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First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
List of contents
Preface; Chapter 1 Career Paths in Academia: No Single Route to Success, Peter A. Keller; Chapter 2 Psychology and Community College Teaching: Helping People in Context, Ann E. Garrett Robinson; Chapter 3 You Take the High Road, I'll Take the Low Road: A Satisfying Career at a Small State University, Stephen F. Davis; Chapter 4 An Unconventional Career Path in Teaching and Neuropsychology, Antonio E. Puente; Chapter 5 Reflections on the Richness of a Small College Career, Samuel M. Cameron; Chapter 6 An Academic Odyssey: Experiences in a Small College and a Major Research University, Ludy T. Benjamin Jr.; Chapter 7 The Rhythms and Serendipity of an Academic Life, Baron Perlman; Chapter 8 A Midcareer Perspective: Big City to Small University Town, Patricia Keith-Spiegel; Chapter 9 Of People, Places, and Trees: A Varied Career in Counseling Psychology, Ursula Delworth; Chapter 10 The Evolution of a Feminist Psychologist, Advocate, and Scholar, Nancy Felipe Russo; Chapter 11 Playing the Hand That's Dealt You: My Life and Times (So Far) as a Psychologist, Robert Perloff; Chapter 12 Building Safe Environments for Children and Families: The Integration of Research Teaching, and Public Service, Gary B. Melton; Chapter 13 Change, Persistence, and Enthusiasm for Ethnic Research, Stanley Sue; Chapter 14 The Autobiography of a Social Psychologist: Scholarship, Advocacy, and Leadership, Dalmas A. Taylor;
About the author
Peter A. Keller
Summary
This text contains the autobiographies of 13 psychologists who work in academic settings. It covers their diverse experiences in their specializations and in the academic institution from which they come.
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"...a reader will experience quite an array of professional activities that psychologists in various academic settings engage in....the most striking aspect of these essays is the remarkable heterogeneity of job challenges that academic psychologists have available. There is not a single activity described in Academic Paths that my intuition would not allow me to pursue....if I were an undergraduate or graduate student with eclectic intellectual interests, who wished a career that offered almost total freedom to follow one's passions and dreams, I would find Academic Paths almost irresistable."—Contemporary Psychology"...should be required reading for all graduate students contemplating a career in academic psychology. The book shows the diversity of career paths within academia, as well as the satisfactions and tribulations of academic life. I plan to recommend the book to all our graduate students, and expect many other faculty who read the book will do the same. Indeed, the book is entertaining even for faculty members, and may give them ideas on how to liven up and expand their careers."—Robert J. SternbergYale University
