Additional Literature
Here you will find articles about professional career development. Whether you are a trainee, a faculty member, or a community member we hope that you will use this as a resource. Please email bubest@bu.edu if you have suggestions or additions to our current library.
Online Literature
Please email bubest@bu.edu or drop by L306 to request one of the following books from BU’s BEST office.Internal BU's BEST Books
Title
Author
What Color is Your Parachute? 2016
Richard N. Bolles
Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development
Toby Freedman
From Ph.D. to Professoriate: The Role of the Institution in Fostering the Advancement of Postdoc Women
Kathleen Flint Ehm, Ph.D. and Cathee Johnson Phillips, M.A.
The Academic Job Search Handbook 4th Edition
Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong
At the Helm: Leading your Laboratory 2nd Edition
Kathy Barker
A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guidee to Survival in Science
Peter J. Feibelman
From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World
Eugene Khor
Career Advice for Life Scientists volume III
Editors: Ursula W. Goodenough and Elizabeth Marincola
Career Advice for Life Scientists volume I & II
Editor: Elizabeth Marincola
Put Your Science to Work: The Take Charge Career Guide for Scientists
Peter S. Fiske, Ph.D.
Training Scientists to Make the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Developing Programs in Scientific Management
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Eminent Lives: Francis Crick Discovere of the Genetic Code
Matt Ridley
From Here to Infinity: A Vision for the Future of Science
Martin Rees
Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup
Bill Aulet
Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air
David JC MacKay
Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering
National Academy Press
The College Administrator’s Survival Guide
C.K. Gunsalus
The Current Health and Future Well-Being of the American Research University
The Research Universities Futures Consortium
The Formation of Scholars: Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century
George E. Walker, Chris M. Golde, Laura Jones, Andrea Conklin Bueschel, Pat Hutchings
The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership
Steven B. Sample