Bloody Mary for the AERA Attendee's Soul

Daniel H. Robinson

• 16 mei 2022
• 9781648029189

Samenvatting:

This book offers a humorous yet insightful guide to navigating the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference and the early academic career. Like a Bloody Mary for the AERA attendee’s soul, it blends personal stories with practical advice to help newcomers maximize their experience while avoiding common pitfalls in academia.

This book is intended to be sort of a Chicken Soup for the educational academic’s soul. But, in the spirit of the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), this book is more of a Bloody Mary for the AERA attendee’s soul. As you likely know, one of the many suggested cures for a hangover is a Bloody Mary (it may not cure the hangover and could make it worse – but it seems like a good idea). The AERA conference experience for the uninformed amateur is similar to a hangover – symptoms may include confusion, nausea, headache, fatigue, etc., but without the alcohol. This book has two goals. One is to help you to get more out of the annual experience most of us refer to simply as “AERA,” and less of the negative experiences. The second is to help the beginning academic to avoid the pitfalls the author has experienced and hopefully be more successful. To do this, chapters go back and forth between telling an academic story and providing academic advice.