Cascade Books Prepare, succeed, advance, second edition, hardcover/nijay k. gupta

What if you had a guidebook that you could turn to at each stage of your academic journey to help you navigate through the process of getting a Ph D in Biblical Studies and succeeding in the academic world? This book is precisely intended to fill that need.

From theory to practice, you will find discussions and answers to the most pertinent and pressing questions that prospective and current doctoral students are faced with: How do I choose a program? How can I gain admission into an elite program? How do I choose a research topic? Alongside the big questions about the process, there are also a host of smaller matters: How do I publish an article? What conferences are out there in my field? Where do I start looking for a job? How do I get teaching experience? How do I write a syllabus? This guidebook tackles all of these questions and many more in three parts: Prepare focuses on getting into a Ph D program; Succeed guides you through the doctoral program, especially the writing of the dissertation; and Advance treats issues that relate to success in the academic world such as conference participation, publishing, employment, and best practices in teaching.

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION Gupta has kindly provided me a book version of an academic mentor.

In a time when many professors are busy, Gupta walks the extra mile and makes himself present not only in person to those near him, but also in writing for those like me.

I can't thank him enough --Natan B.

de Carvalho, College Student Dr.

Gupta's book offered indispensable advice for me as I applied for Ph D programs, completed my thesis, and applied for (and secured) tenure-track jobs.

I am grateful for his service to the guild --Madison N.

Pierce, Assistant Professor in New Testament, TEDS Having started seminary about a year after the first edition appeared, I was able to use Gupta's abundance of clear-headed advice to build a path to doctoral study.

I can see, as a student in a first-tier Ph D program,.