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Professional Development Books
My second book on Navigating Tenure and Beyond : A Guide for Early Career Faculty can be purchased through the AMS book store – Click here.
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My first book on Navigating Graduate School and Beyond can be purchased through AGU/Wiley – Click here.
Sundar A. Christopher, Ph.D.
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Recent Posts
- Preparing for a Research Assistantship Interview
- A must read – if you are an international student
- A thesis versus a non-thesis option in graduate school
- My Fall 2021 course is ending – Take away points
- 2021 is almost coming to an end
- It’s the start of the semester and time management is already becoming an issue
- How to stay focused with online classes
- My first ever “asynchronous” class just finished – Fall 2020
- My 1 credit Professional Development course is now online
- Making the most of those college lectures
- Nostalgia – My early graduate school days in South Dakota
- From decision making to transitioning and succeeding in graduate school
- When team dynamics is more important than a promotion (with pay raise)
- Your high-achieving sibling is going away to a 4 year University
- When life gets in the way of research productivity
- Early Career Faculty Advice – Dealing with UG Students – Tips for International Faculty
- Focusing during COVID-19
- Take care of your Program of Study
- Dealing with a difficult adviser in the final stages of your dissertation
- AMS releases my second book
- Fall Semester – Are you ready for grad school?
- Will the next generation enter academia?
- For the parent of a graduate student
- I am almost there with my second book
- Graduate School Goals for January
- The Wandering adviser
- Professional Ethics for the Graduate Student
- Finishing your Ph.D. dissertation – The final stages and preplanning
- It’s time to move on
- For the Early Career faculty member : The biggest picture
- "I believe that you the student have an excellent seed within you called potential. Through hard work and the right preparation, you can succeed at whatever you put your mind to. I have seen students who, through sheer determination and hard work, outshine some who were 'talented.' Preparation and hard work seems to be the greatest equalizer."
Navigating Graduate School and Beyond 