Professional Resources for Academics

African Novels in the Classroom
Margaret Jean Hay, editor

Some of the best college teachers have found novels to be extremely effective assignments in courses addressing various aspects of African studies. Here, two dozen of those teachers describe    More >

Anthropology in Practice: Building a Career Outside the Academy
Riall W. Nolan

How can students and scholars effectively prepare for—and succeed at—a career as a nonacademic practicing anthropologist? This comprehensive guide, full of practical detail,    More >

Ethics and Global Politics: The Active Learning Sourcebook
April Morgan, Lucinda Joy Peach, and Colette Mazzucelli, editors

Who should take moral and ethical responsibility for the world's critical issues? What obligations do individuals and multinational corporations have to the rest of the world, and whose    More >

Fellowships in International Affairs: A Guide to Opportunities in the United States and Abroad
Women in International Security

At a time of increasingly intense competition for research opportunities and access to careers in international affairs, Fellowships in International Affairs is an indispensable directory of    More >

Fieldwork in Developing Countries
Stephen Devereux and John Hoddinott, editors

Practical, realistic, and based on firsthand experiences, this sorely needed resource addresses theoretical concerns at the same time that it reflects the important fact that the context    More >

Great Ideas for Teaching About Africa
Misty L. Bastian and Jane L. Parpart, editors

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! This award-winning book presents a wealth of ideas for teaching African studies in a variety of disciplines. The authors present a wide range of    More >

International Policy Institutions Around the Pacific Rim: A Directory of Resources in East Asia, Australasia, and the Americas
Ramón Bahamonde

This major compendium identifies the approximately three hundred key institutional resources on international political and economic affairs available throughout the Pacific Basin—in    More >

On the Market: Strategies for a Successful Academic Job Search
Sandra L. Barnes

Sandra Barnes presents both big-picture strategic thinking and nuts-and-bolts suggestions to help junior scholars obtain satisfying academic employment in today's highly competitive    More >

Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Expectations and Traditional Boundaries
Robert A. Rubinstein, Kerry Fosher, and Clementine Fujimura, editors

The relationship between anthropologists and the US military has generated many heated discussions—at professional meetings and in the pages of scholarly books and journals—much    More >

The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure—Without Losing Your Soul
Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy

For an African American scholar, who may be the lone minority in a department, navigating the tenure minefield can be a particularly harrowing process. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey    More >

The Young Black Leader’s Guide to a Successful Career in International Affairs: What the Giants Want You to Know
Aaron S. Williams, Taylor A. Jack, and Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

Young people of color confront a myriad of challenges that deter them from considering, pursuing, and succeeding at careers in international affairs. The authors of The Young Black    More >

Working for Change: Making a Career in International Public Service
Derick W. Brinkerhoff and Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

A Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for 2005 Derick and Jennifer Brinkerhoff explore career paths in international public service, focusing on development management positions    More >

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