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The Doctoral Experience: Success and Failure in Graduate School
by Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson, Odette Parry. 208 pgs.

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This book presents a vivid picture of the experiences of PhD students and their academic mentors in a variety of different disciplines. It shows how younger academics are socialized into the distinctive sub-culture of their chosen academic discipline, displaying how different disciplines and departments reproduce their specialized ways of conducting research.
Based on two projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the research involved in-depth interviews with over 200 postgraduates students and academics across the United Kingdom. The issues explored include: how the students deal with the uncertainties of their own research; how they cope with frustration, failure and the intellectual isolation they experience; how research groups can act as socialising environments; and how academic supervisors handle the tensions between the intellectual autonomy of the research student and their responsibilities as intellectual mentors.

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Acknowledgements

1: Cultures of the Academy

2: Researching Our Peers

3: The Nature of the Quest

4: The Appliance of Science

5: Fieldwork

6: Modelling Realities

7: Genealogies and Generations

8: Supervisors' Narratives

9: Pedagogic Continuities

10: Disciplines and the Doctorate

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

References

Name Index

Subject Index
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Preparing the Next Generation of Faculty: Graduate School as Socialization to the Academic Career, in Journal of Higher Education
by Ann E. Austin. 28 pgs.

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The Ph.D. Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences
by Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen. 209 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

Preface

1: Deciding to Go to Graduate School

2: Selecting an Advisor: Whose Lab is Right for Me?

3: The Stages of Graduate School

4: Classes, Journal Clubs, Lab Meetings, and Seminars

5: The Absent Professor

6: How You Learn

7: Deciding on Research Projects for Your Dissertation

8: Networking

9: Picking a Dissertation Committee, and Defending the Proposal at the Preliminary Oral Exam

10: The Life of a Graduate Student

11: Some Additional Aspects of Graduate School Life: Lab Notebooks, Etiquette, Competition, Luck

12: Do I Belong Here?: Insecurity and Stress

13: Foreign Students: Unique Problems and Stresses

14: On the Art of Scientific Writing

15: What Should Your Goals Be While in Graduate School?

16: Times They Are A-Changing

17: The End is in Sight: Writing the Dissertation

18: The Final Oral Exam (the Defense)

References and Additional Reading

Index
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Mentoring within a Graduate School Setting, in College Student Journal
by Shalonda Kelly, John H. Schweitzer. 18 pgs.

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Conceptualizing the Academic Life: Graduate Students' Perspectives, in Journal of Higher Education
by Jeffery P. Bieber, Linda K. Worley. 26 pgs.

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Peer and Graduate Mentors: Degrees of Difference After Four Years of Mentoring, in Journal of General Education
by Sydne J. Didier, Leslie Rennie-Hill. 8 pgs.

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The Complete Guide to Graduate School Admission: Psychology, Counseling, and Related Professions (Chap. 6 "How Do I Get Help from Faculty?")
by Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Michael W. Wiederman. 280 pgs.

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Should I go to graduate school? How do I choose where to apply? Are my grades and accomplishments good enough to get in? Who should I ask to write recommendation letters for me, and how should I approach these people? How do I write my "personal statement?" When will I hear my fate, and how should I make my final decision? These are just a few of the many questions to which this well-researched, thorough, and extremely user-friendly book offers answers. Students who are contemplating graduate training in psychology, counseling, and related fields are often apprehensive and confused about applying to graduate school, but this book takes the guesswork and anxiety out of the process. The tone and features (such as the Q&A format, timeline for application-related tasks and activities, and special advice for special populations) that made the first edition so successful, eliciting hundreds of thank-you notes and e-mail messages to the author, are just as evident in this new edition. The book has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of new topics such as use of the internet and e-mail, as well as changing trends in the professions. The most obvious difference is that the book is now significantly shorter as a result of meticulous rewriting, making it even easier to use. There have been attempts since the publication of the first edition to copy the format of this book, but none of the others have successfully duplicated the depth of research-based advice and the supportive style that make this book the guide of choice for thousands of graduate-school bound students and their advisors.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Part I: Overview of the Pursuit of Graduate Study

Chapter 1: How Do I Get the Most from This Book?

Chapter 2: What Should I Be Doing When?

Chapter 3: What About My Particular Situation?

Chapter 4: What Are "They" Looking For?

Chapter 5: What Do I Want?

Part II: Enhancing Your Chances --For Those with Some Time

Chapter 6: How Do I Get Help from Faculty?

Chapter 7: What Can I Do Academically?

Chapter 8: What About Research and Practicum Experience?

Chapter 9: What About Professional Organizations and Meetings?

