Resources

Works by Guest Speakers

Feibelman, P. J. (1994). A Ph.D. is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Fiske, P. (2001). Put Your Science to Work: The Take Charge Career Guide for Scientists. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.

Fiske, P. (1996). To Boldly Go: A Practical Career Guide for Scientists. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.

Resources at UMASS Amherst

Graduate School Resources

♦ General Graduate School Information

Anderson, Melissa S. (Ed.). (1998). The Experience of Being in Graduate School: An Exploration. New Directions for Higher Education, No. 101. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Azuma, R. T. (2003). A graduate school survival guide: "So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.!"

Balian, E. S. (1994). The Graduate Research Guidebook: A Practical Approach to Doctoral/Masters Research. Lanham: University Press of America.

Caltech Ombuds Office. Grad Student-Advisor Issues.

Delamont, S. et. al. (1997). Supervising the PhD: A Guide to Success. Buckingham: SHRE/Open University Press.

Dermer, M. L. (1993). An Insider's Guide to Choosing a Graduate Advisor and Research Projects in Laboratory Sciences. Journal for Chemical Education, 70(4), 303-306.

desJardins, M. (1994). How to Be a Good Graduate Student.

Fleury, B. E. (2001). How to Survive Graduate School.

Graduate Prospects. (n.d.). Making the most of your PhD: A PhD alone isn't enough.

Hailman, J. & Strier, K. (1997). Planning, Proposing and Presenting Science Effectively: A Guide for Graduate Students and Researchers in the Behavioral Sciences and Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Michigan State University. (n.d.). By Degrees, Issue 11: The Perfect Ph.D. Guidance Committee.

O'Leary, D. P. (1999). Graduate Study In The Computer And Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual.

Peters, R. L. (1997). Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D., revised ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Rossman, M. H. (1995). Negotiating Graduate School: A Guide for Graduate Students. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc.

University of Washington. (2003). Re-envisioning the Ph.D.: Coming together to re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the societal needs of the 21st Century.
(Excellent resource for all Ph.D.s. Articles include resources on: obtaining a Ph.D., obtaining employment, and what employers want in a Ph.D.)

♦ Grants

The National Academies. (2005). Fellowships.

♦ Mentoring

Jensen, D. G. (2000). Mentoring Your Potential Successor.

National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine. (1997). Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Available online

Stanford University, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. (2004). Managing your Mentor.

University of Michigan, The Rackham School of Graduate Studies. (2005). How to Get the Mentoring You Want: A Guide for Graduate Students at a Diverse University.

University of Michigan, The Rackham School of Graduate Studies. (n.d.). How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty in a Diverse University.

♦ Oral Presentations

Kschischang, F. R. (2000). Giving a Talk: Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Technical Seminars.

Mallon, W., Nierstrasz, O. (2003). Giving a talk.

♦ Postdoctoral Experience

Davis. G. (2005). Doctors Without Orders. American Scientist. 93(3, supplement). Available online

National Academy of Sciences. (2005). Resources For Postdocs.

National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine. (2000). Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations, and Disciplinary Societies. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Available online

National Postdoctoral Association

Editorial. The roles and rights of postdocs. (2003). Nature Genetics. 35(2), 109. Available online

♦ Qualifying Exams

Sanchez, M. (n.d.). Ph.D. Qualifying Exams: Making it to the Other Side.

♦ Transferable Skills

Dee, P. (2001). Yours Transferably: Ruthless Reading.

Graduate Prospects. (2005). How to develop your skills.

♦ Writing

Cornell University (n.d.). Starting to Write.

Day, R. A. (1998). How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 5th Ed. Phoenix: Oryx Press.

Dunleavy, P. (2003). Authoring a PhD: How to Plan, Draft, Write, and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Friedland, A. & Folt, C. (2000). Writing Successful Science Proposals. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Language Center, Asian Institute of Technology. (2003). Writing up research: The Guidebook.

Lord, A. (2001). Thesis Writing, Guru-Style.

Marshall, H. (2001). You CAN Write Your Thesis Without Writing Lists.

Paltridge, B. (2002). Thesis and dissertation writing: an examination of published advice and actual practice. English for Specific Purposes, 21, 125-143.

Pyenson, L. (Ed.) (1998). Writing and the Graduate Experience. Lafayette: Graduate School, University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Wolfe, J. (2005). How to Write a PhD Thesis.

