How to succeed in academics [electronic resource] / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe.

ISBN:

9780520945999

Title:

Author:

McCabe, Linda L., 1947-

Personal Author:

McCabe, Linda L., 1947-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 275 pages)

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

How to Succeed in Academics; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Choosing a Mentor; Chapter 2. Preparing for Graduate or Professional School; Chapter 3. Preparing an Abstract for a Professional Meeting; Chapter 4. Presenting at Professional Meetings; Chapter 5. Marketing Your Ideas through Publications; Chapter 6. Gender Issues; Chapter 7. Underrepresented Groups; Chapter 8. Preparing for Postgraduate or Postprofessional Training; Chapter 9. Applying for, Negotiating, and Choosing a Job; Chapter 10. Developing Time Management Skills and Short-Term and Long-Term Goals.

Chapter 11. Developing Your Grant-Writing SkillsChapter 12. Developing Your Teaching Skills; Chapter 13. Developing Your Leadership Skills; Chapter 14. Confiicts of Interest; Chapter 15. Human Subjects Research; Chapter 16. Research with Animals; Chapter 17. Data and Sample Management; Chapter 18. Ethical Behavior; Index.

Local Note:

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Subject Term:

College teachers.

College teaching -- Vocational guidance.

Career development.

Universities and colleges -- Faculty.

Added Author:

McCabe, Edward R. B.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

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Summary

This new edition of How to Succeed in Academics provides up-to-date mentoring on all aspects of a successful academic career, particularly a career in the sciences. Linda L. McCabe and Edward R. B. McCabe bring decades of expertise and experience to such topics as marketing your ideas through posters, talks, manuscripts, and grant proposals; developing strategies for applying, interviewing, and negotiating for training programs and jobs; establishing professional networks and seeking leadership opportunities; improving your teaching, speaking, and writing skills; and setting goals and creating schedules to achieve them.

Author Notes

McCabe Linda L. :

Linda L. McCabe is Adjunct Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Edward R. B. McCabe is Co-Director, UCLA Center for Society and Genetics; Mattel Executive Endowed Chair of Pediatrics; Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA; and Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Bioengineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA.