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What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Academic Job Interview, Part IV: The Negotiation

This entry is part 11 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

If you’re reading this post, you’ve hopefully gotten a formal offer of employment from the university of your choice. If not, hang in there. Job searches can be a long and strange process for everyone involved. Even if you’ve not heard from the university in longer than you’d like, don’t despair quite yet. Sometimes it can take a while to

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Academic Job Interview, Part III: The Campus Interview

This entry is part 12 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

If you’re still reading these posts after part one (getting the interview) and part two (the phone interview), then chances are that you’re (at least) hopeful that you’ll get an on-campus interview. The campus interview is where you’ll have a chance to shine (or crash and burn), a chance to kick the tires on the institution and your potential colleagues,

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Academic Job Interview, Part II: The Phone Interview

This entry is part 13 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

If you read my previous posts and followed the advice, you’ve undoubtedly been inundated with offers to interview. Okay, maybe inundated is a bit strong; it’s a tough job market out there. But, hopefully, a few of your preferred universities have reached out to you and asked if you’d be willing to conduct a phone interview with them. This is

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Academic Job Interview, Part I: Getting the Interview

This entry is part 14 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

If you followed my previous advice on how to make yourself competitive for employment, you’re ready to find gainful employment. Congratulations! Now I’d like to give you some practical advice on navigating the job search experience so that you can learn to sniff out the good jobs and have them offered to you. First, let’s start with the application process,

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Writing the Introduction of Your Manuscript for the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

This entry is part 15 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

The introduction of a manuscript is often the least exciting and most maligned section of them all. I admit that it’s my least favorite to write, simply because so many of my articles address similar topics, and I often struggle to present the justification for each new study on a topic (such as obesity in youth) in a new and

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Building a Global Research Network

This entry is part 16 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

I have been fortunate throughout my career to work with a series of excellent collaborators, who have each enhanced my work in many different ways. Over the last five years, I have had the distinct pleasure of working with an ever-expanding group of international collaborators, which has been an exceptionally enriching experience. The benefits of international collaboration are numerous, as

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Designing University Writing Assignments to Foster Interest in Public Health Issues and Build Professional Skills

This entry is part 17 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

There is a documented decline in the US public health workforce, from 220 per 100,000 population in 1980 to 158 workers per 100,000 population in 2000. It is estimated that nearly 740,000 additional public health workers are needed to get back to the 200 workers per 100,000 population by 2020. Yet we are at a time when public health is

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Choosing a Team and Being an Academic Team Player: Part II

This entry is part 18 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

One of the biggest challenges for potential doctoral students and junior faculty members is finding a productive team that will support them in their scholarly endeavors and help them grow professionally. For doctoral students and other trainees (such as postdoctoral fellows), choosing the right program and mentor can be overwhelming, and the ramifications of choosing incorrectly can be significant and

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Choosing an Academic Team and Being a Team Player: Part I

This entry is part 19 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

One of the biggest challenges for potential doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty members is finding a productive team that will support them in their scholarly endeavors and help them grow professionally. For doctoral students and other trainees, choosing the right program and mentor can be overwhelming, and the ramifications of choosing incorrectly can be significant and long lasting.

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Achieving Balance Through Work-Life Integration

This entry is part 20 of 35 in the series The Scholarship of Public Health

I’ve often mused that the benefit of technology is that you can work anywhere, but the downside of technology is that you can work anywhere. With a few connected devices and a good IT person, we can now be as productive from a coffee shop, automotive dealership, airport, or countless other locations as we can be at our desk. I

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