Research skills to survive your graduate life
The handouts below are what I wrote up for a research seminar that I taught at the University of Georgia in Spring 2008. During my graduate training at UMass, I was very fortunate to get explicit training on how to establish yourself in the field. I plan to revise the handouts in the future, but since I get asked for those handouts some time, I make them available here:- How to find research topics
- How to write a good conference abstract
- How to write and handle journal reviews
- Preparing your CV
- Getting on a job market
Other handouts that may be helpful:
Tips for undergraduate students
- Applying for graduate schools
- If you have questions about enrollment, please contact Professor Paul de Lacy.
- If you would like to make an appointment, please let me know at least three days in advance . (I.e., "can we meet some time tomorrow?" doesn't usually work.
- I would be happy to write a recommendation letter for you, but I need to know you well to write a letter. Please try to talk to me as much as possible. Taking more than one class, or working with me as an undergraduate research assistant, gives me a good idea of what to write in a letter. When it comes to letter-writing, you'd also need to make an appointment with me, and at that occasion, I ask you to give me your application packet including your CV and personal statement.
- If you want to go to a graduate school, having some real research experience definitely helps. Check out the Aresty program website for your research opportunities at Rutgers.
Courses taught
Rutgers- A graduate seminar (on interfaces)
- An undergraduate introduction to phonetics
- An undergraduate introduction to linguistics
- A graduate seminar (advanced phonetics & phonology, plus research skills)
- A graduate introduction to phonetics
- A graduate introduction to phonology
- The Structure of Japanese
- An introduction to linguistics