Pat,
Here's a time consuming, but I think, valuable technique. Start with a
detailed
literature search of the specific area in which you'd like to do research
and
become competent. Identify the authors. Don't forget that junior authors may
now be assistant profs somewhere. Track down the authors. Get all relevant
information about the graduate program in which your scholars of interest
teach.
Winnow. Communicate with prospective mentors. En route apply.
When students have followed this procedure they've had good luck. One recent
one had an embarassment of riches and had to explain to Prof A why he
accepted
B. That shouldn't have been a problem; A knew he was going for an interview
with B the next week.
Al
>===== Original Message From Pat Cabe <SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>I'd appreciate feedback on the following tactic for identifying graduate
>programs. The context is this: Students have wondered (to me and other
members
>of this list) how to find programs appropriate to their interests. One
means
is
>to look in directories for programs with the relevant label. But there may
be
>right many other potential graduate mentors working on problems of the sort
the
>student is interested in who are not associated with programs having that
>label. So another suggestion is to identify individuals who are currently
>engaged in research on the problem of interest, and apply to the programs
>(irrespective of label) those researchers are affiliated with.
>
>Here's another possibility that occurred to me and I'm curious what others
of
>you might think about it. The APA Monitor and the APS Observer run lots and
>lots of ads for new faculty with specializations often listed. If a student
>finds an advertisement for a new faculty member in an area he/she is
interested
>in, it would seem to follow that the advertising department would offer
>instruction in that area (provided, of course, that the department does
>graduate education at all). So applications to the program advertising for
the
>new faculty member in the specified specialty area might expand the
>possiblities for students attempting to find appropriate places to go.
>
>Granted, there are some obvious drawbacks to this (e.g., the department may
>change its mind about that specialty, or might not find anyone, or....).
But
I
>can imagine a new faculty member coming into a department just delighted to
>find applications from prospective graduate students waiting for him/her.
>
>'Preciate any thoughts...
>
>Pat Cabe
>
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