary reasons why this stressful, ill-paid line of work is worth pursuing. And what drives us ultimately is the pure joy of research:" Those moments.... When suddenly there is a synthesis of the human intelligence.. And to know every day that it might happen again." (Gornick 1983, p.52)