Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. The Petty and the Profound What They Write to Ms. Mentor 1
5. Stewing in Graduate School 9
6. Foraging for an Academic job 43
7. love and Sex in Academia 68
8. You're Hired! Early Years in a Strange New World 94
9. The Fine and Quirky Art of Teaching 123
10. Working and Playing Well with Others 146
11. Questions Great and Small 175
12. Adjuncts 194
13. The Tenure Trek 207
14. What Is life After Tenure? 230
15. Are You the Retiring Type? 238
16. Daring to Create Your Own life 242
17. Ms. Mentor's Exemplary Bibliography 247
18. Index 257
19. Acknowledgments 266