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Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Getting Started in Academia: Academia: What I Now Know, What I Now Know, Should Should Have Known, Have Known, and Wish I Could and Wish I Could Forget Forget (not (not necessarily in that order) necessarily in that order)

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Page 1: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

Mike BradyAssistant Professor

Boston College

Mike BradyAssistant Professor

Boston College

Getting Started in Academia:Getting Started in Academia:Getting Started in Academia:Getting Started in Academia:

What I Now Know, What I Now Know, Should Have Known, Should Have Known,

and Wish I Could and Wish I Could Forget Forget (not necessarily in that order)(not necessarily in that order)

What I Now Know, What I Now Know, Should Have Known, Should Have Known,

and Wish I Could and Wish I Could Forget Forget (not necessarily in that order)(not necessarily in that order)

Page 2: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

What I Should Have Known What I Should Have Known ChronologyChronology

What I Should Have Known What I Should Have Known ChronologyChronology

Stressed? Get used to it.

Interviewing:

Consider your obstacles

Know thyself

Your first semester is a wash.

Stressed? Get used to it.

Interviewing:

Consider your obstacles

Know thyself

Your first semester is a wash.

Page 3: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

What I Should Have Known What I Should Have Known ChronologyChronology

What I Should Have Known What I Should Have Known ChronologyChronology

Teaching someone else’s class makes

you a substitute teacher.

Remember what happens to them?

Tenure: have a plan and stick to it

Mixed messages

External focus

Teaching someone else’s class makes

you a substitute teacher.

Remember what happens to them?

Tenure: have a plan and stick to it

Mixed messages

External focus

Page 4: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

What I Now Know What I Now Know FrameworkFramework

What I Now Know What I Now Know FrameworkFramework

I am swoosh!

Build, maintain equity

The “Miketing mix”

4 “Mes”

Research, Teaching, Service x 2

I am swoosh!

Build, maintain equity

The “Miketing mix”

4 “Mes”

Research, Teaching, Service x 2

Manage ServicePromises

Page 5: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

ME TeachingResearch

Internal Service

External Service

Page 6: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

First Me: Internal ServiceFirst Me: Internal ServiceFirst Me: Internal ServiceFirst Me: Internal Service

Nice guys finish somewhere else. Doesn’t mean don’t do it.

Means you shouldn’t make your name that way.

Recruiting lets you reinvent yourself

Nice guys finish somewhere else. Doesn’t mean don’t do it.

Means you shouldn’t make your name that way.

Recruiting lets you reinvent yourself

Page 7: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

Second Me: External ServiceSecond Me: External ServiceSecond Me: External ServiceSecond Me: External Service

Good way to build equity. Research Service Find your place and make it home.

Good way to build equity. Research Service Find your place and make it home.

Page 8: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

Third Me: Teaching Third Me: Teaching Third Me: Teaching Third Me: Teaching

Becoming an assumption. Midway evals Debriefing I opt for the human approach.

Becoming an assumption. Midway evals Debriefing I opt for the human approach.

Page 9: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

Fourth Me: Research Fourth Me: Research Fourth Me: Research Fourth Me: Research

No better way to build long term equity. Danny’s view Three articles before tenure = One top tier article every two years... Biggest hurdle is first review.

Peer Review Copy editing

No better way to build long term equity. Danny’s view Three articles before tenure = One top tier article every two years... Biggest hurdle is first review.

Peer Review Copy editing

Page 10: Frontiers Consortium 2001 Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Mike Brady Assistant Professor Boston College Getting Started in Academia: What

Frontiers Consortium 2001

What I Wish I Could ForgetWhat I Wish I Could ForgetWhat I Wish I Could ForgetWhat I Wish I Could Forget

Nothing! Lest I am doomed to repetition. Overall, you’ve chosen an excellent

profession. Enjoy it!

Nothing! Lest I am doomed to repetition. Overall, you’ve chosen an excellent

profession. Enjoy it!