1. SETTING UP: Your First Few Months (and Beyond)
2. ORGANIZING A RESEARCH TEAM
3. SUPERVISING PEOPLE: A General Overview
4. KEEPING UP: Communicating with Your Team
5. TEACHING CLASSES
6. SERVICE: The Time Sink
7. INTERACTIONS
8. STAYING COMPETITIVE: Building Your CV and Experience
9. KEEPING UP WITH THE "REST OF LIFE"
APPENDIX 1: Rules of the Laboratory
APPENDIX 2: Authorship Policy
APPENDIX 3: Graduate Student Expectations Handout
APPENDIX 4: Hypothetical One-on-One Graduate Student Weekly Meeting
Agenda
APPENDIX 5: Laboratory Projects List
Mohamed Noor is the Earl D. McLean Professor and Associate Chair of
Biology at Duke University. Having earned his Ph.D. (Ecology and
Evolution) in 1996 from the University of Chicago, he did
postdoctoral work at Cornell. He joined the Department of
Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University in 1998 as an
Assistant Professor and held an adjunct appointment in Womenâ$e s
and Gender Studies. In 2005, he joined the faculty at Duke.
Supported from the outset of his career with continuous NSF and/or
NIH funding, his research in evolutionary genetics focuses on the
formation of new species and molecular evolution. Dr. Noor has
received numerous research-related
awards, including the prestigious Darwin-Wallace Medal from the
Linnean Society of London. He is currently President of the
American Genetic Association (2012) and has served in an editorial
capacity for nine different journals. At Duke, he is Chair of the
University Provost's Advisory Committee on Appointments, Promotion,
and Tenure. Despite these commitments, Dr. Noor is a tireless
advocate and mentor for his students and lab members. In 2010, he
received the Dean's Award for Excellence in
Mentoring. Having negotiated his own balance between personal life
(he is married with two school-age children) and the myriad
responsibilities of a faculty position, he offers in this
reader-friendly
handbook invaluable experience and insights for new faculty.
"In this guide, Noor, a distinguished teacher, researcher, and
mentor in his own right, hones in on exactly what busy new science
faculty need to know in their first year on the job. The book is
short (96 pages), and a quick read. The layout of each chapter is
easy on the eyes with multiple subtitles, lists of key points, and
key ideas in each paragraph highlighted and bolded. [This volume
offers] solid, just-in-time strategies and practices extensively
tested
through the author's personal experience and mentoring of new
faculty. You're Hired! Now What? is the perfect getting started
manual for STEM graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and
new
faculty."
--Mary Deane Sorcinelli, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"Expectations in academic positions range from a focus almost
entirely on research to exclusively teaching, with virtually every
possible combination in between. Regardless of the type of position
one ultimately accepts, the first few months and years are likely
similar. Managing time and juggling numerous new responsibilities
takes on new meaning. You're Hired! Now What? attempts to tackle
some of these issues. Although not exhaustive (which this book
is not intended to be), I found the book very informative and have
begun implementing some of the suggested strategies myself. This
book has forced me to re-evaluate how I approach several facets of
my job. In
all, I feel this book should find a place on the bookshelf of all
faculty (new and seasoned). Furthermore, this book could serve as a
useful complement to any faculty preparation course, but
particularly those in the sciences."
--Matthew E. Gifford, Ecology
"Not every conservation biologist goes into academia, but for those
who recently have this book will flatten your learning curve."
--Conservation Biology
"Reading this book feels much like having a friendly faculty mentor
answering your initial questions about the myriad responsibilities
of a new professor."
--Jamie Schwendinger-Schreck, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
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