The ivory tower is shrouded in mystery for many laypeople, students, and even new faculty. The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars From Graduate School Through Tenure, by John Goldsmith, John Komlos, and Penny Schine Gold (University of Chicago Press, 2001), aspires to give graduate students and junior faculty a candid introduction to an academic career. Drawing ...
From a health perspective, the academy and women would seem to be a bad mix. Anecdotal evidence suggests that academic women experience more health problems than men. Thinking back to my graduate school days I recall the bizarre range of illnesses that my female colleagues and I suffered from: strange rashes, neck and back problems, rheumatoid arthritis, breast infections, asthma, lupus ... and t...
You've been plugging away at your research program, presenting your findings at important conferences, publishing your results, and networking. Think you're ready for a career in academia? Almost, but don't forget to get some teaching experience. Although research remains on top, undergraduate education has received increasing emphasis in recent years, even at top-tier research institutions. So i...
