Becoming an Academic: How to Get through Grad School and Beyond

Welcome to the university where the Academic Hunger Games fueled by precarious employment conditions is the new reality: a perpetual jostle for short-term contracts and the occasional plum job. But Inger Mewburn is here to tell you that life doesn't have to be so grim. A veteran of the university gig economy Mewburn?aka The Thesis Whisperer?is perfectly placed to reflect on her experience and offer a wealth of practical strategies to survive and thrive.In Becoming an Academic Mewburn who has spent over a decade helping PhD students succeed in graduate school deftly navigates the world of the working academic. Offering tips and tricks for survival she touches on everything from thesis and article writing and keeping motivation alive to time management research strategies mastering new technologies applying for promotion dealing with sexism in the workplace polishing grant applications and deciding what to wear to give a keynote address. These essays are funny irreverent and spot on; Mewburn peppers her writing with wit and wisdom that speaks to graduate students.Constructive inclusive hands-on and gloves-off this book is a survival manual for aspiring and practicing academics as well as for students who are considering whether to stay in academia. A field guide to living in the academic trenches without losing your mind (or your heart) Becoming an Academic confirms that?no matter what your experience is in academia?you are not alone.

Paperback: 264 pages

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press (May 7 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1421428806

ISBN-13: 978-1421428802

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces