Being a Graduate Student

Here are some on-line resources that I found useful during my time in graduate school, or that have been useful for the current and prospective graduate students I've advised since then.

• Networking on the Network  Highly recommended discussion of using the Internet as more than just "the world's largest departmental coffee room"
• Teaching the Classics (Brown Classical Journal Supplement)  Highly recommended papers on teaching
• Academic Job Application Checklist  First of three very useful pages on the job market:  this checklist, advice on job interviews, and some sample interview questions.  Written by an American History professor but more widely applicable.
• EN 934  Syllabus and notes for the Advanced Research Colloquium in BC's English department:  how to become a professional humanities scholar.  The notes on giving conference papers are particularly good.
• How to Be a Good Graduate Student   Essay with suggestions for keeping research on track and maintaining a good relationship with one's advisor
• Survival in the Academy, originally from the computer science department at Indiana. Although the page no longer seems to be at IU, there's a copy at Cal Tech. Includes "The Assistant Professor's Guide to the Galaxy."
• Graduate Education in Classics  Some notes from the 1994 APA Presidential Forum and associated discussions;  has been "under construction" for three years, though.
• Tomorrow's Professor  Home page and archive for an email news service supplying articles about the professorial profession.
• How to Write a PhD Thesis  Practical tips and encouragement for the Big Project
• Preparing Future Faculty, a project aiming to transform the way PhD students are prepared for faculty careers
• NACADA, the National Academic Advising Assocation  See links, graduate school;  includes links to program ratings and commercial university info sites
• ASGS,the Association for Support of Graduate Students  A support organization for graduate students
• The Chronicle of Higher Education  Weekly newspaper for faculty and administrators; some of the web version is freely available but much is restricted to subscribers.
• APA Positions for Classicists  Main page for the APA/AIA placement service, also available from the APA home page
• APA Professional Matters Division, which publishes statistics on the job market in classics every year
• Piled Higher and Deeper Comics, a comic strip about life in graduate school.