Chapter 10: How Can I Improve My Performance on Standardized Admittance Tests?

Part III: Making Your Choices

Chapter 11: How Do I Get Information About Programs?

Chapter 12: Should I Stay in Town or Should I Go?

Chapter 13: How Am I Going to Pay for Graduate School?

Chapter 14: What If My Grades Aren't So Hot?

Chapter 15: How Do I Make Final Program Choices?

Part IV: The Application Process

Chapter 16: What Are My First Steps in Applying?

Chapter 17: What About Letters of Recommendation?

Chapter 18: What Should I Consider When Filling Out Application Forms?

Chapter 19: What About Statements of Purpose and Other Essays?

Chapter 20: I'm Ready to Send My Applications. Now What?

Part V: The Postapplication Period

Chapter 21: Is There Anything I Can Do Other Than Wait?

Chapter 22: What Should I Do About Interviews?

Chapter 23: How Do I Accept (and Reject) Offers?

Chapter 24: What If I'm an Alternate for a Program?

Chapter 25: I've Received the News. Now What?

Appendix A: Constructing a Curriculum Vita

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Succeeding in Graduate School: The Career Guide for Psychology Students (Chap. 9 "The Mentoring Relationship in Psychology Training Programs")
by Steven Walfish, Allen K. Hess. 400 pgs.

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Psychology students who want to continue their education today are confronted by a bewildering variety of possibilities. Succeeding in Graduate School offers them much needed practical help. Written by experienced mentors, this book: *explains the options provided by a bachelor's degree, describes what each of the many available programs at the master's and doctoral levels prepares one to do, helps in selecting the most appropriate program, and enhances one's chances of being admitted; *gives reader-friendly tutorials in teaching, research, and clinical/consulting skills; *describes the stresses of life as a graduate student; *suggests ways to cope with the management of difficult professors, the search for the optimal advisor-mentor match, and other political and emotional problems that can make or break a graduate career; *offers advice on overcoming obstacles to completing a thesis or dissertation; and *provides guidance on navigating beyond graduate school: maintaining one's ethical focus, getting into and completing the internship that is a requirement of many programs, obtaining a license for those requiring one to work, and in general, building a career beyond the degree. Clear, crisp, and comprehensive--with extensive references for further exploration--Succeeding in Graduate School is must reading for undergraduates and graduate students alike.

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Preface

Contributors

I: Considering Career and Degree Options in Psychology

1: Choosing a Career in Psychology

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2: Pursuing a Career with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology

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Appendix A: Work-Related Transferable Skills with Student-Generated Examples

Appendix B: Instructor-Identified Skills Available from Experimental Psychology (research Method) Course

Appendix C: Position and Salaries Offered to Psychology Majors

Appendix D: Psychology Majors' Sample Resumés

3: Choosing the Master's Degree in Psychology

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Recent Developments and Trends

4: Choosing the Phd

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5: Choosing the Psyd

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6: Perspectives on Applying to Graduate School

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II: Mastering the Personal and Political Dynamics of Graduate School

7: The Politics of Graduate Programs

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8: Students and Faculty: the Growth of Relationships

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9: The Mentoring Relationship in Psychology Training Programs

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10: Stress and Stress Mastery in Graduate School

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11: Stresses and Strategies for Underrepresented Students: Gender, Sexual, and Racial Minorities

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12: Stresses and Strategies for International Students

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13: Stresses and Strategies for Graduate Student Couples

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III: Learning Career Skills

14: Learning to Become Ethical

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15: Learning Research as a Lifelong Skill

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16: Developing Teaching Skills

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17: Learning Psychological Testing and Assessment

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18: Learning Psychoteraphy

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19: Learning Consulting Skills

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20: Developing Essential Intervention and Prevention Skills for School Settings

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21: Preparing for a Career in Psychology Outside the University

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22: Preparing and Defending Theses and Dissertations

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IV: The Internship

23: Applying to Professional Psychology Internship Programs

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Appendix: Timeline for the Internship Application Year

24: The Internship Year: the Transition from Student to New Professional

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V: Becoming a Professional

25: Coping with Licensing, Credentialing, and Lifelong Learning

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26: Community Intervention: Applying Psychological Skills in the Real World

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27: Developing a Career in Psychology

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Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships within Multicultural Organizations ("Graduate Students and Development Relationships" begins on p. 30)
by Audrey J. Murrell, Faye J. Crosby, Robin J. Ely. 265 pgs.

