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Advice for New Professors

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New Professor Best Practices


What I Wish I Knew as a New Professor

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8 Professors: "The 1 Thing I Wish I Had Known"


Tips for New Faculty

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Tips in 9 Categories (Arizona)
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New Faculty Advice (NYU)

7 Deadly Mistakes New Professors Make

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Time Management for New Faculty 

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Time Management Tips for New Faculty

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Anatassia Ailamaki (Carnegie Mellon)

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Johannes Gehrke (Cornell)

The Productive Professor Panel (Duke)



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9 Tips for Success (Nebraska)


Useful Resources from Other Professors

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Best Practices from New Profs at UNC

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Transition from Student to Professor




Starting Strong in the Classroom

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Career Talk

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 Advice for Most Fields

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The Transition from Graduate Student to Assistant Professor

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A Year in the Life of 3 New Professors
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Lisa Jarvis (Bard)

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Your First Year on the Tenure Track
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Karen Kelsky (Illinois)




Tips on Moving, Marriage, and Money for New Professors

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Moving

​Some Things to Know Before You Move

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Good general moving tips at North American Van Lines

1. Know your relocation package
2. Get reimbursed for ALL moving
3. Relocation tax implications
4. Ask about Housing Programs
​5. Prepare your family

Money


Five (of 10) Vital Financial Tips for New Faculty

1.Negotiate a package, not salary.
2. 
Don't upgrade too much
3. Use 403(b) or 401(k) fully
4.  Rethink buying a house.
5. Call a financial planner.
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Inga China (Cal State - Northridge)

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Academics Only blog (Tip #30)


Marriage

Thoughts on Marriage and Partnerships

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What Others Experience

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web.archive.org/web/20200910220529/https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-ideas/newlywed-stressNewlywed Stress Redux

  • Have open and honest lines of communication
  • Get on the same page in regards to finances.
  • Accept and understand your partner's personality
  • Make your marriage your own
  • Don’t stress over mistakes.​
  • Create boundaries.
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Jenn Sinrich

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Share Your Insights and Ideas

What have you created or found that's been useful and could be helpful for other PhD students, new professors, or independent scholars?  ​
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  • A pdf handout on teaching 
  • Tips on surviving grad school
  • Favorite career-advice articles
  • A paper submission checklist 
  • A list of inspirational quotes
  • A productivity aid you use
  • ​​​​The goal-setting system you use
  • Your most useful go-to websites
  • Helpful academic How-to articles
  • A method to keep perspective or manage stress

​Send an email to [email protected] if you have something you think would be useful to share with others on this website, or if you have ideas on how to make this more useful to you or your students.

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