This volume guides readers through academia’s informal rules and describes the problems beginning social scientists will face. Contributors ix Preface xi I. STARTING A CAREER 1(76) A Guide to PhD Graduate School: How They Keep Score in the Big Leagues 3(14) Charles G. Lord After Graduate School: A Faculty Position or a Postdoctoral Fellowship? 17(14) Kathleen B. McDermott Todd S. Braver The Hiring Process in Academia 31(26) John M. Darley Mark P. Zanna Broadening the Job Search: Jobs Outside of Academia 57(20) Patrick C. Kyllonen II. TEACHING AND MENTORING 77(56) Tips for Effective Teaching 79(38) Douglas A. Bernstein Sandra Goss Lucas Mentoring: Managing the Faculty--Graduate Student Relationship 117(16) Mark P. Zanna John M. Darley III. RESEARCH AND WRITING 133(110) Setting Up Your Lab and Beginning a Program of Research 135(18) Jeffrey M. Zacks Henry L. Roediger III Obtaining a Research Grant: The Granting Agency's View 153(16) Jane Steinberg Obtaining a Research Grant: The Applicant's View 169(16) Robert J. Steinberg Writing the Empirical Journal Article 185(36) Daryl J. Bem Intellectual Property 221(22) James L. Hilton Jonathan R. Alger IV. ORIENTATION TO THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT 243(50) Power, Politics, and Survival in Academia 245(14) Elizabeth D. Capaldi Managing the Department Chair and Navigating the Department Power Structure 259(18) Louis A. Penner John F. Dovidio David A. Schroeder Wiring the Ivory Tower: The Interface of Technology and the Academy 277(16) Kevin M. Carlsmith V. DIVERSITY IN ACADEMIA 293(68) The Dialectics of Race: Academic Perils and Promises 295(16) James M. Jones Eun Rhee Women in Academia 311(18) Denise C. Park Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Clinical Psychologists in Academia 329(16) Richard R. Bootzin Varieties of College and University Experiences 345(16) Deborah L. Best VI. KEEPING YOUR EDGE: MANAGING YOUR CAREER OVER TIME 361(48) The Academic Marathon: Controlling One's Career 363(30) Shelley E. Taylor Joanne Martin Managing Your Career: The Long View 393(16) Henry L. Roediger III David A. Balota Index 409(12) About the Editors 421