Becoming a Professor

Marie Iding (PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara) is a professor of educational psychology University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, where she has taught for over twenty years. She has also taught, and presented research or workshops in diverse locations around the world, including American Samoa, Chuuk (Federated States of Micronesia), Vietnam, Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, Kenya, Spain, Portugal, Fiji, Australia, Jamaica, Poland and Scotland. R. Murray Thomas (PhD, Stanford University) is a professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he also directed the program in International Education. His list of professional publications exceeds 400, including 59 books for which he served as author, coauthor, or editor.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Higher Education’s Significant ContextsPart I: Preparing to Become a Professor Chapter 2: Types of Higher Education Institutions Chapter 3: Types of Teaching PositionsChapter 4: Profiting from Graduate SchoolChapter 5: Search Committees, CVs, Interviews, and Job TalksPart II: On-the-Job: Research/Creativity, Teaching, and Service RolesChapter 6: Publishing, Performing, and ProductsChapter 7: TeachingChapter 8: Service ObligationsPart III: Influential IssuesChapter 9: Ethical and Legal MattersChapter 10: Professorial PoliticsChapter 11: Promotion and TenurePart IV: PostscriptChapter 12: The Future: Careers in Higher EducationReferencesIndex

Comprehensive, exceptionally well organized, thoroughly 'user friendly' in content and presentation, Becoming a Professor: A Guide to a Career in Higher Education should be considered essential reading by anyone considering or aspiring to becoming a career academic. . . .[The book] is a strongly recommended addition to all college and university library Educational Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.