From Student to Scholar A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor

Name: From Student to Scholar A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor
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ISBN: 9780231145336

ISBN-10: 0231145330

ISBN-13: 9780231145336

Edition: 2008

Authors: Steven Cahn, Catharine R. Stimpson, Catharine R. Stimpson

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The path to a permanent academic position is as challenging and competitive as ever. In this incisive book Steven M. Cahn, professor of philosophy, former provost, and advisor to countless graduate students, provides aspiring academics with the strategies and savvy to negotiate the complexities of professorial life. Cahn covers an extensive range of critical issues: how to plan, complete, and defend a dissertation; how to navigate a job interview; how to improve teaching performance; how to prepare and publish research; how to develop a professional network; how to garner support for tenure. The advice he offers is remarkably frank, dealing, for example, with such hurdles as a difficult…

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List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 8/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.82" long x 0.03" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Proving of Christendom



John of Rupescissa's Vision of the End



Alchemy in Theory and Practice



Artists and the Art



Metaphor and Alchemy



The End of Nature



Conclusion


Bibliography


Notes


Index