The Compleat Academic: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Social Scientist [Hardcover]

Mark P. Zanna (Editor), John M. Darley (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0805800190 | ISBN-13: 978-0805800197 | Publication Date: December 1, 1986 | Edition: 1

This volume is a collection of information about the concerns and problems of the beginning social scientist in the academic and nonacademic world. Covering topics from the senior graduate student's job search to the assistant professor's research and teaching experiences, this book serves as an official introduction to the "rules of the academic game."

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...helps graduate students negotiate the treacherous path to becoming successful academics....Professors should buy the book as gifts for their students, and department chairpersons should buy it for their beginning assistant professors.
—Contemporary Psychology

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Psychology Press; 1 edition (December 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805800190
• ISBN-13: 978-0805800197
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,198,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars definitely worth buying, July 19, 2005

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E. A. Kelley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide (Paperback)

I was a little disappointed with the depth of the coverage given to the job-search process (probably because that's my main focus right now), but I still think that this book will come in very handy in the future. If you are a psychology major thinking about grad school, a psychology graduate student, or a psychology professor at the beginning of their career, this book has a lot of useful information. There are some missing data spots, but no book is perfect of course.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No Table of Contents??, September 8, 2011

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Marcus Strom "MJS" (AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide (Kindle Edition)

The content of this book is excellent and knowledge well understood by the author.
But the 1-star is for lack of appropriate Kindle set-up of this book: There is NO Table of Contents for navigation! This makes navigating this book awful, especially if you like to jump chapters. You have to flip pages constantly or use the slider to GUESS the beginning of a chapter. And the useless "screen count" never helps with this.
The fact that I paid MORE then the paperback version was the ultimate insult. I want my money back OR an updated version WITH a functional table of contents please!!

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A research psychologist's bible, March 14, 2006

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Anna Berlin "Anna B." (Athens, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide (Paperback)

This book is a must have for anyone in or considering a career in academia as a psychologist. It offers wonderful perspectives for what you should and should not do at all stages of your academic career. As a psychology grad student, I am recommending it to all of my peers. I could not be happier with this book. It is a wonderful source of professional guidance and inspiration.