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Getting Started in Academia:

Getting Started in Academia:. Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College. What I Now Know, Should Have Known, and Wish I Could Forget (not necessarily in that order). What I Should Have Known Chronology. Stressed? Get used to it.

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Getting Started in Academia:

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  1. Getting Started in Academia: Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College What I Now Know, Should Have Known, and Wish I Could Forget (not necessarily in that order) Frontiers Consortium 2001

  2. What I Should Have Known Chronology • Stressed? Get used to it. • Interviewing: • Consider your obstacles • Know thyself • Your first semester is a wash. Frontiers Consortium 2001

  3. What I Should Have Known Chronology • Teaching someone else’s class makes you a substitute teacher. • Remember what happens to them? • Tenure: have a plan and stick to it • Mixed messages • External focus Frontiers Consortium 2001

  4. What I Now Know Framework • I am swoosh! • Build, maintain equity • The “Miketing mix” • 4 “Mes” • Research, Teaching, Service x 2 Manage Service Promises Frontiers Consortium 2001

  5. External Service ME Research Teaching Internal Service Frontiers Consortium 2001

  6. First Me: Internal Service • Nice guys finish somewhere else. • Doesn’t mean don’t do it. • Means you shouldn’t make your name that way. • Recruiting lets you reinvent yourself Frontiers Consortium 2001

  7. Second Me: External Service • Good way to build equity. • Research  Service • Find your place and make it home. Frontiers Consortium 2001

  8. Third Me: Teaching • Becoming an assumption. • Midway evals • Debriefing • I opt for the human approach. Frontiers Consortium 2001

  9. Fourth Me: Research • No better way to build long term equity. • Danny’s view • Three articles before tenure =  • One top tier article every two years... • Biggest hurdle is first review. • Peer Review • Copy editing Frontiers Consortium 2001

  10. What I Wish I Could Forget • Nothing! Lest I am doomed to repetition. • Overall, you’ve chosen an excellent profession. Enjoy it! Frontiers Consortium 2001

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