Success in Graduate School

Useful websits and documents, regarding how to succeed in Graduate School.

 

Graduate resources

http://www.gradresources.org

Networking on the network: A guide to professional skills for PhD students.

http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/network.html#section10

Adviser, teacher, role model, friend. On being a mentor to students in science and engineering.

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/mentor/

Several interesting articles about graduate school, including burnout, emotional difficulties, advisor-student relation, and reflections on success

http://gradschool.about.com/cs/transitions/

ETS collection of reports on the predictors of success in graduate school, the selection of appropriate performance outcomes, etc.

http://www.gre.org/respredict.html

Characteristics of "graduate school superstars" Practical suggestions.

http://www.psychwww.com/careers/suprstar.htm

Noncognitive predictors of success among international students

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/..../Sedlacek/187.htm

Procrastination, perfectionism and motivation

http://chat.carleton.ca/~jlalonde/Group/socialanxiety.htm

Some funny articles and useful advice on graduate school, research, advisors, etc.

http://www.cs.umbc.edu/www/graduate/info.html

Seven steps to success in grad school

http://www-dsp.rice.edu/~richb/success.html

http://www.gradresources.org/articles/prof_grad.shtml

Women in science

http://mccammon.ucsd.edu/~hcarlson/Women.htm

Graduate school survival guide

http://www-smi.stanford.edu/people/pratt/smi/advice.html

Tips for advisors and students
http://graduate.louisville.edu/mentorhandbook.htm

How to get the mentoring you want

http://www.rackham.umich.edu/...../contents.html

Career Network from the Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/jobs/

Getting an academic job

http://www.apsanet.org/jobplc/jobs/essays.cfm

Interviewing for academic jobs

http://www.cpp.umich.edu/...../acadintv.htm

Tips for academic interviewing, dual career situations

http://www.mills.edu/...../job-search/job.html

Academic job search information

http://gradschool.about.com/cs/publishing/index.htm

Preparing a teaching portfolio

http://www.virginia.edu/~psych/tps.html

UF teaching resources

http://www.ucet.ufl.edu/FacOrient/evaluation.htm

Grant writing

http://www.theresearchassistant.com/tutorial/index.asp

http://trc.virginia.edu/Publications/Grants.htm

Funding sources

Publishing advice

http://gradschool.about.com/cs/publishing/index.htm

 
Writing

http://www.psychology.org/links/Resources/Writing/

http://ai.about.com/msub_writing.htm

Writing a vita

http://psych.hanover.edu/handbook/vita2.html

Methods and stats courses at UF

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/martinez/ssmethods.htm

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Contacts

Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Jane Southworth  jsouthwo@geog.ufl.edu

Graduate Secretary: Desiree Price dprice@geog.ufl.edu