Helpful Handouts

Changing Jobs
Giving Up a Good Thing
Ready to Move

Community Colleges
Professors are Finding Better & More Freedom at Community Colleges
The Community College Job Search
The Two-Year Attraction

Dissertation
Dissertation Obstacles
How to Finish the Dissertation Without the Agony
How to Survive the Dissertation
If Dissertations Could Talk, What Would They Say
Should I Trust Him?
The Advisor/Student Relationship
The Role & Nature of the Doctoral Dissertation

Family/Kids
Expecting on the Tenure Track
Family Time: Why Some Women Quit Their Coveted Tenure-Track Jobs
Giving Birth in Graduate School
Having Children & The Academic Career
Newly Hired and Pregnant
Women Who Have Children Early in Careers Hurt Their Chances to Achieve Tenure

Fellowships
Dissertation Fellowships
Fellowships With "MONTH" Deadlines (Request Specific Months)
Frequently Asked Fellowship Questions
Minority Fellowships
Post-Doc Fellowships
The Fellowship/Grant Search
Travel Grants
Women's Fellowships

Miscellaneous
A Doctoral Dropouts Request for Closure
Grad School ABC's & D's
How Important are Letters of Recommendation
Postdocs for Humanities
If You Must Go to Grad School�Here's What to Consider Before You Pursue A Doctorate in the Humanities

Non-Academic Employment
The University as Nonacademic Employer
What Else Can I Do? And Other Frequent Questions

Proposal Writing & Funding Resources
Art of Writing Proposals
Debunking Some Myths About Grant Writing
Elements of A Successful Proposal
Fellowship & Funding Resources at the University of Chicago
How to Write A Fellowship Proposal (From Harvard)
Identifying A Site and Funding Source
Selected Funding For Primatology, Tropical Ecology, and Conservation
Strategies For Grants & Fellowships

Teaching & Academic Employment
Finding Useful Adjunct Jobs
For Some Adjunct Faculty Members, the Tenure Tract Holds Little Appeal
Getting Started as an Adjunct
How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Illinois Area Schools-Teaching Possibilities
Preparing for Campus Interviews
Preparing for Job Talk
Salvaging An Ego, and A Career
Teaching as a Scholarly Act
The Hiring Season
Tips for Teaching in & Around Chicago
Tips for the Academic Job Interview
Two Dozen Tips on Placement
What's your Philosophy on Teaching and Does it Matter
7 Principles For Good Practice In Undergraduate Education (For Faculty or Institutions)