Book List
These books may aid you during your time in graduate school and later in your career. Several of them are available in E103 and at Morgan Library. If you have additional suggestions for this list, email the department chair with your suggestions. Some are targeted to specific demographics, such as The Coach’s Guide for Women Professors. However, the information provided by these books is useful for multiple audiences.
Writing
The Elements of Style, by Strunk Jr., William
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, by William Zinsser
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, by Paul J. Silvia
The Craft of Research (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William T. FitzGerald
Teaching
Scientific Teaching By Jo Handelsman, Sarah Miller, and Christine Pfund
Communication and Conflict Resolution
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Emotional Intelligence 2.0, by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
Perfect Phrases for Conflict Resolution, by Lawrence Polskey and Antoine Gerschel
Difficult Conversations, by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen
Careers Assistance
The Coach’s Guide for Women Professors: Who Want a Successful Career and a Well-Balanced Life, by Rena Seltzer
Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family, by Kelly Ward and Lisa Wolf-Wendel
So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
Mothers in Academia, edited by Mari Castaneda and Kirsten Isgro
Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family, by Kelly Ward and Lisa Wolf-Wendel
The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure–Without Losing Your Soul, by Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy
Beyond Retention: Cultivating Spaces of Equity, Justice, and Fairness for Women of Color in U.S. Higher Education, edited by Brenda L. H. Marina and Sabrina N. Ross
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo