This page is written for my current students, although some
of the suggestions might be helpful to others. To honor
copyrights, I’ve put all pdfs behind firewalls, which
means only my advisees will be able to access them.
Hopefully the titles, and pdfs if they’re available
to you, will be helpful. I’ve divided my suggestions
into broad categories.
Writing
Stephen King. 2000. On Writing: A Memoir of the
Craft. New York: Scribner.
For that matter, Stephen King’s Misery was the most wonderful
book I ever read while writing my dissertation. It was
exactly what I needed. The point being: stop whining and
write because, no matter how miserable it might be, no
one is trying to kill you.
Paul Silva. 2007. How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to
Productive Academic Writing. [PDF of beginning chapters here.]
Joan Bolker. 1998. Writing Your Dissertation in 15 Minutes a
Day.
Benefits of “morning
writing”
Grants / Fellowships
Adam Przeworski and Frank Salomon. 1995. SSRC’s
On the Art of Writing Grant
Proposals. On the Social Science Research Council’s
website.
Leslie Aiello’s tips for the Wenner-Gren application,
which are nevertheless quite helpful for other proposals.
Part 1, Part 2.
See this list of grants and
fellowships of interest for doctoral students in
Anthropology.
For those within the UVA Anthropology Department firewall,
there are examples of successful applications on
Collab’s Anthro Central. For my advisees, my
successful applications are in our Collab’s resource list.
Teaching
Ken Bain. 2004. What the Best College Teachers
Do.
Paul Tough. 2012. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity,
and the Hidden Power of Character.
Doug Lemov. 2010.
Teach Like a Champion.
Academe / Career
Kerry Anne Rockuqmore’s articles
in Inside Higher Ed, including this on planning.
James Lang. 2005. Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from
the First Year.
Valerie Young’s work on “impostor
syndrome” comes in a few forms: a two-hour long talk, a nine-minute talk, and her book -
Valerie Young. 2011. The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women:
Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and
How to Thrive in Spite of It. The book seems
much more gender-neutral than the title suggests.
Time Management
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