Resources
Websites
Advance
This site aims to link the activities of Advance Institutional Transformation Grant recipients.
http://www.portal.advance.vt.edu/
Mama PhD
Mothers attempting to balance parenthood and academics
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/blogs/mama_phd
The Academic Ladder
Dissertation Coaching, Academic Career and Tenure
Books
Mentor interest book
On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education
http://www.amazon.com/Being-Mentor-Higher-Education-Faculty/dp/0805848975
Books for new faculty
The Academic's Handbook. 3rd Edition
A. Leigh DeNeef and Craufurd D. Goodwin, Editors, Duke University, 2007.
The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide. 2nd Edition.
Darley, John M., Mark P. Zanna, Henry L. Roediger III. Washington, D.C.: American Psychology Association, 2003.
Coping with Faculty Stress: Survival Skills for Scholars
Gmelch, Walter H., Coping with Faculty Stress: Survival Skills for Scholars, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1993.
Good Start: A Guidebook for New Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges
Gibson, Gerald W. Good Start: A Guidebook for New Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.
Life on The Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year
Lang, James M. Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins, 2005.
Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Women's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
Caplan, Paula J. (1995). Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Women's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Making Time, Making Change: Avoiding Overload in College Teaching
Robertson, D. R. (2003). Making Time, Making Change: Avoiding Overload in College Teaching. Stillwater, Oklahoma: New Forums Press.
Mentor in A Manual: Climbing the Academic Ladder to Tenure
Schoenfeld, A. Clay and Robert Magnan. Mentor in a Manual: Climbing the Academic Ladder to Tenure. Madison, WI: Magna Publications, 1992.
New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners
Lucas, Christopher J. and John w. Murray, Jr. (2002). New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners. New York: Palgrave.
The New Professor's Handbook: A Guide to Teaching and Research in Engineering and Science
Davidson, Cliff I. and Susan A. Ambrose. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 1994.
Now What?: Readings on Surviving (and Even Enjoying) Your First Experience at College Teaching
Janes, Joseph and Hauer Soderholm, Diane. (1988).
On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty
By W. Brad Johnson,
Published by Routledge, 2007
ISBN 0805848967, 9780805848960
The Mentee's Navigator: Making Mentoring Happen
Jim Perrone,Larry Ambrose.
MENTORSHIP : A Pathway to Career Success
Rita S. Boags, Ph.D.
Articles
FacultyMentor, Friend - or Both?
Professors debate whether mentors of graduate students and young instructors must go beyond supervising to “caring” to be effective, and where the lines are.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/10/28/mentor
Job Coaches Help Get Professors Back on Track
Faculty members are turning to job coaches to help them complete book projects and gain tenure.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i05/05a00102.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
The first in a series on what assistant professors want and need to be successful in academe
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/09/2008091901c.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Updated: July 14, 2009
