Additional Topics – Research: a Practical Handbook

Generation, iteration, reflection

Core elements of successful research. An article which addresses explicitly some of the underlying themes in this series.

This article explores three core elements of successful research. They tie together many of the other articles, and they are foundational to my research practice. If you’ve read several handbook articles and you’re looking for deeper connections, you’re ready to read this one.

Reference letters

A practical guide for writing letters, aimed at the faculty who write them.

How should you write reference letters for students? A quick and practical guide.

Academic job talks

An introduction to the genre of job talks, and how to make a great one.

Academic job talks are their own special genre of talk, and it’s worth learning how to do them well.

Job interviews

The flow of a typical flyout visit in a physics department and issues to look for.

Who hires physics education researchers into faculty positions, what do they say they are looking for, and what are they really looking for? There are lots of places that hire physics education researchers for lots of things. In this article, I want to address faculty jobs at US institutions, primarily tenure-track or long-term visting assistant professors.

Negotiating a faculty job

What to think about when you’ve got an offer.

So, you got a job offer in the physics department at the University of Someplace (UoS). Congratulations! Here are some tips about negotiating.