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Engaging Media
- Working with the Media Session at the 2017 AAEA Annual Meeting in Chicago
(AAEA Webpage) - Successful Communication Strategies Presented at the 2017 AAEA Early Career Professionals Workshop
David R. Just, Cornell University (PDF 3.8 MB) - Working with Traditional Media
(PDF 222 KB) - Interview Tips
(PDF 196 KB) - Working with the Media Session at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston
(AAEA Webpage)
Extension Skills
- Building a Strong Extension and Outreach Portfolio Presented at the 2017 AAEA Early Career Professionals Workshop
Damona Doye, Oklahoma State University (PowerPoint Presentation 223 KB) - Extension Presentations to the New Extension Professional
Shannon L. Ferrell, Oklahoma State University, 2010 (PowerPoint Presentation 2.7 MB)
Grant Writing
- Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Grant Writing for Ag/Applied Economists to Engage in Interdisciplinary Studies
Chyi-Lyi Liang, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Siân Mooney, Indiana University - Bloomington and IUPUI; Lyubov Kurkalova, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; D. Keith Roper, Utah State University; and Leila Hashemi- Beni, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University - Grant Training - USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- "Grant Writing: A Program Managers Perspective" Presented at the 2017 AAEA Early Career Professionals Workshop
Robbin Shoemaker, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA (PDF 2.1 MB) - General Grant Writing Tips for Success
USDA-NIFA, Year N/A (PDF 29.2 KB) - 10 Simple Rules for Getting Grants
PLOS Computational Biology, 2006 (Webpage)
Job Market
- 2021 AAEA Mentoring Research Post-conference Workshop
(YouTube Recording, PowerPoint Presentation PDF) - Econ PhDs and the Agricultural and Applied Economics Job Market
Marc F. Bellemare, University of Minnesota (Webpage) - Service: Learning When to Say "No" Presented at the 2017 AAEA Early Career Professionals Workshop
Larry Van Tassell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (PDF 47.8 KB) - Looking in: An Industry Perspective
Matthew Salois, Elanco Animal Health, 2016 (Webpage Podcast) - Looking Back: Advice from a Recent Hire
Brady Brewer, University of Georgia, 2016 (Webpage Podcast) - The ideal job candidate: ready for policy research
Mary Bohman, ERS/USDA, 2008 (PowerPoint Presentation 503 KB) - Making the Short List: Advice on How to Get an Academic Interview
Keith H. Coble, Mississippi State University, 2008 (PowerPoint Presentation 492 KB) - Success in the AAE Job Market: An International Student Perspective
Octavio A. Ramirez, University of Georgia, 2008 (PowerPoint Presentation 287 KB) - Tips for a Successful Campus Interview: Perspectives from a recent interviewer and interviewee
Sherry Larkin & Kim Morgan, University of Florida, 2008 (PowerPoint Presentation 325 KB) - Landing Your First Academic Job: Application Proces and Tips?
Yin Xia, University of Missouri at Columbia, 2007 (PowerPoint Presentation 132 KB) - Opportunities For Economists in Agricultural Marketing Service
Kenneth Clayton, USDA - Agricultural Marketing Service, 2007 (PowerPoint Presentation 514 KB) - Best Practices for Creating and Customizing Your Application Package
Frank Dooley, Professor, Purdue University, 2007 (PowerPoint Presentation 361 KB) - Minimizing Risk in The Job Market: Tips for Preparing for an On-Campus Interview
Michael Gunderson, University of Florida, 2007 (PowerPoint Presentation 96.5 KB) - Responding to Job Postings and Preparing the Application Package
Christiane Schroeter, Arkansas State University, 2006 (PowerPoint Presentation 649 KB) - Tailoring the Application to the Position
Jay Noel, Professor, California Polytechnic State University, 2006 (PowerPoint Presentation 89.0 KB) - Interviewing for an Academic Position
Philip Garcia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 (PowerPoint Presentation 60.0 KB) - The Steps to Getting and Keeping an Academic Position
Steve Turner, Mississippi State University, 2006 (PowerPoint Presentation 121 KB) - What Makes a CV Sparkle
Corinne Alexander, Purdue University, 2005 (PowerPoint Presentation 60.0 KB) - Selling Yourself on the Academic Job Market
Christopher M. Anderson, University of Rhode Island, 2005 (PowerPoint Presentation 1.2 MB) - Your Winning Resume
Mark Wade, Evans Properties Inc, 2005 (PowerPoint Presentation 145 KB) - A Department Head's Perspective and Interviewing for 3-way Appointments
Dan Bernardo, Kansas State University, 2005 (PowerPoint Presentation 105 KB) - Preparing to Interview with an Economics or Joint Economics/Agricultural Economics Department
Arne Hallam, Iowa State University, 2005 (PowerPoint Presentation 12.1 KB) - Interviewing for Academic Positions - One Hirer's Perceptions and Expectations
Frank Dooley, Purdue University, 2004 (PowerPoint Presentation 94.0 KB) - Considerations when Seeking Faculty Teaching Positions within General economics Departments
Eric Houk, California State University - Stanislaus, 2004 (PowerPoint Presentation 108 KB) - Experiences in Preparing for the U.S. Academic Job Market as and International Student