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Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

I: Theoretical Perspectives

1: The Developing Literature on Developmental Relationships

2: Developmental Relationships of Black Americans in the Academy

3: Asian Americans and Developmental Relationships

4: Gender Issues in Developmental Relationships

II: Empirical Perspectives

5: At the Crossroads of Race and Gender: Lessons from the Mentoring Experiences of Professional Black Women

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6: Do Race and Sex Affect Employees' Access to and Help from Mentors? Insights from the Study of a Large Corporation

7: Women's and Men's Role Models: the Importance of Exemplars

8: Mitigating Perceptions of Racism: the Importance of Work Group Composition and Supervisor's Race

9: Beyond the Simple Demography-Power Hypothesis: How Blacks in Power Influence White-Mentor-Black-ProteéGeé Developmental Relationships

III: Experiential Perspectives

10: Testing Theory by Practice

11: Mentoring with Class: Connections between Social Class and Developmental Relationships in the Academy

12: Mentoring at the Margin

Acknowledgment

IV: Conclusions

13: Where Do We Go from Here, and How Do We Get There? Methodological Issues in Conducting Research on Diversity and Mentoring Relationships

Author Index

Subject Index
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The Black Student's Guide to Graduate and Professional School Success (Chap. 9 "Finding a Faculty Mentor to Help Guide You throught the Doctoral Process")
by Vernon L. Farmer. 424 pgs.

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Foreword

Judge Higginbotham's Legal Legacy

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: How to Become a Successful Student in Graduate and Professional School

1: Making Sure You Have the "Right Stuff" to Be Successful in Graduate and Professional School

2: Negotiating Admission to Graduate and Professional Schools

3: Graduate School Admission in the Era of Hopwood

4: What It Takes to Be Successful on Standardized Tests

5: Choosing the Right Field of Study

6: Study Habits and Techniques

7: Toward a Paradigm Shift

8: Establishing a Coalition for the Utilization of Learning Skills

9: Finding a Faculty Mentor to Help Guide You through the Doctoral Process

10: Psychosocial Adjustment to the Campus Environment

11: Maintaining Black Pride, Self-Esteem, and Self-Concept

12: Developing a Global Identity among Black American, Black African, and Black Caribbean Students

13: Competencies for Developing an African American Scholar

14: Utilizing Internships and Teaching and Research Assistantships to Enhance Learning

15: Promoting Scholarly Writing and Publishing to Enhance the Scholarship of Black Graduate Students

16: Preparing for a Career after Professional Sports

17: The Career Hunt

18: Learn to Learn the Joy of Work

19: From Dissertation to Dollars

20: Education for Liberation

21: African American Parents and Student Success in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities

Part II: How I Succeeded in Graduate and Professional School and in My Career Field

Essay 1: Graduate School to a Profession

Essay 2: Education Is Just the Beginning

Essay 3: Preparing for Success in Graduate School

Essay 4: "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around"

Essay 5: Graduate Student Mentoring

Essay 6: You Can Succeed in Mathematics

Essay 7: Graduate School Experience

Essay 8: The "Old Man" and the Defining Moment That Changed My Life!

Essay 9: The Hardest Part of Graduate Training Is Getting in

Essay 10: Helping the African American Community through Higher Education

Essay 11: Vision, Determination, Self-Leadership, and Time Management

Essay 12: Using Networking, Role Models, and Mentoring En Route to Success

Essay 13: Some Strategies to Help You Earn a Professional Degree

Essay 14: Working with Cultural and Racial Groups to Develop a Global Perspective

Essay 15: The Art of the Vita

Essay 16: The Significance of Obtaining a Graduate or Professional School Degree

Essay 17: Beginning Graduate School with the Right Mind-Set

Essay 18: Coming Home to Success Whitney G Harris, Director, Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action, Eastern Michigan University

Essay 19: Make a Place for Yourself Now That You Have Obtained a Graduate Degree

Essay 20: Achieving Academic Success in Graduate School Freeman

Essay 21: Mentoring in the Advising Process

Essay 22: A Whole Lot of Others

Essay 23: Mentors, Peers, and Advisers

Essay 24: Mentoring Strategies

Essay 25: Graduate School Literacy and Academic Success

Essay 26: Pursuing an Urban Planning Degree in Graduate School

Essay 27: Graduate and Professional School Success

Essay 28: Reflection and Introspection

Essay 29: God Should Be the Architect as You Pursue Your Academic Goals

Essay 30: Self-Awareness

Essay 31: The Experimental Student

Essay 32: Developing a Mentor-Mentee Relationship during Your Doctoral Studies

Essay 33: How to Be Successful in Graduate School

Essay 34: Graduate Education Is the Road to Excellence

Essay 35: Being Persistent Helped Me to Achieve My Wings as a Navy Aviator

Essay 36: A Gift to Yourself

Essay 37: A Producer versus Consumer Consciousness

Essay 38: Setting the Agenda for Success

Essay 39: How to Be Successful as a Full-Time Law Student While Working Full Time as a Police Officer

