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Life As a Graduate Student‹ Program Overview and Application Process | List of Guide Sections | Academic Job Search › Academic Ladder Offers dissertation-writing guidance, and academic career and tenure coaching. Ronald T. Azuma: “So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.!” a.k.a. “Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn’t learn until later.” “A computer science graduate school survival guide, intended for prospective or novice graduate students. This guide describes what I wish I had known at the start of graduate school but had to learn the hard way instead. It focuses on mental toughness and the skills a graduate student needs. The guide also discusses finding a job after completing the Ph.D. and points to many other related web pages.“
Marie desJardins: “How to be a good graduate student” “This paper attempts to raise some issues that are important for graduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for advisors who wish to help their students be successful. The intent is not to provide prescriptive advice, but to raise awareness on both sides of the advisor-student relationship as to what the expectations are and should be for this relationship, what a graduate student should expect to accomplish, common problems, and where to go if the advisor is not forthcoming.” Contains valuable advice for future academicians on conducting research, nurturing relationships with the faculty and becoming a part of the scholarly community. A systematically structured guide to graduate studies. H-Grad: an electronic network for graduate students around the world
http://www.h-net.org/~grad/ “H-Grad is part of the Humanities OnLine initiative (H-Net) and is designed to provide graduate students with a safe, graduate student only forum for discussing a wide variety of issues related to graduate school in our chosen humanities-based professions.” This website contains a wealth of resources regarding graduate studies and research, graduate student unions and organizations as well as teaching and other forms of employment. Grad School Forum A lively, open discussion forum for graduate students addressing various issues from graduate admission to the dissertation. Grad sources: serving the needs of graduate and professional students Website offering psychological assistance and interaction for graduate students including crisis line, services of e-mentors, survival kits and numerous articles dealing with not only the intellectual anxiety of graduate studies. Graduate Student Resources on the Web This page was designed as a resource for current and future grad students. Includes information and reference to graduate school admission, survival, student organizations and job search. Grad Student’s Guide to Mentors and Advisors “Faculty play an enormous role in your graduate education. Your relationship with your advisor is essential to successfully completing your graduate program and your dissertation.” Includes numerous links to other sites and articles dealing with this important aspect of grad school experience. The Keogh Lab A collection of resources and advice for graduate students by Scott Keogh. Kerlins.net (Graduate Education Directory) A comprehensive directory of sources on graduate education including admission process, survival and success in the program and teaching assistantship. Links to Academic Blogs Numerous references to personal blogs dealing with the ups and downs, euphoria and despair of graduate studies and academic existence. MLA Services for Graduate Students A section of MLA web concerned with the professional position and problems of graduate students. Among other information, the site brings numerous references to sources of financial assistance and discussion of publishing opportunities for graduate students. Ph.D. – First Thoughts to Finished Writing (U of Queensland) FAQ section answers commonly asked question regarding conceptualizing, organizing and writing one’s Ph.D. thesis as well as dealing with life as a Ph.D. student. The PhD. stages page identifies the major stages in the process of completing one’s doctoral program. PhinisheD Discussion and support group for academic procrastinators and their sympathizers. Includes q collection of links on graduate study and job search. Piled Higher and Deeper: Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia A cartoon strip by Jorge Cham; comic relief for graduate students and Ph.D. aspirants. Scholarly and Professional Societies Connect with experts in your field. Links to over 4,000 societies listed by subject, country, language and founding date. Stephen C. Stearns and Raymond B. Huey: “Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students” Series of sobering commandments from former graduate students: “Always prepare for the worst.” Successful Academic “Professional resources for finishing your dissertation, landing a faculty position and getting tenure.” William James: “The Ph.D. Octopus” (1903) An enlightening piece, prophetic and topical beyond James’s expectations. Print Resources Anderson, Melissa S., ed. The experience of being in graduate school: an exploration. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.
Cryer, Pat. The research student’s guide to success. Buckingham: Open UP, 1996.
Curzan, Anne, and Lisa Damour. First day to final grade: a graduate student’s guide to teaching. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2000.
Delamont, Sara, Paul Atkinson, and Odette Parry. The doctoral experience: success and failure in graduate school. New York: Falmer, 2000.
Golde, Chris M., and George E. Walker. Envisioning the future of doctoral education: preparing stewards of the discipline, Carnegie essays on the doctorate. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
Graves, Norman, and Ved Varma, eds. Working for a Doctorate: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences. London: Routledge, 1997.
Hinchey, Patricia, and Isabel Kimmel. The Graduate Grind: a critical look at graduate education. New York: Falmer, 2000.
Marincovich, Michele, Jack Prostko, and Frederic Stout, eds. The professional development of graduate teaching assistants. Bolton, MA: Anker, 1998.
Mitchell, Lesli. The ultimate guide to grad school survival. Princeton: Peterson’s 1996.
Rittner, Barbara, and Patricia Trudeau. The women’s guide to surviving graduate school. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1997.
Semenza, Gregory Colón. Graduate Study for the 21st century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities. New York: Palgrave, 2005.
Smith, Jan, Colleen M. Meyers, and Amy Burkhalter. Communicate: strategies for international teaching assistants. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice, 1992.
Sullivan, Patrick. “The Passions and Pathologies of an English PhD.” Chronicle of Higher Education 42.26 (1996): B3.
Vesilind, Aarne. So you want to be a professor? A handbook for graduate students. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2000.
Scholes, Robert E. The Rise and Fall of English: Reconstructing English as a Discipline. New Haven: Yale UP, 1998.
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