Career Resources

ScienceCareers.Org
ScienceCareers.org is a merger of the (old) sciencecareers.org website (primarily a recruiting tool), and Science's NextWave career advice site. The new site discusses scientific training, career development, and the science job market. The site is published by Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

♦ Alternative Careers

American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005). AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows Program.

American Association for the Advancement of Science. (2005). AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Program.

Association of American Publishers. (n.d.). Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division.

Council of Science Editors

Joyce, A. (2001, January 29). PhD Candidates Can Take Job Search to a Level Beyond Academia. The Washington Post, p. E07. [Electronic Resource]

Kreger, K. Y. (1998). Guide to Nontraditional Careers in Science. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Group.

Professional and Scholarly Publishing

Robbins-Roth, C. (1998). Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower. San Diego: Academic Press.

Society for Scholarly Publishing

♦ Academic Positions

Austin, J. (2004). The Academic Scientists' Toolkit.

Boss, J. M. & Eckert, S. H. (2004). Academic Scientists at Work: The Job Talk.

Campbell, M. A. (1996). How to Get a Teaching Job at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution.

Dantzig, J. A. (2005). Landing an academic job: The process and the pitfalls.

Reis, R. (1997). Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Careers in Science and Engineering. New York: IEEE Press.

♦ Career Planning

ScienceCareers.Org. (2000). The End is Coming - And Sooner Than You Think!

ScienceCareers.Org. (2002). Help! What do I do with my degree?

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy - National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine. (1996). Careers in Science & Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School & Beyond. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Available online

PhDs.org: Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources

Weddle, P. D. (2005). The Science Fiction of Internet Recruiting.

♦ Communication

Fiske, P. (1999). Strategic Communication Inside and Outside of Academia.

Jensen, D. (2001). Behavioral Style: Understanding Communication Styles Can Advance Your Relationships - and Your Career Prospects.

♦ Curriculum Vitae/Resumes

Institute and Career Center, University of California Davis. (2004). Resume Assistance.

♦ Interviewing

Career Center, California State University, Fullerton. (2003). How to prepare for the technical/scientific interview.

Guthrie, D. H. (n.d.) Secrets from the Other Side: What recruiters know that you don't.

Wintle, R. (2001). Start-ups for Postdocs 101B: Preparing for an Interview.

♦ Industrial Positions

Benkoski, S. J. (1995). How to Prepare to Find a Job in Industry.

♦ Job Searching

The Chronicle of Higher Education. (n.d.). Chronicle Careers: Jobs in Higher Education.

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Chronicle Careers. (n.d.). Previous Advice Columns.

♦ Negotiating

Cairns, L. (1996). Negotiation skills in the workplace: A Practical Handbook. London: Pluto Press.

McRae, B. (1998). Negotiating and Influencing Skills: The Art of Creating and Claiming Value. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

♦ Networking

Harrison, C. (2005). Is Networking Not Working? Nine Common Mistakes Networkers Make.

Koen, D. (2005, March 3). Networking for Introverts. Nature, 434, 120.

♦ Personal Assessment

Frestedt, J., Crone, W., James, K., & Morgan, J. (1997). Thriving Through The Experience: An Assessment Guide ForGraduate And Professional Students.

Fiske, P. (1998). Self-Assessment Exercises: A GRE for Your Ego and Superego.

(Many self assessment tools are now available online and through a professional (ex. Myers Briggs Type Indicator Tests and Keirsey Temperament Sorter). We encourage you to seek a personal method of evaluating your values and interests.)

♦ Transferable Skills

Cargill, M. (2004). Transferable skills within research degrees: a collaborative genre-based approach to developing publication skills and its implications for research education. Teaching in Higher Education, 9, 83-98.

Covey, S. R. (1989). Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, New York : Simon and Schuster.

Additional Resources

♦ Ethics

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine. (1995). On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research, Second Edition. Washington,D.C.: National Academy Press. Available online

Scott, G. G. (2004). A Survival Guide for Working with Humans: Dealing with Whiners, Back-Stabbers, Know-it-alls, and Other Difficult People. New York: American Management Association.

Warren, L. (2003). Tips for Strategic Action.

♦ Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Ardovini-Brooker, J. (2003). It's Cold and Lonely at the Middle: Discrimination Against Female Graduate Teaching Assistants. Lanham: University Press of America.

Association for Women in Science

Building Engineering and Science Talent

The National Academies - Committee on Women in Science and Engineering. (2005). Publications for the Committee on Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE).

Wilson, R. (2003, July 18). Strength in Numbers. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 18, A10-A12. Available online