Letters of recommendation

After I have agreed to write you letters of reference, please fill out and e-mail me this cover sheet for each new letter request. Your requests should be submitted at least 3 weeks before the letter is due.

Figuring out graduate school

• Blogs and fee-based services
  • theprofessorisin.com
  • Get a Life, PhD
  • National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity  (useful for graduate students as well as faculty – check to see if your campus has an institutional membership)
• Books
  • Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavior Sciences
  • Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
  • Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You’re Doing It
  • Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article
  • How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
  • The Professor is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job
  • Other online resources
    • Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks – forms
    • Vitae
• And a few of my own blog posts…
  • Academic Job Market Timeline
  • Publishing Your First Academic Article
  • How To: Applying to Give Conference Presentations
  • The Buddy System: The Best Thing I Learned in Preschool
  • Academics and the Creative Process
  • Write a Literature Review, Practice Innovation