UID:
almafu_9959232733502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (304 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-84-00-66003-0
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0-313-00390-4
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Cover -- A Guide to Careers in Physical Anthropology -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Meaning of Physical Anthropology -- PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY-AN EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- SUBFIELDS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- Primatology -- Paleoanthropology -- Human Variation -- NEWLY EMERGING SPECIALTIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS -- CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Teaching Physical Anthropology in a University: The Traditional Career -- THE AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE -- BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE ACADEMY -- CAREER PREPARATION -- GETTING THAT TENURE-TRACK POSITION -- ENTERING THE PROFESSORATE -- TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE -- Teaching -- Research -- Service -- THE REWARDS -- THE DOWNSIDE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Teaching Physical Anthropology in the Community College -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS -- TEACHING PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- FOUR-FIELDS ANTHROPOLOGY -- THE POSITION OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE CURRICULUM -- GETTING A POSITION IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- WHAT DO THOSE DOING THE HIRING LOOK FOR? -- LEARNING MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ANTHROPOLOGY -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 The Practice of Physical Anthropology in a Museum Environment -- TRAINING -- THE RELATIONSHIP OF MUSEUM PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY TO THE GENERAL FIELD OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- TIES TO THE OUTSIDE -- LIMITATIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 Paleoanthropology at Home and in the Field -- EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION -- Your Undergraduate Years and the Graduate School Application Process -- Succeeding in Graduate School -- ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AS A PALEOANTHROPOLOGIST -- The Job Search -- Your First Job -- The University Professorship -- PALEOANTHROPOLOGY IN THE FIELD -- Making Contacts and Writing Grants.
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Making Foreign Fieldwork a Success -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 Primatology as a Career -- POPULAR IMPRESSION OF PRIMATE RESEARCH -- PRIMATOLOGY IN THE REAL WORLD -- FORGET THAT! WHERE ARE THE MONKEYS? -- HOW DO PEOPLE GET STARTED, THEN? -- CAPTIVE PRIMATE RESEARCH -- CAREER ASSISTANT TRACK -- "ASSISTANT TRACK" DRAWBACKS -- CHOOSING THE COLLEGE ROUTE -- THE FIELD OF PRIMATOLOGY -- MASTER'S DEGREE -- PH.D. TRACK -- GRADUATE SCHOOL -- HOW TO GET INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL -- THE JOB OF PROFESSOR -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 The Post-Doc Experience: Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel? -- WHAT IS A "POST-DOC" AND HOW DO I BECOME ONE? -- THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BEING A POST-DOC -- HOW DO I FIND OUT ABOUT POST-DOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Krogman, His Cleft Palate Collection, and Me: or, What Can an Auxologist Do Today? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 Teaching Anatomy at a University -- USEFUL TRAINING AND SKILLS -- HOW PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY RELATES TO THE TEACHING OF ANATOMY -- WHAT ROLE HAS PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY PLAYED IN MY TRAINING AND CURRENT ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT? -- TIES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UNIVERSITIES, AND INSTITUTIONS -- PLUSES AND MINUSES OF TEACHING ANATOMY IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL -- MAINTAINING A REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Research Faculty in Medical, Nursing, and Public Health Schools -- SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS OF INTEREST -- PREPARATION FOR BIOMEDICAL CAREERS -- PERSONAL VIGNETTES OF THE AUTHORS' CAREER TRACKS -- The Experience of Stephen T. McGarvey -- The Experience of Gary D. James -- CONCLUDING LESSONS AND STRATEGIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Physical Anthropology, Medical Genetics, and Research -- GRADUATE SCHOOL -- AFTER GRADUATE SCHOOL -- THE MEDICAL SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.
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BEYOND FACULTY-RELATED RESEARCH -- IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 Opportunities in Public Health and International Nutrition -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE -- MY CAREER IN PUBLIC HEALTH -- RESEARCH -- PUBLISHING -- SERVICE -- National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine -- National Institutes of Health -- United Nations -- Professional Societies -- MY LIFE AS DEPARTMENT CHAIR -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 Having Fun-A Jock in Two Worlds: Kinesiology and Human Biology -- EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER PATHS -- AN EVOLVING BIOCULTURAL FRAMEWORK -- Universal Tasks of Childhood and Adolescence- Growth, Maturation, and Development -- Foci of the Physical Activity Sciences -- Childhood through Adolescence to Adulthood -- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES -- Studies of Philadelphia School Children -- Studies in Oaxaca, Mexico -- Studies of Belgian Youth -- Studies of Quebec Youth -- Studies of Polish Youth -- Studies of Female Athletes -- Studies of Young Athletes -- Youth Sports -- IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUNG PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 Government Research: Links to Biomedicine and Public Health -- SETTING THE CAREER STAGE -- Recommendations -- EARLY TRAINING AND CAREER PATH: PREDOCTORAL -- Recommendations -- EARLY TRAINING AND CAREER PATH: POST-DOCTORAL -- Recommendations -- TRAINING ON THE JOB: A BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST AS AN NIH RESEARCH SCIENTIST -- Opportunistic Research -- The Evolution of a Research Program -- Exciting Science -- Federal Biomedical Research: Advantages -- Federal Biomedical Research: Disadvantages -- Recommendations -- ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FAILURES -- Recommendations -- WHAT IS LEFT: NEW DIRECTIONS -- A Career Change -- Recommendations -- RELEVANCE TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- Recommendations.
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OVERVIEW: A CAREER IN GOVERNMENT BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15 Private Industry: Research for Profit -- MY BACKGROUND -- FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS -- Nutrient Intakes of Infants -- Nutrient Intakes of the Elderly -- TRENDS IN BREASTFEEDING AND INFANT FORMULA USE -- The Characteristics of Breastfeeding -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES -- Mexican-American Growth and Development -- Lending a Helping Hand -- CLINICAL STUDIES -- Requirements for Evaluating Infant Growth and Development -- Clinical Studies of Infant Formula Composition -- Iron Nutrition during Infancy -- REQUIRED TRAINING -- Attitude and Latitude -- THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF WORKING IN THE "REAL WORLD" -- Meeting Basic Needs -- Research Opportunities -- Some Pitfalls -- SOME FINAL THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 Independent Consulting: Making Your Own Rules -- ASSESS YOUR SKILLS -- Interviewing -- Writing -- Editing -- Computer Skills -- Statistics -- Language(s) -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Photography -- Lab Skills -- Teaching -- Public Speaking -- Curation and Museum Skills -- Research Design -- Administrative Skills -- Art/Graphics -- DEVELOPING YOUR SKILLS -- ASSESS YOUR KNOWLEDGE- HOW CAN IT BE APPLIED? -- Anatomy -- Biomechanics -- Growth and Development -- Epidemiology -- Genetics and Molecular Biology -- General Anthropology and Scientific Method -- USING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE -- NETWORKING -- RESEARCH -- POSSIBLE EMPLOYERS -- WORKING INDEPENDENTLY -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17 Journalism: Bringing Science to the Public -- A CLOSER LOOK -- GETTING THERE -- THE LOWDOWN -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- Chapter 18 Forensic Science as a New Arena for a Human Biologist -- POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY -- THE ROLE OF THE HUMAN BIOLOGIST IN FORENSIC BIOLOGY -- TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR FORENSIC BIOLOGY.
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DAILY REQUIREMENTS OF A FORENSIC SCIENTIST -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- DISCLAIMER -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-89789-693-9
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9798400660030
