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Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century

How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities

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  • © 2005

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  1. Gregory M. Colón Semenza
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Gregory M. Colón Semenza
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Culture of a Graduate Program

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    Pages 10-30

  4. The Structure of Your Graduate Career: An Ideal Plan

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    Pages 31-45

  5. Organization and Time Management

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    Pages 46-67

  6. The Graduate Seminar

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    Pages 68-81

  7. The Seminar Paper

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    Pages 82-101

  8. Teaching

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    Pages 102-134

  9. Exams

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    Pages 135-152

  10. The Dissertation

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    Pages 153-180

  11. Attending Conferences

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    Pages 181-199

  12. Publishing

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    Pages 200-223

  13. Service and Participation

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    Pages 224-240

  14. The Job Market

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    Pages 241-267

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 268-319
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About this book

Many graduate students continue to be regarded as 'apprentices' despite the fact that they are expected to design and teach their own classes, serve on university committees, and conference and publish regularly. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the attrition rate for American Ph.D. programmes is at an all-time high, between 40% and 50% (higher for women and minorities). Of those who finish, only one in three will secure tenure-track jobs. These statistics highlight waste: of millions of dollars by universities and of time and energy by students. Rather than teaching graduate students how to be graduate students, then, the guide prepares them for what they really seek: a successful academic career.

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"Gregory Semenza's Graduate Study for the Twenty-first Century is a tough-minded, witty, generous discussion of how to enter the profession of scholarship and teaching. The appendices alone are worth the price of the book; Semenza provides samples of everything from course syllabi and job letters to materials on the teaching portfolio, book prospectus, conference participation everything a serious graduate student needs to succeed. The book should be required reading for graduate students and their professors." - Barry V. Qualls, Dean of Humanities, Rutgers University

About the author

GREGORY SEMENZA is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, USA.

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