A Field Guide to Grad School, Jessica McCrory Calarco
A Field Guide to Grad School, Jessica McCrory Calarco
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A Field Guide to Grad School
Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum

Author: Jessica McCrory Calarco

Narrator: Marie Jenkins

Unabridged: 13 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/11/2023


Synopsis

An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad school

Some of the most important things you need to know in order to succeed in graduate school—like how to choose a good advisor, how to get funding for your work, and whether to celebrate or cry when a journal tells you to revise and resubmit an article—won't be covered in any class. They are part of a hidden curriculum that you are just expected to know or somehow learn on your own—or else. In this comprehensive survival guide for grad school, Jessica McCrory Calarco walks you through the secret knowledge and skills that are essential for navigating every critical stage of the postgraduate experience, from deciding whether to go to grad school in the first place to finishing your degree and landing a job. An invaluable resource for every prospective and current grad student in any discipline, A Field Guide to Grad School will save you grief—and help you thrive—in school and beyond.

Provides invaluable advice about how to: choose and apply to a graduate program; stay on track in your program; publish and promote your work; get the most out of conferences; navigate the job market; and balance teaching, research, service, and life.

About Jessica McCrory Calarco

Jessica McCrory Calarco is associate professor of sociology at Indiana University and the author of Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School. She has written for the Atlantic and Inside Higher Ed, and her work has been featured in the New York Times, Time, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, and on BBC Radio and NPR.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adora on August 08, 2020

bless this author, seriously This book is helpful from a "how to" perspective; it's also a riveting commentary on how much of academia is premised on exclusion. I appreciated Calarco's call to deans, professors, department chairs and others with the power to change things to "uncover the hidden curri......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on June 27, 2022

I guess we'll see how helpful this actually was when I start classes come fall--but it felt very helpful, and makes me feel like I'm going in with my eyes open. I think this would also be a great read for someone who is considering grad school and not sure if it would be a good fit.......more

Goodreads review by Matt on October 26, 2023

A helpful reference text to check in at various stages of the journey. I'm sure I'll be selectively returning to sections of this as I proceed.......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on May 09, 2021

An absolute must-read for anyone pursuing a graduate degree.......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on February 29, 2024

Anyone even thinking about grad school (at all levels) needs to read this book. It allowed me to realize all the things I didn’t even realize I needed to ask.......more