Resources for Graduate Students

Materials from AdvanceVT seminars and workshops:

• Negotiating Academic Job Offers (Dr. Ken Ball, Department Head, Mechanical Engineering)
• The Academic Job Interview (Dr. Leigh McCue, Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering)
• Preparing for an Academic Job Search: Overview (Dr. Nancy Ross, Associate Dean, College of Sciences)
• Preparing for an Academic Job Search: Application Materials (Dr. Janis Terpenny, Associate Professor, Engineering Education)
• Why Consider an Academic Career in a Teaching-Centered Institution? (Dr. Hank Yochum, Sweet Briar College)
• How to Get a Teaching Job at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (Malcolm Campbell, American Society for Cell Biology)
• Tips for Applying for an Academic Postion (Dr. Mary Kasarda)
• Balancing Work and Family (Dr. Amy Bell)
• Professional Presentations (Dr. Marion Ehrich)
• Faculty Interviews: A View from Behind the Desk (Dr. Kathy Banks)

Links to resources on other web sites:

• Negotiating Job Offers (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• References and Links from Forward to Professorship Workshop
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Career Development Web Site
• Preparing Future Faculty web site
• Surviving and Thriving in Academia from the American Psychological Association
• Materials from Rice University's Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position workshop
• PhDs.org

Women Scientist Blogs:

• Young Female Scientist
• Science Woman

Other useful information and references:

• Success in the Promotion & Tenure Process (Dr. Tammy Henderson, Virginia Tech)
• Work Life Grants for Virginia Tech Graduate Students
• Tips for Success in Graduate School (Dr. Naira Hovakimyan, Virginia Tech)

Entertaining Links:

• The Piled High & Deeper grad student comic strip by Jorge Cham
• Phinished - a discussion and support group for people who cannot seem to finish their dissertations or theses

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