I'll be teaching a noncredit course on "professional skills" this
semester, scheduled for the Wednesdays that the social prosem is not
being held. Here is a preview of the course contents:
A prototypical career in outline, from post doc to full professor.
Background reading:
Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists (1998), National
Research Council
The University: An Owner’s Manual (1990), H. Rosovsky
Common stumbling blocks.
Background reading:
The Compleat Academic (1987), M. Zanna & J. Darley
Your muse: Choosing research projects
Background reading:
Advice to a Young Scientist (1979), P.Medawar
Writing
Background reading:
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions in Writing and Life (1994), A. Lamott
How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation (19??), D. Sternberg
Funding
Background reading:
Material from NIH, NSF and Foundation web pages
Sample proposals and reviews
Topics we wish were irrelevant: sexism, racism, idea-stealing, and
fraud.
Background reading:
Everyday Racism (2000), A. Barnes
Why So Slow? (1998), V. Valian
A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT
On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research (1995) Nat’l Acad. Press
As soon as I get the social prosem dates, I will announce the meeting
dates for this noncredit class. Time and place will most likely
be 4-6
in the CCN seminar room.
Martha
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Martha J. Farah
Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Bob and Arlene Kogod Term Professor of Psychology
3720 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6196
(215) 573-3531 (ph), (215) 898-1982 (fax)
http://psych.upenn.edu/~mfarah/
http://ccn.upenn.edu
http://neuroethics.upenn.edu