Building Academic Skills Bibliography

Benjamin, Lois, ed. Black Women in the Academy: Promises and Perils. Gainesville: UP of Florida, 1997. LB 2332.3 .B53 1997

Boice, Robert. Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. LB 1778.2 .B63 2000

---. The New Faculty Member: Supporting and Fostering Professional Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992. LB 1778.2 .B65 1992

Caplan, Paula J. Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide for Surviving in the Academic World. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1993. LB 2332.3 .C37 1993

Collins, Lynn H., Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina, eds. Arming Athena: Career Strategies for Women in Academe. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. LB 2332.3 .C38 1998

DeNeef, A. Leigh, Craufurd D. Goodwin, and Ellen Stern McCrate, eds. 1988. The Academic's Handbook. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1995. LB 1778.2 A24 1995

Gainen, Joanne and Robert Boice, eds. Building a Diverse Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. LB 2332.72 .B83 1993

Harman, Eleanor and Ian Montagnes, eds. The Thesis and the Book. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1976. Z286.S37 T53

Harvey, William B. and James Valadez, eds. Creating and Maintaining a Diverse Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994. LB 2332.6 .C74 1994

Henson, Kenneth T. Writing for Professional Publication: Keys to Academic and Business Success. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. PN 151 .H447 1999

Jarvis, D.K. Junior Faculty Development: A Handbook. New York: MLA Publications, 1991.

Schoenfeld, A. Clay and Robert Magnan. 1993. Mentor in a Manual: Climbing the Academic Ladder to Tenure. Madison, WI: Magna Publications, 1994. LB 2335.7 .S36 1994

Smedley, Christine S. et. al. Getting Your Book Published. Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications, 1993. PN 151 .S62 1993

Thyer, Bruce A. Successful Publishing in Scholarly Journals. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 1994. Z479 .T55 1994

Toth, Emily. Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1997. LB 2332.3 .T68 1997

Turner, Caroline Sotello Viernes and Samuel L. Myers, Jr., eds. Faculty of Color in Academe: Bittersweet Success. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. LB 2332.72 .T 87 2000

Whicker, Marcia Lynn, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, and Ruth Ann Strickland. Getting Tenure. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993. LB 2335.7.G48 1993

For the job search more specifically, see:

Broughton, Walter, and William Conlogue. "What Search Committees Want." Profession 2001. New York: MLA, 2001. 39-51.

Bugliani, Ann. "The MLA Job Interview: What Candidates Should Know." ADFL Bulletin 24.1 (Fall 1992): 38-39.

Golde, Chris M. "After the Offer, Before the Deal: Negotiating a First Academic Job. " Academe 85.1 (Jan-Feb 1999): 44-49.

Heiberger, Mary Morris and Julia Miller Vick. 1992. The Academic Job Search Handbook. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2001. LB 2331.72 .H45 2001

Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs and Marcia Lynn Whicker. Getting an Academic Job. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1997. LB 2332.72 .K76 1997

“Professionalization in Perspective.” (Report of the MLA Ad Hoc Committee on the Professionalization of PhDs.) Profession 2002: 187-210. Available at:
http://www.mla.org/resources/documents/professionalization

Rose, Suzanna and Mona J. E. Danner. "Money Matters: The Art of Negotiation for Women Faculty. " Arming Athena: Career Strategies for Women in Academe. Ed. Lynn H. Collins, Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. 157-86. LB 2332.3 .C38 1998

Showalter, English et. al. The MLA Guide to the Job Search. New York: MLA Publications, 1997. [order from MLA, 26 Broadway, NY, NY 10004; ISBN 0-87352-682-1 paperback, order # W333P, $10 ($8 for MLA members) + $3 S&H. You can also check out the MLA web site.] PB11 .C37 1996

Thomas, Trudelle. "Demystifying the Job Search: A Guide for Candidates." CCC 40 (1989): 312-27.