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Beginning a Career in Academia - A Guide for Graduate Students of Color (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,162
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Beginning a Career in Academia - A Guide for Graduate Students of Color (Paperback): Dwayne A Mack, Elwood Watson, Michelle...

Beginning a Career in Academia - A Guide for Graduate Students of Color (Paperback)

Dwayne A Mack, Elwood Watson, Michelle Madsen Camacho

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This practical guide prepares graduate students of color for their first job in academia and offers strategies for succeeding in the early years of a tenure-track position. Through the voices of faculty who have experienced the rigors of the job search and a career in academia, Beginning a Career in Academia offers advice for graduate students of color on how to transition from graduate school to an academic position. This inclusive volume shares perspectives that vary based on gender, racial, ethnic, generational, and disciplinary backgrounds, giving readers an opportunity to reflect on successful strategies for career readiness and for dealing with marginalization. The authors provide recommendations and tips to enhance the job search, identify campus fit, prepare for the interview and negotiation process, address dynamics of of racial and gender politics, find work-life balance, and demystify the promotion and tenure process. This must-read provides candid advice and mentorship for any graduate students of color embarking on a carreer in academe.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2014
First published: 2015
Editors: Dwayne A Mack • Elwood Watson • Michelle Madsen Camacho
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-78365-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN: 1-138-78365-X
Barcode: 9781138783652

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