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Success in Publishing

This comprehensive guide explores essential strategies for publishing research as students and junior faculty. It covers the nuances of identifying reputable journals, understanding the publishing landscape, and enhancing your scholarly profile. Learn how to effectively revise your dissertation for publication, develop meaningful relationships with faculty mentors, and navigate the challenges of balancing teaching and research. Gain insights into e-journals versus conventional publishing and discover how to articulate your role as a scholar. Equip yourself for a successful academic career with these expert tips.

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Success in Publishing

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  1. Success in Publishing Preparing Future Faculty – March 7, 2012

  2. Publishing Your Research as Students • Conducting Research • Know the top journals and presses in your field • What kind of research do those journals and presses tend to publish? What methods are theories are the editors partial to? How is the venue regarded in the field? • Identifying your areas of interest • Be broad in awareness and content mastery • What are your specific areas of interests, and what are their correlates? • Developing your scholarly profile • Articulate and affirm your role as a scholar/teacher • What are the expectations in your field? How can you best position yourself for a post-doc or for the job market?

  3. Publishing Your Dissertation • The best dissertations as future books • Explore engaging topics • Show unparalleled awareness and offer incomparable analyses of current scholarship • “Deepen or clarify a new direction in scholarship” • “Correct a misconception in a debate” • “Reframe a debate on alternative, new terms” (Shinn) • Writing to Finish vs Writing to Publish: What’s the difference? • Scope • Style • Revising the dissertation: What’s the best option? • For book chapters or articles • For a monograph or scholarly book

  4. Student/Faculty Publications • Develop meaningful professional relationships with faculty mentors • Read their publications • Talk to them about the research process • Alert them that you are interested in publishing • Accept assignments that might lead to a publication • Read broadly • Inquire about being a second author • Understand the politics of co-authored publications

  5. Publishing Your Research as Junior Faculty • Publishing while teaching • Develop good scholarly habits • Be self-disciplined • Join/Start a writing/research/reading group • Nurture the teaching/scholarship exchange • Promotion and tenure criteria • Ask for these before accepting a job offer • Number of publications required • “Quality” of publications expectations • Find a mentor • Plan ahead

  6. E-journals vs Conventional Publishing • Know what’s acceptable in your field, by your school • Know where the cutting-edge scholarship is being published • Be able to defend your choice to publish in an e-journal

  7. “To Thine Own Self Be True” • The life of the mind • The life of the scholar • Scholarship that matters • Animate the classroom • Solve problems

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