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Books for Academic Writers

how to write a lotHow to Write a Lot by Paul Silvia

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writing your journal article in 12 weeksWriting Your Journal Article In Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success by Wendy Belcher

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professors as writersProfessors As Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive
Writing
by Robert Boice

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Book: The Work Of WritingThe Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals by Elizabeth Rankin

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writingYourDissertation in 15 Minutes Day Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minute a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis by Joan Bolker

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Air Light Time spaceAir and Light and Time and Space: How Successful Academics Write by Helen Sword

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Writing ScienceWriting Science: How to Write Papers that Get Cited and Proposals that Get Funded by Joshua Schimel

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Other Books About Writing

Bird by Bird Anne LamottBird by Bird by Anne Lamott

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On Writing Steven KingOn Writing by Stephen King

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Career Advice

The Coach Guide for Women Professors by Rena SeltzerThe Coach’s Guide for Women Professors: Who Want a Successful Career and a Well-Balanced Life by Rena Seltzer

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Getting To YesGetting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury

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Women Don't Ask NegotiationsWomen Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever

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The Black Academic Guide to TenureThe Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure – Without Losing Your Soul by Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy

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Time Management

The Seven Habits of Effective PeopleThe Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons In Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

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First Things First Stephen CoveyFirst Things First by Stephen Covey

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Getting Things Done David AllenGetting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

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Leadership

First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do DifferentlyFirst, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

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The Essential Academic Dean or Provost: A Comprehensive Desk ReferenceThe Essential Academic Dean or Provost: A Comprehensive Desk Reference by Jeffrey L. Buller

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How Colleges ChangeHow Colleges Change: Understanding, Leading, and Enacting Change by Adrianna Kezar

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College Administrator Survival GuideThe College Administrator’s Survival Guide by C.K. Gunsalus

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The Essential Department Chair: A Practical Guide to College AdministrationThe Essential Department Chair: A Practical Guide to College Administration by Jeffrey L. Buller

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A Practical Guide to Strategic Planning in Higher EducationA Practical Guide to Strategic Planning in Higher Education by Karen E. Hinton

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positive LeadershipPositive Leadership, Strategies for Extraordinary Performance by Kim Cameron

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Budgets and Financial Management in Higher EducationBudgets and Financial Management in Higher Education by Margaret J. Barr and George McClellan

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Lab DynamicsLab Dynamics: Management and Leadership Skills for Scientists by Carl M. Cohen and Suzanne L. Cohen

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Work/Life Well-Being

Professor MommyProfessor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia by Rachel Connelly and Kristen Ghodsee

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Ask the Children-What America Children ThinkAsk the Children: What America’s Children Really Think About Working Parents by Ellen Galinsky

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composing A LifeComposing a Life by Mary Catherine Bateson

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Motherhood The Elephant in the LaboratoryMotherhood, The Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out edited by Emily Monosson

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

The No ClubThe No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart

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The Misrepresented Minority: New Insights on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the Implications for Higher EducationThe Misrepresented Minority: New Insights on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the Implications for Higher Education edited by Samuel D. Museus, Dina C. Maramba, and Robert T. Teranishi

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Why So Slow The Advancement of WomenWhy So Slow: The Advancement of Women by Virginia Valian

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Presumed IncompetentPresumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women In Academia edited by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, and Angela P. Harris 

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An Inclusive AcademyAn Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence by Abigail Stewart and Virginia Valian

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The Majority in The MinorityThe Majority in the Minority: Expanding the Representation of Latina/o Faculty, Administrators and Students in Higher Education edited by Jeanette Castellanos and Lee Jones

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Teaching

Effective GradingEffective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College by Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson

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How Learning WorksHow Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, and Marie K. Norman

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classroom Assessment TechniquesClassroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers by Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross

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what The Best College Teachers DoWhat The Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain

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