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Work Your Career

Get What You Want from Your Social Sciences or Humanities PhD

by (author) Loleen Berdahl & Jonathan Malloy

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
May 2018
Category
Higher, Professional Development

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487594268
    Publish Date
    May 2018
    List Price
    $37.95

  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487594275
    Publish Date
    May 2018
    List Price
    $76.00

  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487594282
    Publish Date
    May 2018
    List Price
    $22.95

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Description

Work Your Career shows PhD students how to use the unique opportunities of doctoral programs to build successful career outcomes. The authors encourage students to consider both academic and non-academic career options from the outset, and to prepare for both concurrently. The book presents a systematic mentoring program full of practical advice for social sciences and humanities PhD students in Canada.

About the authors

Loleen Berdahl is the Director of Research at the Canada West Foundation. Dr. Berdahl's particular research interests include urban policy, regionalism and federalism.  In 2001 and 2003, Dr. Berdahl directed the Looking West surveys, western Canada's largest-ever public opinion survey. Dr. Berdahl has co-authored two books, Mindscapes: Political Ideologies Toward the Twenty-First Century (1996, with Roger Gibbins), and Explorations: A Navigator's Guide to Quantitative Research in Political Science (1998, with Keith Archer and Roger Gibbins).

Loleen Berdahl's profile page

Jonathan Malloy is a professor of political science and the Honourable Dick and Ruth Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy at Carleton University.

Jonathan Malloy's profile page

Awards

  • Winner, Loleen Berdahl awarded the CPSA Prize for Teaching Excellence

Editorial Reviews

"Work Your Career is a breath of fresh air, in that it is directed not only at scholars pursuing academic careers but also at those who may be struggling and may face a decision that leads them towards what is often regarded as a non-traditional route outside of academia."

Canadian Journal of Political Science 1-3

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