Essay 40: Achieving Your Professional and Career Goals against the Odds

Part III: How Contemporary Students in Graduate and Professional School Are Succeeding

Essay 1: Surviving in Graduate School Even If You Have a Writing Problem

Essay 2: "A" Is for Average

Essay 3: On Being a Great Student

Essay 4: Adapting to Life as Graduate Students

Essay 5: How to Win a Seat in Medical School

Essay 6: Life after Sports

Essay 7: How to Move through Your Graduate Program Successfully

Essay 8: The Key to Graduate School Success

Essay 9: The Essentials for Graduate Success

Essay 10: Predominantly Black to Predominantly White

Essay 11: Some Reflections and Insights for African American Graduate Students

Essay 12: Lessons Learned That Were Vital to My Success as a Doctoral Student

Essay 13: Don't Let Anyone Tell You That You're Not Smart Enough

Essay 14: Building Relationships during the Graduate Experience

Essay 15: Prescription for Persistence

Essay 16: Some Factors to Consider in Graduate School

Essay 17: Faith without Works Is Dead

Essay 18: Some Traits of a Successful Graduate Student

Essay 19: Knowing Yourself Will Enhance Your Graduate Study

Essay 20: Hard Times

Essay 21: Constructing Identities

Essay 22: Making the Right Decisions in High School Can Enhance Your Chances for Success as an Undergraduate and Graduate Student

Essay 23: Preparing for Graduate School

Essay 24: Preparing for Graduate Study While in High School

Conclusion: Freeman A Hrabowski III

Index

About the Editor and the Contributors
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A Long Way to Go: Conversations about Race by African American Faculty and Graduate Students (Chap. 4 "In the Midst of a Maze: A Need for Mentoring")
by Darrell Cleveland. 275 pgs.

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A Leng Way to Go: Conversations About Race by African American Faculty and Graduate Students

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Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Journey to the Ivory Tower

1: Can You Hear Me?: Voices and Experiences of African American Students in Higher Education

2: African American Graduate Students' Experiences: a Critical Analysis of Recent Research

3: Preparing for the Professorate: What African American Graduate Students Should Know

4: In the Midst of a Maze: a Need for Mentoring

5: Why Are These White Women Trying to Run My Life? One Black Woman's Experience Toward Earning a Doctorate

6: Beyond the Silenced Dialogue: What We Tell Ourselves When the White Academy Ain't Hearin'Us

Part II: What is It like to Be an African American Faculty Member?

7: So Grows the Tree: Some Assumptions Underlying the College Professorate and Their Repercussions on Higher Education

8: The Dwindling Pool of Qualified Professors of Color: Suburban Legends

9: Avoiding the Clock Stoppers: How to Prepare For, Endure, and Survive the First Year of the Professorate

10: Assertiveness or the Drive to Succeed?: Surviving at a Predominantly White University

11: The Power of One Voice: Why Faculty of Color Should Stay in Small, Private, Predominantly White Institutions

12: From Disbelief, Presumption, and Disrespect to Membership in the Legacy of Competence: Teaching Experiences at the Hbcu and the Pwi

Part III: Teaching Race in a Predominantly White University

13: The Crisis: Classroom Culture: Identifying and Analyzing Seven Factors That Disable an Effective Collegiate Teaching Methodology

14: “i Shall Not Be Moved”: Teaching Race in a Multiethnic Classroom

15: “who Does She Think She Is?” Growing Up Nationalist and Ending Up Teaching Race in White Space

16: Black Faculty Coping with Racial Battle Fatigue: the Campus Racial Climate in a Post—civil Rights Era

Part IV: Where Do We Stand? How Can the Academy Serve African American Students and Faculty's Needs

17: Voice of Senior African American Faculty: Understanding the Purpose and the Pursuit of Excellence Through Teaching, Research, and Service

18: Griots and Rites of Passage: from Graduate School to Professor with Tenure

19: An Emerging Engagement, Retention, and Advancement (Era) Model for African American Administrators at Predominantly White Institutions

20: 20/20 Hindsight

21: “casualties of War”: Suggestions for Helping African American Graduate Students Succeed in the Academy

22: “i Got Mine, Now You Get Yours”: Derailing the Underground Railroad

Epilogue

Contributors

Index
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Feminism and Mentoring of Graduate Students, in Family Relations
by Áine M. Humble, Catherine Richards Solomon, Katherine R. Allen, Karen R. Blaisure, Michael P. Johnson. 13 pgs.

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