Demystifying Career Paths After Graduate School. A Guide for Second Language Professionals in Higher Education

This edited book offers concrete information and useful suggestions to graduatestudents who are seeking employment at institutions of higher education in NorthAmerica and other parts of the world. This book also targets entry-level facultymembers who are exploring increased participation in professional activities.The book features critical turning points in career trajectories, demystifies hiddeninstitutional structures, and illuminates blind spots that are critical for careersuccess.The authors are scholars from nonnative-English-speaking and/or racially minority backgrounds in the fields ofapplied linguistics and teaching English to speakers of other languages. The firsthand suggestions offered bythese authors are also applicable to non-minority professionals and those in other related disciplines.Furthermore, the book assists faculty mentors and administrators to understand the unique challenges and issuesfaced by minority professionals.Distinctive features of the book are: (1) theme-based approach withconcrete examples and specific advice; (2) focus on victory narratives ofsuccess and strategies rather than victim narratives of struggles; (3)accessible style, and (4) wide range of experiences narrated by both noviceand established scholars. This guidebook can be read independently oradopted as a resource book for graduate seminars.