Helen Pushkarskaya, University of Kentucky, 2004 (PowerPoint Presentation 91.5 KB)
Networking
- A Guide to Networking
Virginia Tech, 2016 (PowerPoint Presentation 2.0 MB) - Networking at a Glance
Virginia Tech, Career Services, 2015 (PDF 493 KB) - On Masterful Networking
James Malinchak, 2002 (PDF 3.1 MB)
Non-academic Careers
- Advice on Careers Outside Academia Presented at the 2017 AAEA Early Career Professionals Workshop
Andrew Muhammad, PhD, Economic Research Service, USDA, 2017 (PowerPoint Presentation 3.8 MB) - Working for the Federal Government as an Agricultural Economist: What You Need to Know
James B. Whitaker, ERS/USDA, 2008 (PowerPoint Presentation 198 KB) - Interviewing for Government Jobs: A view from ERS
Mary Bohman, Economic Research Service, USDA, 2005 (PowerPoint Presentation 1.6 MB)
Presentation Skills
- “22 Tips for Conference and Seminar Publications”
Marc Bellemare, University of Minnesota - “How to Give an Applied Micro Talk”
Jesse Shapiro - “11 Tips for Making a Short Presentation”
Markus Goldstein, The World Bank; and David Evans, NCEE EPA - “Public Speaking for Academic Economists”
Rachel Meager - Extension Presentations to the New Extension Professional
Shannon L. Ferrell, Oklahoma State University, 2010 (PowerPoint Presentation 2.7 MB)
Publications Skills
- “How to Write Applied Papers in Economics”
Marc Bellemare, University of Minnesota - The art of research discovery and writing good articles
Tom Reardon, Michigan State University, Presented online 2018 (YouTube) - Publication Strategies for Young Economic and Business Scholars
Diogo Souza Monteiro, Newcastle University, 2012 (PDF 435 KB) - Increasing the Odds of Publishing Academic Research
Brent A. Gloy, Cornell University, 2008 (PowerPoint Presentation 43.5 KB) - Top 10 Suggestions on Publishing Journal Articles
Jayson Lusk , Oklahoma State University, 2007 (PowerPoint Presentation 32.0 KB) - What I Wish I Knew 20 Years Ago About Writing and Submitting Journal Articles
Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 (PowerPoint Presenation 78.0 KB) - Experiences and Advice on Choosing and Preparing a Publishable Topic
Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota, 2006 (PowerPoint Presentation 426 KB) - Strategies for Publishing Your Research
John Loomis, Colorado State University, 2006 (PowerPoint Presentation 46.5 KB) - Strategies for Successful Journal Publications
Rachael Goodhue, University of California, Davis, 2005 (PowerPoint Presentation 138 KB) - What a Journal Editor wants to see
Katherine (Kitty) R. Smith, USDA - ERS, 2004 (PDF 18.9 KB)
Teaching Skills
- AETR's Online Teaching Database Portal
- Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics
- AEA teaching resources
- Graduate Teaching and Advising Presented at the 2017 AAEA Early Career Professionals Workshop
Richard J. Sexton, University of California, Davis (PowerPoint Presentation 216 KB) - Learning Objectives Compared to Actual Learning
Leah Mathews, University of North Carolina – Asheville, 2016 (Webpage Podcast) - Looking at the Hard Facts about Life on the Tenure Track: Results from a National Survey
Christiane Schroeter, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2016 (Webpage Podcast) - How Not to Give a Teaching Presentation
Michael Wetzstein, University of Georgia, 2010 (PowerPoint Presentation 2.0 MB) - Beginning Teaching at a University: The Ultimate On-the-Job Training Program
Mary A. Marchant, Virginia Tech, 2007 (PDF 318 KB)
Tenure Promotion and Career Development
- Concrete Strategies for Economics Tenure-Track Faculty and Their Mentors
- Navigating the tenure process
- “What It Takes to Get Tenure” – Perceptions and Experiences of AAEA Members
Christiane Schroeter, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and Sven Anders, University of Alberta (Choices Webpage) - Life on the Tenure Track: A forum on Balancing work and Leisure
Mike Woods, Oklahoma State University, 2016 (Webpage Podcast) - Balancing Responsibilities of a Research/Teaching/Extension Assistant Professor
Joseph V. Balagtas, Purdue University, 2009 (PowerPoint Presentation 105 KB) - Navigating Tenure
Michael Gunderson, University of Florida, 2009 (PowerPoint Presentation 669 KB) - Perspectives from a Recently Tenured Professor
Terrance M. Hurley, University of Minnesota, 2004 (PowerPoint Presentation 132 KB)
Work-life Balance
- Deriving a Framework to Create a Successful and Effective Mentor-Protégé Relationship – Lessons Learned from Formal and Informal Cases
Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen) Liang, North Carolina State University, 2019 (PDF 360 KB) - How to get what you need to thrive: Achieve extraordinary productivities and a work-life balance
Kim Morgan, Virginia Tech, 2016 (Webpage Podcast) - Balancing your Life Portfolio: Spousal Hires and Family Additions
Hikaru Peterson, University of Minnesota, 2016 Webpage Podcast) - Enhancing Professional Proficiency through Short-Term International Work
Daniel S. Tilley, Oklahoma State University, 2009 (PowerPoint Presentation 71.6 KB)