Boss / Eckert Academic Scientists at Work

2. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-35427-9
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

Academic Scientists at Work guides the scientist on the journey from the end of a postdoctoral career to the point of promotion to Associate Professor.

This book focuses on the three aspects of promotion in an academic setting: Scholarship, Teaching, and Service. Valuable advice is provided on the following topics:

- Choosing and landing your ideal academic job

- Setting up and effectively managing the lab

- Obtaining funds

- Organizing, writing, and publishing your science

- Teaching and mentoring

- Organizing and performing academic service

- The promotion and tenure process

Templates and worksheets designed to help you navigate your career with point-by-point instructions on how to complete them are provided. 

In addition to updating the contents of the previous version, this second edition includes a dozen articles written by the authors on managing your career that first appeared in Science's Next Wave.

Academic Scientists at Work is a valuable resource for the career scientist who demands and expects the best.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boss, Jeremy

Eckert, Susan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Starting Gate.- Gettin’ a Job.- Gettin’ Started.- Gettin’ Money.- Managing Your Laboratory.- Faculty Citizenship.- Down the Stretch.- Being a Scholar.- Being a Teacher.- Mentoring 1 — On — 1.- Academic Service.- The Finish Line.- Promotion and Tenure.- Survey Says ....- The Extras Section (Daily Double).- The Extras Section (Daily Double).

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy M. Boss’s career spans scholarship, teaching, and service. As author of more than 70 published research articles, Dr. Boss has taught in a variety of immunology and genetics related graduate school courses, served on 65 PhD thesis committees, and is currently course director for an immunology graduate course. Dr. Boss joined the faculty of Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology in 1986, where he has been a Professor since 1997.

Susan H. Eckert received her doctorate in Higher Education Policy from Georgia State University in 1995. The focus of Dr. Eckert’s research was leadership issues that affect medical school basic science departments in research intensive universities. Dr. Eckert is currently the Associate Dean for Finance and Research Administration at the Emory University School of Nursing.