| From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor Contributor(s): Cahn, Steven (Author), Stimpson, Catharine R. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0231145330 ISBN-13: 9780231145336 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: Steven M. Cahn's advice on the professorial life 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; and how to garner support for tenure. He deals with such hurdles as a difficult dissertation advisor, problematic colleagues, and the pressures of the tenure clock. Whether you are beginning graduate study, hoping to secure an academic position, or striving to build a professorial career, Cahn's insights are invaluable to traversing the thickets of academia. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Careers - General - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: 378.120 |
| LCCN: 2008004364 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.3" W x 8.2" (0.35 lbs) 112 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Cahn, Steven: - Steven M. Cahn (PhD, Philosophy, Columbia) is Professor of Philosophy at The City University of New York Graduate Center, where he served for nearly a decade as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, then as Acting President. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including From Student to Scholar (Columbia, 2008), Fate, Time, and Language (Columbia, 2010), Polishing Your Prose (Columbia, 2013), Freedom and the Self (Columbia, 2015), Happiness and Goodness (Columbia, 2015), and Religion Within Reason (Columbia, 2017); his textbooks and anthologies on ethics, philosophy of religion, and introduction to philosophy, published by Oxford, have appeared in multiple editions. |