Biblio from PSU

The following list was compiled by Angela Linse, Director of PSU's Teaching Center.

New Faculty References

• Boice, Robert (2000) Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

• Bakken, Jeffrey P., and Simpson, Cynthia G. (2011) A Survival Guide for New Faculty Members: Outlining the Keys to Success for Promotion and Tenure. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas.

• Crone, Wendy C. (2010) Survive and Thrive: A Guide for Untenured Faculty. San Rafael, CA: Morgan & Claypool.

• Davidson, Clifford, and Ambrose, Susan A. (1994) The New Professor's Handbook: A Guide to Teaching and Research in Engineering and Science. Bolton, Massachusetts: Anker Publishing.

• Gray, Paul, and David E. Drew (2008) What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

• Hostetler, Karl D., McLaran Sawyer, R., and Prichard, Keith W., editors, (2001) The Art and Politics of College Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor, 2nd edition. New York: Peter Lang Pub.

• Lange, James M., (2005) Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

• Lenning, Emily, Brightman, Sara, and Caringella, Susan (2011) A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia: Navigating the Rites of Passage. New York: Routledge,

• Lucas, Christopher J., and Murry, John W. (2011) New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners, 3rd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Menges, Robert J. (1999) Faculty in New Jobs: A Guide to Settling in, Becoming Established, and Building Institutional Support. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

• Neumann, Anna (2009) Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

New Faculty and New to Teaching

• Davis, Barbara Gross (2009) Tools for Teaching, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Finkel, Donald (2000) Teaching with Your Mouth Shut. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.

• Lang, James M. (2008) On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

• Lieberg, Carolyn (2008) Teaching Your First College Class: A Practical Guide for New Faculty and Graduate Student Instructors. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

• McGlynn, Angela Provitera (2001) Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging Your Students from the First Day. Madison, WI: Atwood.

• Rotenberg, R. (2006). The Art and Craft of College Teaching: A Guide for New Professors and Graduate Students. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

• Svinicki, Marilla, and McKeachie, Wilbert (2011) McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers, 13th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Useful for Grad Professional development

• Colvin, Geoff (2008) Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else. Boston: Nicholas Brealey.

• Coyle, Daniel (2009) The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. New York: Bantam Books.

• Gibson, Gerald. W. (1992) Good Start: A Guidebook for New Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges. Bolton, Massachusetts: Anker Publishing.

• Gladwell, Malcolm (2008) Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Little, Brown.

• Gray, Paul, and David E. Drew (2008) What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

• Hostetler, Karl D., McLaran Sawyer, R., and Prichard, Keith W., editors, (2001) The Art and Politics of College Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor, 2nd edition. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

• Jones, Thomas B. (2006) The Missing Professor: An Academic Mystery. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

• Leamnson, Michael (1999) Thinking about Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

• McGlynn, Angela Provitera (2001). Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging Your Students from the First Day. Madison, WI: Atwood.

• Neumann, Anna (2009) Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

• Sowers, Karen (formerly Sowers-Hoag) (1998) Finding an Academic Job. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Twale, Darla J., and DeLuca, Barbara M. (2008) Faculty Incivility: The Rise of the Academic Bully Culture and What to Do About It. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Vesilind, P. Aarne (2000) So You Want to be a Professor? A Handbook for Graduate Students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Willingham, Daniel T. (2009) Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for Your Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

• VanZanten, Susan (2011) Joining the Mission: A Guide for (Mainly) New College Faculty. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans.