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JOANN MOODY, PhD, JD
Faculty Development & Diversity Specialist

Dr. Moody's booklet "Demystifying the Profession: Helping Junior Faculty Succeed" has been recently updated (2007).  See order form below.
 
 
This publication is frequently given to new faculty hires on a wide variety of colleges and universities. In addition, faculty developers, provosts, mentoring programs, teaching and learning centers, and academic departments often use the booklet in discussions and workshops for pre-tenure faculty as well as for department chairs and senior faculty who wish to be more supportive of their junior colleagues.  
 
Full of time-saving and stress-reducing 'tricks of the professorial trade,' this booklet contains three related papers:
 
*Visualizing Yourself as a Successful College Teacher, Writer, and Colleague
 
*Junior Faculty: Job Stresses and How to Cope with Them
 
*Helping Junior Faculty, especially Non-Majority Newcomers, Thrive (An Action List for Department Chairs, Senior Faculty, Mentors, Faculty Developers, Deans, Provosts, & Campus Presidents)
 
[Booklet: 30 pages.  Size: 8 1/2 x 11 inches.]
 
 

 
COMMENTS ABOUT "DEMYSTIFYING: HELPING JUNIOR FACULTY SUCCEED"
 
"This is a comprehensive perspective of junior faculty experiences that every graduate dean will want to reference and include as vital literature for current department chairs, continuing and new faculty as well as graduate students."
--Donald Cole, Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School, University of Mississippi
 
"I've used these papers with a group of academic vice presidents. We found them extremely helpful in apprising us of the issues that need to be addressed."
--Laura Mays Hoopes, Professor, Pomona College
 
"These papers are a welcome contribution. They should facilitate our efforts to produce a professoriate equipped to address the challenges of the new millenium."     
--Orlando Taylor, Dean, Graduate School, Howard University
 
"These are full of useful tips for entry-level faculty, with some true gems for senior professors and senior administrators."
--David Schuldberg, Professor, University of Montana
 
"Practical strategies, grounded in the everyday experiences of students, faculty, and administrators, are presented in accessible form. I expect this publication to make a real difference in our collective efforts to improve the academic climate and assure success for minority and female scholars."
--Joan Leitzel, former President, University of New Hampshire
 
"I applaud your outstanding work and writings which are helping academia become more hospitable and culturally diverse."
--Sarah Willie, Associate Professor, Swarthmore College
 
 
HOW TO ORDER "DEMYSTIFYING":
 
Email the following info to joann.moody@earthlink.net
 
Your Name and Title:
Your Department and Institution:
Your Mailing Address  (include building, street, etc.)
Your Phone and email address:
Number of copies you are ordering:
 
Cost of "Demystifying": $8 each.  $7.00 each for orders over 25.  Plus handling and shipping for the order.   Invoice will be enclosed with the shipment. Payment will be due within 30 days.   Sorry, no credit cards.
 
 

EXCERPT FROM THIS PUBLICATION BY JOANN MOODY
 
     "Taken together, these three papers present numerous insights and 'tricks of the [professorial] trade' derived from: my programmatic work since 1988 with hundreds of junior and senior faculty, graduate students, and administrators; my reliance on several key studies by national experts; and my own experience as a college professor. I have attempted to present all of this succinctly and clearly (having given up on wittily).
    
     The aims of this publication are:
  • Demystify certain parts of the academic careers that typically bewilder or confuse junior faculty as well as graduate students considering such careers
  • Coach junior and future faculty in concrete ways so they can increase their likelihood of success in and enjoying of the profession
  • Spotlight and tell the truth about the special burdens and 'taxes' imposed on non-majority faculty in majority settings (the burdens and taxes are usually related to perceived differences because of the non-majority person's gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual preference, and/or social class)
  • Prompt senior faculty, department chairs, deans, provosts, and campus vice presidents and presidents so they better understand the stresses and confusions experienced by majority and non-majority junior faculty; and then, based on that understanding, they take pro-active steps to reduce barriers for newcomers and clue them in to implicit agendas and expectations."