Friday, December 3, 1999
The C.V. Doctor: From C.V. to Résumé
Career Talk
Practical guidance for academic job seekers from professional career counselors
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Erin Keay (a pseudonym) is considering careers in science journalism, public relations, and industrial research. Her C.V. is fairly typical for a science graduate student (she is a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience), but it's unusual in the number of refereed publications. Here is her C.V. before revision. Note: Some formatting (i.e. the spacing of headings, line breaks, and dates) may not be accurately respresented due to screen-width limitations. |
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Beyond the Ivory Tower: From C.V. to Résumé
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Erin Keay | |
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Research University Dept. of Neuroscience, Box 1953 Town, State 00000 Tel: (999)999-9999 email: erin_keay@xxx.edu | |
| Education: | |
| RESEARCH UNIVERSITY, Ph.D. in Neuroscience | (expected) June 2000 |
| SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, B.A. with distinction in Biology | 1994 |
| Research Experience: | |
| Doctoral Student. Research University, Dept. of Neuroscience | 1994-present |
| Dissertation: Behavioral and electrophysiological
studies of cannabinoid effects on nociception in rats. Adviser's Name. | |
| NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow. | Summer 1993 |
| Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA.
Cloning by complementation the GAS9 gene in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae: an
investigation of Ca2+ storage and transport. Adviser's Name. | |
| Awards and Fellowships: | |
| Elected full member, Society of Sigma Xi | 1999 |
| Research University Mind and Brain Fellowship (individual) | 1996-1998 |
| National Science Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
(individual) | 1989 |
| Teaching Experience: | |
| Teaching Assistant. Research University | |
| Attended lectures; graded exams, laboratory reports and papers; held weekly
office hours; conducted weekly review and laboratory sections. | |
| Dept. of Psychology: Techniques in Physiological Psychology. | Fall
1999 |
| Dept. of Neuroscience: Neural Information Processing | Fall 1995-Fall 1996 |
| Structure of the Nervous System, Principles of
Neuropsychopharmacology. | |
| Writing Associate. Research University Writing Center | 1998-2000 |
| Conducted sessions with individual students to discuss
all stages of the writing process, providing assistance with research papers and
dissertations on a variety of science topics. | |
| Honors thesis supervisor. Research University, Dept. of Neuroscience | 1997-1998 |
| Investigation of the role of cannabinoids in
antinociception, Advisee's Name. | |
| Professional Societies: | |
| Society for Neuroscience, American Pain Society, The National Association of
Science Writers, Inc. | |
| Publications and Presentations: | |
| Articles: | |
| Keay, E. and co-author. (1999) Title, Journal, 99: 999-999. | |
| Co-author, co-author, Keay, E., co-author and co-author (1999) Title, Journal,
99: 99999-99999. | |
| Co-author, Keay, E. and co-author. (1999) Title, Journal, in press 99. | |
| Keay, E., co-author, co-author, co-author and co-author. (1998) Title, Journal,
999: 999-999. | |
| Chapters: | |
| Co-author, Keay, E., and co-author. Title, Journal, (in preparation). | |
| Invited Papers: | |
| Co-author, co-author, Keay, E. and co-author. (1999) Title, Journal, in press. | |
| Co-author, co-author, co-author, Keay, E., co-author and co-author (1999) Title,
Journal, 99: 999-999. | |
| Keay, E. (1997) Title, Journal, 9:999-999. | |
| Abstracts: | |
| Keay, E.* and co-author. (1998) Title, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 99:
9999. | |
| Co-author, co-author, Keay, E.*, co-author, co-author and co-author (1995)
Title, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 99: 999. | |
| Co-author,* co-author, co-author, Keay, E., co-author, and co-author (1995)
Title, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 99: 9999. | |
| Research Interests: | |
| My primary research interests are nociceptive transmission and
neuropharmacological mechanisms for antinociception. My thesis research
evaluated the ability of marijuana-like drugs to dampen the behavioral and
spinal hypersensitivity triggered by peripheral injury. A future goal is to
incorporate intracellular recording, and molecular techniques to understand the
mechanisms that produce chronic pain states and how to pharmacologically
intervene. | |
| References: | |
| John Smith, Department of Neuroscience, Research University, P.O. Box 1853, 89
Science St., City, State Zip Code (xxx) xxx-xxxx j_smith@research.edu | |
| Name, Department, University, P.O. Box, Street Address, City, State Zip Code
(xxx) xxx-xxxx e-mail address | |
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