From Student to Professor

Carol A. Mullen, PhD, is professor and chair of educational leadership and cultural foundations at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She has won awards for excellence in teaching and research, and is an internationally known scholar in mentoring and graduate education. Mullen is the co-author of Educational Leadership at 2050: Conjectures, Challenges, and Promises and author of Climbing the Himalayas of School Leadership: The Socialization of Early Career Administrators.

List of Figures
Foreword by Dale L. Brubaker
Acknowledgments
Preface: Knocking on the Academy’s Door
Introduction: Inside the Academy’s Doors

Part I: Getting Started: Strategies and Options
1Creating Mentoring Maps of the Academy
2Seeking Help from Program Faculty and Peers
3Finding Out about Resources and Opportunities

Part II: Becoming Immersed: Relating and Learning
4Making Every Minute and Day Count
5Joining Mentoring Networks and Programs
6Practicing Mutuality and Reciprocity

Part III: Emerging Prepared: Networks and Markets
7Gaining Disseminating and Publishing Skills
8Overcoming Job Marketing Obstacles
9Executing Resilient Mentoring Agendas
10Digital Networking as an Academic Entrepreneur

Postscript: Closing the Academy’s Door

Appendixes
Appendix A: Program Do’s for Thesis/Dissertation Writers
Appendix B: Reflecting Student Input in a Faculty Supporting Letter
Appendix C: Initiating Communications with Graduate Program Committee
Appendix D: Documenting Changes on a Graduate Defense Form
Appendix E: Listing Amendments on a Dissertation/Thesis Review Form
Appendix F: Cover Letter Accompanying Manuscript Submission
Appendix G: Summary of Changes Accompanying Reworked Paper
Appendix H: Brief Review of a Paper Submitted to a Journal
Appendix I: Cover Letter for an Assistant Professor Position

References and Resources (print and nonprint)
Index
About the Author